In honor of Book of Mormon, here's a pop history of religious satire

In honor of Book of Mormon, here's a pop history of religious satire

By Josiah M. Hesse Fri., Aug. 24 2012 at 9:54 AM

South Park, Season 7, Episode 12: All About Mormons

All About Mormons
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After the blindingly cheerful Harrison family moves to South Park, Stan Marsh finds his family quickly converted to their odd Mormon religion. A precursor to their smash musical, The Book of Mormon, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone wrote this episode as a brilliant love letter to all the fascinatingly wonky things about Mormon belief. Like most South Park episodes, Stan finds himself as the logical center to the irrational adult world, as the Harrison family gradually explain to him how the Book of Mormon came to be.

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Chad Kopecky

Nooo.

DonkeyHotay topcommenter

Religion = Superstitious Nonsense for Ignorant Imbeciles

Period.

Steven M Palmer

Funny how everyone is suddenly taking an interest at pointing out the shortcomings of the LDS church but not a damn one of these "news" outlets has the balls to point out the uber-scam that $cientology is much less to do an hour long TV special on it...

Bengy Martinez

I want some "see'er" stones! That way I can make up some fictional angel and golden tablets. And with my see'er stones I'll be THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN TRANSLATE IT. Then I can build my own empire, sorry religion! FUCKING REALLY!? I also have some Ocean Front Property in Iowa for sale if you are gullible enough to buy into Joseph Smiths Story...

IcePick

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I was going to read the article and I was encouraged by the still from SouthPark and then I realized it was 5 pages long so I decided to just write a comment instead complaining that the article is 5 pages instead of one. We all have broadband you know.....

DonkeyHotay topcommenter

@IcePick But the new Media Web 2.0 paradigm requires that they split their fluff pieces -- superfluous Top 10 Lists -- into ten separate pages so they can maximize "page views" -- ad revenues -- with as little content as possible.

Replete with oversize photos and graphics like an elementary school student trying to stretch his paltry book report into the required teacher-mandated length.