It is easy to imagine why Bill Donahue, president of the Catholic League, is angry at the Simpsons and the FOX station. The Simpsons do not always hold back their irreverent jokes, especially when directed at the Church. It's no surprise that Donahue has made a stink about the latest jab at the Eucharist.
But how can you blame the Simpsons for making jokes about the Holy group? And shouldn't they expect this?
After all, the Church holds to beliefs that are directly contrary to the intuitive judgments of science. The Church stresses things that are largely unobservable, something that hits nerve with an empirically-minded population. Shouldn't the Catholic church expect such laughs at their activities that, to modern standards, are borderline absurd?
In some ways, jokes are far better than outright persecution. Perhaps, Catholics should be grateful for both the freedom of religion and the freedom of speech.
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