{"id":2147,"date":"2012-11-11T20:44:33","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T01:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=2147"},"modified":"2012-11-11T22:36:58","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T03:36:58","slug":"simpsons-dad-trash-from-same-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2012\/11\/simpsons-dad-trash-from-same-can.html","title":{"rendered":"‘Simpsons’, ‘Family Guy’ and ‘American Dad’ … All Trash From Same Garbage Can?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Homer Simpson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Clever writing and sarcastic, cutting humor.<\/p>\n

Those are two qualities that bind the FOX animated comedy hits ‘The Simpsons’, ‘Family Guy’ and ‘American Dad’.<\/p>\n

Another is their willingness to mock God and faith, and that’s what makes the shows utterly unwatchable to me.<\/p>\n

I don’t care that ‘The Simpsons’ is stuff of TV legend due to its long and successful run.<\/p>\n

Or that ‘Family Guy’ aired its 200th episode Sunday night, even if it makes me someone lacking a ‘sense of humor’.<\/p>\n

I DO care, however, that the shows mock the Bible and Jesus at every turn. They simply have NO limits in knocking ANY and ALL religions for that matter!<\/p>\n

The few moments I have watched any of those programs I have literally gasped at the things they say and do and have to quickly change the channel.<\/p>\n

I know we can’t return to the days of Bugs Bunny, Woody Woodpecker and The Jetsons.<\/p>\n

But can cartoons, even ones of the so-called ‘adult’ variety at least have some standards of decency?<\/p>\n

Is that too much to ask?<\/p>\n

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