12.04.2003

Wait...I was in prison and they wouldn't give me any goddamn milk, but I had plants to love and take care of? That's fucked up, Ursy - almost as fucked up as my own dreams.

In other news, I got to watch an entire episode of South Park in my Religion in America class last night. My professor decided that we'd be more interested in learning the story of Mormonism (that is, the story of its founding) from Cartman. The pathetic thing is that the South Park crew didn't even have to change or exaggerate the damn story; the Mormons really gave Trey Parker and Matt Stone a lot to work with. For example, Joseph Smith (that's the founder) believed that he had to gaze into a quasi-magical hat in order to translate the book of Mormon. And the Mormons claim that the Garden of Eden was in Missouri. I mean, the South Park kids had a field day with all that and without deviating one bit from the actual myth. They were actually kind - they neglected to mention that, prior to founding Mormonism, Joseph Smith hunted for buried treasure with his father on the east coast.

If you want to learn about your Mormon neighbors while at the same time being highly amused, I suggest that you check out this episode. It just aired on November 19, so...it's a new one. :) Anyway.

 

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