Family Guy and God

From Vanarragon’s writing he says that “Family Guy regularly lampoons religious practitioners, doctrines and objects in the way that goes beyond almost anything else found on broadcast television.”   This is completely true and I think that they do this in a way that might even offend people of that religion.  The reason people feel this was is because religion has always played a big role in our society and when you mock it they are mocking something that many people feel is important and shouldn’t be mocked.  Since it’s such a touchy subject to begin with, when the makers of Family Guy lampoon religion during many of their shows it is something that people take offense to. But I believe that people should not be offended at all.  Like we talked about politics, which we need to laugh at it because it’s such a huge part of our world and it could cause people to lighten up about issues of religion or politics. I think what Family Guy is doing with religion is completely fine. It gives you an idea on how people might portray your religion. Also it might show you how an idea in your religion is flawed but it’s always good to laugh at it. Family Guy sometimes take religion to literally to produce humor from it like in the first episode where peter is at church and is getting communion and says “is this really the blood of Christ, this guy must have been wasted 24 hours a day” .  This example shows how taking things literally is a way to make fun if ideas a beliefs of religions in a way that’s good to laugh at. Family Guy’s religion references is a  great way to shows  how it teaches people that they need to lighten up a bit and it’s good to laugh at themselves.

This video shows how family guy takes things literally in order to create humor in a way that makes you laugh at yourself or shows how other people could view your belief or idea.  This clip is how Stewie went back in time when Jesus was alive and his powers where nothing like they were said to be.  This scene kind of suggest how the bible could have been wrong or flawed and over exaggerated in a funny way that I feel allows one to make fun of ideas or beliefs in your religion.

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