Catholics catch a lot of flack for the wackier elements of their faith, ones that I cherish for that very reason: there's walking on water, turning water into wine at a wedding (Who wouldn't want that? It certainly is cheaper than the HUGE tab that comes with an open bar. Especially at Irish-Catholic events.), getting beamed up into space, er, "Heaven" after death—you know, all that fun, cool stuff.
We laugh about it, (and sometimes cry, too), because religion is a human thing, and like any institution, people can either make it great or really effin' bad. This season is kind of a big deal; there's the build up with Mardi Gras, Lent, Palm Sunday, Good Friday and then Easter. It's the time period leading up to Jesus' crucifixion: The Betrayal, (for a few scheckels...eww), His arrest and capture, imprisonment and torture, public trial and condemnation by the mob, humiliation on the way to the site, and then Jesus was nailed to a cross with the other criminals and mocked while He died. It was way harsh.
So when I get a chance to have fun with the some of the more liturgical and dogmatic aspects to Christian ceremonies, it's a good time for me. No doubt, there are many disturbed and robotic people who just want something to belong to, and Seth McFarlane is there to mock them, as is fitting given their "Sheeple" mindset. No one does it better than a Catholic schoolboy ;)
Here's a link to The Father, The Son, and The Holy Fonz, in its' entirety. NSFW!! Enjoy.
