The Simpsons: The Bible In The Bible

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Matt Groaning creator of the Simpsons uses his trademark satire and television show to deliver a political statement over the process of church and the material found in the old testament of the bible in its 10th season episode 18 labeled "Simpson Bible Stories." The setup of the episode has the Simpson family sitting front row at church nearly passed out due to boredom when the preacher extends the Easter sermon for finding a chocolate bunny in the collection tray and labeling it as a false idol. Each Old Testament biblical retelling is funneled through each of a Simpson family members sub conscious as they pass out listening to the sermon. The wife Marge 's dream is focused on the retelling story of Adam and Eve. This version acts as an alternative …show more content…

This last dreamscape comments on the political expulsion of some material from the Bible either being tampered with or edited by church officials to make a certain persons character not be tarnished by the horrible or embarrassing things they have done. Repeatedly David, played by the son Bart, messes up or does something horrible to reply with the same thought every time, “I hope they don’t put that in the Bible.” This idea is interesting because it brings into David’s major character flaws that are present in the Bible but are overshadowed by the fact that he was an efficient king. Even after David conquers the giant monster, which he fails the first time, the people say that he really wasn’t that bad of a king just a bad person which the people were originally fine with in the case of David. This alternate telling also makes fun of the biblical timeline having the final battle on the top of the tower of Babel and having David constantly forgetting that Goliath 2 isn’t Samson every time he cuts his hair to drain his strength commenting that, “These Biblical, timelines get confusing

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