Groening an atheist?

Bab264

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Oct 1, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/1/97

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Okay, I know there's lots of experts out there... so I have a question for you.

My friend heard somewhere that Matt Groening is an atheist. I had never heard
this before... is it just a rumor?

Thanks,

-Brian

Jeremy Fried

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Oct 4, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/4/97

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Um, so what if he is. That's his own choice. Anyway, I know a lot of christians who
make fun of christians in the same manner. I know even more Christians who think
the Christian jokes are even funnier than I find them.
And also, the Simpsons makes fun of A LOT of stereotypes(Christians,Jews,Old Folks,
Police Officers, and the list goes on)
I think that those being made fun of find it funnier than others. It is absolute
comic genius.
BTW, if we stick to the Groening being an Athyest with Christian upbringing, I
think his father was a cop(Wiggum), mother was a clown(Krusty), Unlce was a
teacher(Any teacher on Simpsons), I think you get my point.
Anyway, no matter what he is, he's DAMN FUNNY!

Dave9705 wrote:

> I wouldn't be surprised, he seems to make fun of Christians a lot via Flanders
> and especially Lovejoy, (not to mention Lovejoy's wife). My guess (after one
> too many psychology courses) is that he had some sort of Christian upbringing,
> enough to familiarize himself with it, but tries to play it as a non-serious
> way of life.
>
> >Subject: Groening an atheist?
> >From: bab...@aol.com (Bab264)
> >Date: Wed, Oct 1, 1997 10:49 EDT
> >Message-id: <19971001144...@ladder02.news.aol.com>

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Um, so what if he
is. That's his own choice. Anyway, I know a lot of christians who make
fun of christians in the same manner. I know even more Christians who think
the Christian jokes are even funnier than I find them.
 And also, the
Simpsons makes fun of A LOT of stereotypes(Christians,Jews,Old Folks, Police
Officers, and the list goes on)
 I think that
those being made fun of find it funnier than others. It is absolute comic
genius.
 BTW, if we stick
to the Groening being an Athyest with Christian upbringing, I think his
father was a cop(Wiggum), mother was a clown(Krusty), Unlce was a teacher(Any
teacher on Simpsons), I think you get my point.
 Anyway, no matter
what he is, he's DAMN FUNNY!

Dave9705 wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>I wouldn't be surprised, he seems to make fun of
Christians a lot via Flanders
  and especially Lovejoy, (not to mention Lovejoy's wife). 
My guess (after one
  too many psychology courses) is that he had some sort of Christian
upbringing,
  enough to familiarize himself with it, but tries to play it as
a non-serious
  way of life.

>Subject: Groening an atheist?
 >From: bab...@aol.com (Bab264)
 >Date: Wed, Oct 1, 1997 10:49 EDT
 >Message-id: <19971001144...@ladder02.news.aol.com>
 >
 >Okay, I know there's lots of experts out there... so I have a question
for
 >you.
 >
 >My friend heard somewhere that Matt Groening is an atheist. 
I had never
 >heard
 > this before... is it just a rumor?
 >
 >Thanks,
 >
 >-Brian
 >
 >
 >
 >
 ></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Dave9705

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Oct 4, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/4/97

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JBufft1

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Oct 6, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/6/97

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You don't have to be an atheist to make fun of self-righteous aggrandizing. In
fact, just avoiding organized religion does not make you an atheist.

GOO...@ix.netcom.com

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Oct 6, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/6/97

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Derek Higgins wrote:
>
> i think that Matt Greoning expresses his fellings and thoughts through homer
> simpson and homer simpson uses the phrase "to get out of court duty just say
> your prejudice to all religions" so i think that Matt Groening is athiest.

I wrote:
Hey genius boy, Homer said "prejudice against all racists." Maybe you
should use the closed caption setting on your TV.

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Derek Higgins

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Oct 6, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/6/97

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Ceri Stagg

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Oct 7, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/7/97

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I thought it was "races".

Anyhoo, I think the religious slant of The Simpsons is that it may be
unwise to completely rule out spirituality in case of retribution by
unseen, divine powers, but that organised religions are ridiculous
dogma- and hypocrisy-filled entities.

Ceri.

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Nathan Mulac DeHoff

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Oct 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/8/97

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On Tue, 07 Oct 1997 15:36:03 -0700, in article
<343AB9...@interaccess.com>, the one known as Cathy Witalka wrote
thusly:
>
>Mike Sauter wrote:
>>
>
>I don't know if Matt Greoning is an atheist, I kinda doubt he would take
>it that seriously, but I love how the Simpsons loves to ridicule the
>self-righteous fundy christian types, as epitomized by Flanders. I
think
>one of the most subversive episodes ever was the one where the Simpson
>children were taken away and forced to live with the Flanders kids and
>Flanders tried to have them baptized and then Homer risks his life
>jumping after Bart screaming 'NOOOOOOOOOOO......" and reaching him just
>in time before the water can hit his head. Then of course there was the
>episode in which Flanders is confronted by Skinner who utters the
>immortal line "Take it outside, godboy!!"
>
Actually, that was Superintendent Chalmers, not Skinner.
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Derek Higgins

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Oct 9, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/9/97

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Oh my god, this never occured to me but if Homer wasn't previously baptized
(and I don't emember him being in any ep.) does that mean he is a Flanders

Nathan Mulac DeHoff

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Oct 10, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/10/97

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On Thu, 9 Oct 1997 20:57:00 +0100, in article
<61jf1h$u5o$2...@mercury.clubi.ie>, the one known as Derek Higgins wrote
thusly:

If Homer had been baptized, it would have occurred long before the show,
when Homer was still a child. We really don't know if Homer was
baptized, but it is not that unlikely, since his father is a regular
church-goer, and Homer was in the church choir when he was young.

rejo...@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu

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Oct 10, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/10/97

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On 7 Oct 1997, Ceri Stagg wrote:

> In article <61balo$37g$1...@mercury.clubi.ie>, "Derek Higgins" <higg...@clubi.ie> writes:
>> i think that Matt Greoning expresses his fellings and thoughts through homer
>> simpson and homer simpson uses the phrase "to get out of court duty just say
>> your prejudice to all religions" so i think that Matt Groening is athiest.
>
> I thought it was "races".

So, does that mean Groening is an albino?

Cheers,
Becca J.

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Nathan Mulac DeHoff

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Oct 12, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/12/97

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On Fri, 10 Oct 1997 20:25:14 -0500, in article
<Pine.A41.3.95.971010...@yellow.weeg.uiowa.edu>, the one
known as rejo...@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu wrote thusly:

>
>On 7 Oct 1997, Ceri Stagg wrote:
>
>> In article <61balo$37g$1...@mercury.clubi.ie>, "Derek Higgins"
<higg...@clubi.ie> writes:
>>> i think that Matt Greoning expresses his fellings and thoughts
through homer
>>> simpson and homer simpson uses the phrase "to get out of court duty
just say
>>> your prejudice to all religions" so i think that Matt Groening is
athiest.
>>
>> I thought it was "races".
>
>So, does that mean Groening is an albino?

No, he has yellow skin, four fingers on each hand, an overbite, and big,
round eyes. He based the Simpsons' appearance on his own.

Ceri Stagg

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Oct 13, 1997, 3:00:00 AM10/13/97

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In article <61jf1h$u5o$2...@mercury.clubi.ie>, "Derek Higgins" <higg...@clubi.ie> writes:
|> Oh my god, this never occured to me but if Homer wasn't previously baptized
|> (and I don't emember him being in any ep.) does that mean he is a Flanders

Eh?