The Simpsons making fun of Unitarians
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- The writers have made quite a few jokes ribbing Unitarians. Obviously, the jokes here are meant to be ironic, and a criticism of the squabbling among different sects of Christianity. (I even read somewhere that Matt Groening might be Unitarian Universalist.)
Episodes features:
S6E7 - Bart's Girlfriend
S11E14 - Alone Again, Natura-Diddily
S11E15 - Missionary: Impossible
S12E19 - I'm Goin' to Praiseland
S16E21 - The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star
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Guess the writers got tired of being sued by Sincentologists ?
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Good thing Simpsons don't make fun of Lutherans. We have a satellite laser; everyone thinks it's Jewish, but it's Lutheran.
I love how I laughed at this despite not getting it.
I suppose if there are folks that worship the FSM there can be folks that worship Luther.
Quiet, they aren't supposed to know!
@@Delightfully_Bitchy There's a massively believed (by idiots) conspiracy theory that proclaims the "secret Jewish cabal" that runs the world has a space laser platform aimed at their enemies...
You just described Israel perfectly.
As a Unitarian I have no strong feelings about this one way or the other.
Alright Switzerland
Sounds very Unitarian
Thank you, your neutralness.
thank you. ill tell your wife you said, "hello."
What makes a man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just *born* with a heart full of neutrality?
Q: How many Unitarians does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: We're forming a special committee to find out.
Trick question. Unitarians don't give off light, the discuss light.
Q: How do you run a Unitarian family out of town?
A: Burn a wooden Question Mark on their lawn.
Now this, this is a good one. 😆
We need to discuss inclusiveness of the people who would prefer darkness. We're going to have a guest speaker come in to explain their traditions and philosophy. They will also bring an interpretive dance troupe.
As a Unitarian Universalist, I find this joke hilarious.
"Nah you just winged him. Made him a Unitarian."
Solid joke.
I don't know enough about Unitarians to know if this is funny or not
It is.
I was raised one. The whole point of Unitarian Universalism is that you can believe in any diety (or not), as long as you follow 7 principles that basically boil down to "dont be a prick".
@@widgetfilms Yeah, my mom explained it to me. She said, they believe in God and Jesus, and in what Jesus taught but they don’t necessarily believe he rose from the dead. And I’m like…so they believe that Jesus was a good dude but not that he was the son of God…why not just be Jewish then?” (I’m half-Jewish.)
@@juliaplous9092 I should specify that Unitarian Universalism (at least the church I used to go to) is a modern version of Unitarianism. While the Unitarians were directly based in Christianity, modern UU's do not use the bible or christian iconography in their teachings or services. At least, not any group I have been a part of or heard of. There are in fact, Jewish UU's.
@@widgetfilms Does UU include polytheism/pantheism/nontheism as legitimate?
They way they show how Reverend Lovejoy feels so clever while saying "exactly" is a little nugget of animation gold
The upturn of tone at the end is also a little bit of voice acting legend. Man, the Simpsons were good back then! Writers and all!
Despite the corny source, one of the funniest Unitarian jokes I ever heard was from an episode of One Day at a Time. Some nerd who is Love Struck with Valerie Bertinelli's character climbs out on the apartment ledge threatening to jump if she won't love him back. Schneider tries to reason with him.
"Are you catholic? Do you want to talk to a priest?"
(Nerd) "I'm Unitarian"
"Oh..... do you want to talk to a math teacher?"
Kinda solid. It seems like we're all teachers, scientists or social workers.
Hahahahahah
As a Unitarian, we’re just happy to have been mentioned.
As a unitarian you need to repent and believe the true gospel so you can be saved a d have everlasting life. Unitarianism is absolute heresy and a cult. Please flee from these false teachings. Call on Jesus Christ the God Man who offered Himself as the one time forever sacrifice that can save sinners and reconcile them to God.
If you want to talk more my email address is on my about page.
Lol.
Honestly yeah. For my entire adult life, if I mention my religion, the response is always, 'What's that?'
@Bunni Rabbi I still don't know what a Unitarian is. It sounds like a the name of a type of math people are taught in high school. I genuinely have no memory of how to do any of the math from when I was in high school, so this joke is funny to me.
@@MoonshineTheDragThing Unitarianism is a religion.
The best joke I heard was that "Unitarians don't believe in the Bible because they didn't write it."
I've been told that when a former Christian becomes an Atheist, but still wants to go to church, they go Unitarian.
I grew up UU and that's still my impression, I've recommended it to people with essentially that description.
Yeah I would recommend that too. It’s a live and let live community without judgement.
I thought I was the only one that noticed Homer, despite his wishy washy stance on faith is at least consistent on his bashing of unitarians. 😂
I also love that he constantly uses the phrase 'I'll eat my hat' in that context, quoting the Unitarian author Charles Dickens.
It's funny, because Unitarianism is the one religion that would tolerate his stance.
Unitarian ice cream would be coffee. Not coffee flavored, just coffee.
Massively accurate.
I need my coffee-flavoured coffee fix.
I don't know... coffee is still a _something._
You'd think it'd be fair trade, but when you go back into the kitchen you just see a bigass can of Folgers.
Seriously? Where do I sign up?
I think I prefer Lovejoy's icecream joke in the latin dub. He called it "desert ice cream", pretty sure alluding to Abraham's trek after escaping the egyptians.
He claimed there was nothing there "because it already melted" 😂
They translated this into Latin? Does anybody outside of the Vatican speak Latin?
@@Nyx773 Fine, if you're going to be a stickler about it, I meant "latin american"
@@FALG31 he's just using words that mean what they mean; the word you're looking for is Spanish
Re bobo el chiste que metieron ahí. El original por lo menos es gracioso porque el Reverendo le tira mierda a los unitarios ajajajjaja
@@killerkirbydude Last time I said "spanish" about something, they thought I was talking about Spain. When I meant "someone who speaks spanish in general"
Having grown up in the UU Church, I found these hilarious. In general, the UU Church doesn't see itself itself broadly as Christian, although it's part of it's DNA, although there are those in it who do see themselves as Christian.
UU church feels like an oxymoron
@@cinemint How so?
@@safecalmplace We do seem to have *so* many teachers in our denomination, and we always seem to feel like a well-kept secret. We really need to do something about that (the secret part, not the teachers).
@@BunniRabbi because you believe in Christ, being part of the trinity that is God, that he was sacrificed without sin and resurrected 3 days later for our salvation, in which any church, Catholic, Protestant and all in between would agree is the basis to be a church, or your not. UU are not Christians if you dont belive in the former explanation
@@duckmeat4674 Who do you think was claiming UUs are Christians?
I love the quip attributed to Bertrand Russell: Unitarians believe in one god, maximum.
I think pantheism could be accommodated in modern Unitarianism.
@@guidosarducci209 Careful what you wish for -- they just might!
@@BerenElendilAPGaming I'm not exactly sure what you mean. I meant that the Unitarians I have known would be accepting of a metaphysical belief involving pantheism. It is not inherently inconsistent with Unitarianism, and if that's where a person's search for truth leads, we would be supportive of it. It doesn't present a problem.
Personally, I suspect somebody way back in about the 4th century decided "Let's troll these people; we'll try to convince them something contradictory is true and important, like maybe, '1=2'; no wait, too obvious! How about '1=3'? Yeah, that's the stuff!" and they've been laughing their asses off ever since.
Disclaimer: The view expressed here is the author's, and does not necessarily represent the view of the Unitarian Universalist Association, its members, or the clergy or members of UU churches and fellowships.
That's a good one. I heard it through Penn Jillette: "Unitarians believe in one god, at most!"
As someone who works at a Unitarian Universalist church, I agree with all these jokes 🤣🤣🤣
As a theology major, this gave me a chuckle.
Theology? Hurry up and switch to religious studies... or history or archeology or languages... Anything, really... Trust me now and thank me later.
@@lexprontera8325 or business, or CS, or literally drop out. All better options yet still.
@@lexprontera8325 What's wrong with theology? Is it too restricted in scope, or too broad? Something else?
Yes tell us
Ignore anyone who tells you to switch major. All my life I have watched people with 'practical degrees' get laid-off and struggle to find work, while I've consistently had work due to training in philosophy and art. People don't understand how the job-market works.
Apparently Matt groening is a unitarian. The basic principle is that everyone is trying to find their own path to life and spirituality and we should all work together.
Sounds pretty dope ngl.
Sure, thinking too little is bad, but thinking too much is not good too.
One of those sects that actually makes a point of practicing what Jesus preached.
To this day i still don't know what Unitarian is. All these different versions of christianity coming out like they're damn Street Fighter 2 revisions
Edit: Thanks to all of you for your explanations. They've left me more confused than i was when i first made this comment
Unitarian isn't christian, it explicitly states that God is one, not three. Therefore, it cannot be christian, as the trinity is a necessary belief for christians to hold
Unitarian Universalists are not Christians anymore, they’ve abandoned the idea of identifying as a Christian and many Christian teachings. It’s a syncretic religion that borrows some elements from Christianity but mixes in a lot of ideas from multiple religions as well as irreligious religions like atheism.
@Hoppeankiek, Unitarian is a form of non-Trinitarian Christianity because they still believe Jesus is the savior and a divine prophet of God, just not a part of God himself. What you read about God being a trinity with Jesus being a part of God is just the viewpoint approved by the Romans during the Council of Nicea. Did you know that the early Christians had vastly different beliefs in the nature of Jesus, and some gnostic gospels even say Jesus wasn't even divine either and was just a man?
@@Intranetusa oh ffs. Yes, the gnostics disagreed, and the gnostics were both heretics, and a minority. Very few of their scriptures survived, but what we do have (like the gospel of Thomas) are obvious forgeries.
The council of Nicea was left alone by Constantine, and had to do with Arius, and his heresy, a much more serious and wide spread heresy. He also just made shit up, and ignored the teachings of the apostles, as written in the gospels. Which are written shortly after the time of Jesus, and reliable.
It is absolutely necessary to believe in the Trinity, and Jesus was absolutely God
@Hoppeankirk - Lol, Gnostics are viewed as heretics because the dominant authority in charge didn't like their version of Christianity. Other Christians within the Roman Empire got the government to ban their documents and teachings. By the 4th century, Christian bishops decreed that possessing non-mainstream Christian books was heresy and a criminal offense and went on book burning sprees of Christian writings that they didn't like.
During the early formation of Christianity, there were many DOZENS UPON DOZENS of different Christian gospels, and the Romans at the Council of Nicea decided to pick four (4) of them (heavily based on political power/influence), and declare they were the only canonical gospels.
You think belief in Trinity and Jesus being a part of a Trinity God is required to be a Christian because your definition of Christianity was defined for you by the Romans and the early Christians who worked with Roman authorities to ban other Christian beliefs and burn their books. Many of the early Christian people and gospels would disagree with you.
Also, Unitarians aren't the same as the Gnostics anyways.
I remember this was always taken as Groening making fun of himself/the writers room teasing him and most UUs find it fits right in with jokes they tell about themselves.
Funny that I can't find any substantial evidence of Groening being Unitarian online right now, it used to be treated as a well known fact but now it's more treated as rumour. (Of course, I fully get the guy not wanting that extent of scrutiny of his private life).
Groening is a Mennonite. From Odessa, Ukraine, the Russian Empire. There IS a joke comparing the Amish with "those shiftless Mennonites".
I'm not a Unitarian, but the more I read about them the more I think it might be exactly my beliefs. Its.....its sublime seeing casual western religion that doesn't believe in such a harsh world design.
And honestly, these gags almost seem mocking of those fanatics who _who mock_ Unitarians.
And here I thought this was about that religion in dead space
Me too. But those are UniTOLOGISTS
Make us whole Issac
That’s Unitology which is a riff of Scientology
Ah yes my favorite religion, believe anything you want and don’t be a jerk
I feel like that's the sort of common sense my country lacks. Too many people want to make all these rules about what you should believe and what you should say, on both sides of the political "wall." Too much angry and hatred. People say they want freedom, but appparently they mean "Freedom to behave like I say." When ideally, we would all agree we have differing views, but that we should agree to disagree, cast our vote, and try not to be a jerk. Maybe extend some help to those in need. And not be so judgemental, but on the other hand, encourage people to be nice. But with the understanding not everyone is going to bend over backwards to please everyone, which is not even possible.
Hey man, if there is one thing that is fun about my Unitarian faith, it's how remarkably fun it is to make fun of.
Aren't these actually jokes making fun of Christians who rag on Unitarians?
Well yes. That's because Groening is a Unitarian.
Some of it, sure. But like Seth McFarlane of Family Guy and American Dad fame, Groening likes to be very self-deprecating, takes shots at his upbringing, beliefs, ideals, political parties, organized religion via through episodes and Simpsons/Futurama characters. He learned a lot of this ability to be able to make fun of himself by being a huge fan of Frank Zappa, a well-known rock legend, who can satirize anyone or anything and still sell millions of records and arenas/stadiums and intellectually destroy the individual arguments and claims as well as their integrity of PMRC at their hearings in mid-80's. He's very articulate, very convincing and you'd better have a fact-based, logical set of arguments if you try and debate him, because if you had any real or apparent flaws, he wouldve found it.
He might've lived longer if he hadn't smoked so long and didnt come to the realization that tobacco companies REALLY DID since late 1940's, know about how harmful their products were and actively tried to hide and mislead the public for next 50 years. I would highly recommend seeing the Russell Crowe movie The Insider, to better understand the dramatized series of events, circumstances that lead to a whistleblower annihilating Big Tobacco's long-held deadly corporate secrets and how essentially, CBS' 60 Minutes and Mike Wallace blew it all open.
I thought the title said "Ukrainians" and I was thinking "oh no the comment section"
As a Unitarian I'm just happy that somebody remembered us
“Command-mint” goes hard
I grew up unitarian. Don't remember a single thing about it tbh.
Exactly!
If you have an open mind about religion then they did their job.
*exactly*
But on the other hand, in the words of Ol. Sherman T. Potter, "The man answes his own phone...must be a Unitarian."
I considered joining a Unitarian church years ago. They seem the least problematic lol. I went down a more Buddhist path instead.
That doesn't preclude you from being a Unitarian.
@@tiandao8503 True lol. Maybe I’ll revisit the idea.
I've been a Unitarian about 20 years, and I can't say I've ever known a Unitarian fellowship without a fair few Buddhists in attendance.
Matt Groening loved making fun of them (must be a fan of self-loathing
A fan of self-loathing? Sounds more Catholic to me.
How is it self-loathing? The man's not Unitarian!
Groening's family is Amish Mennonite while he himself is an agnostic
Yes, he's agnostic, but plenty of Unitarians are agnostic.
@EGM He's an agnostic Unitarian. UUism doesn't require a belief in god.
@EGM One of the books from his days with the Tracey Ullman show.
Do i wail on some Unitarians?
As a Catholic this is on of the best jokes I've heard All day
I'm a Unitarian. We love these jokes!
The novelist Kurt Vonnegut had strong Unitarian sympathies but at least one of his novels - the black comedy, Mother Night - has jokes at our expense. (Rev Matt Smith)
I didn't know that, but it really gives me a new perspective on Bokononism in Cat's Cradle
The Power of "shrugs" compels you!
LOL!
We still have our martyrs.
Underrated comment
At least they forgot about the Universalists… and the precious Unitarian Universalists. Who else will give everyone coffee after the sermon!?
In the United States, "Unitarian" refers to Unitarian Universalism because the two faiths officially merged in 1961. We call ourselves Unitarian Universalists or "UU." I think we should adopt a name that's simpler and less cult-like, because we are the polar opposite of a cult (i.e., rather than telling people what to believe, we encourage people to use their hearts and minds to discern what's true). And yes, we like to joke that coffee is our one "sacrament." 😉
As someone who was raised Unitarian, these jokes were incredibly lame. There is so much more they could have made fun of with just a bit of research.
I think they where making fun of the people who critize them aswell
Groening is a Universalist, so I don't think it's a lack of familiarity.
As a Catholic-turned-Unitarian the last one got me
As a Trinitarian: I approve. 😂
As a biblical Unitarian as in I actually believe in the resurrection, I also approve.
@@charlottewolery558 Dillinger Escape Plan in official churches.
Triangles are quite solid. Use in building for that reason.
I don't even know where Unitaria is.
We're a liberal religion focused on dignity, democracy and environmentalism. Matt Groening, author of the Simpsons, is a Unitarian. As a stereotype, we’re usually considered very mild and inoffensive, which is what the first bit with grandpa Simpson is playing on.
The second joke, ‘you just winged him’, is referring to the stereotype of Unitarians ‘barely being religious’. Really, it’s just that we don’t focus on what a lot of religions focus on, like afterlives and gods. We’re about how to live your life in the here and now.
We also tend to study other religions, open to learning from any tradition, potentially. That’s the third joke. Since wisdom can come from anywhere, we discourage treating our faith as ‘the one true faith’. Too all-or-nothing.
The fourth joke also refers to the fact that we don’t focus on cosmological issues. Some of us believe in a god and some don’t. It’s not part of our focus. Likewise with afterlives or anything supernatural. To some, that makes us empty, which is what Rev Lovejoy is trying to say with the empty bowl.
The last joke is basically a callback to the mild/inoffensive stereotype. Arguably it could be intending to poke fun at the various potentially offensive things the Catholic church has done.
Hope this helps.
Based on Bunni's response, I can only conclude that Unitaria is as far away from "The Joke" as possible. So...the moon, I guess?
@@seichhornchen Cincinnati actually.
neither do they lol
As a Unitarian I enjoy just the existence of this "religion" merely being acknowledged. As one I have a hard time calling it a religion, it's basically church without religion in the traditional sense, which works great for me as an Athiest.
So like a convenient social club for those who aren't fortunate enough to have a social club from family or work or an actual religion?
@@EdKolis Possibly could serve that role for some, and has a lot of associated communities, support groups, and so on. But it does have services much like a normal church, which typically are more philosophical or social justice oriented. Sometimes religious figures, even Jesus, are brought up in these for the philosophies they offer, though the ministers' discomfort talking about Him can border on hilarious at times. A large number of UUs (not including myself) grew up in more traditional religions but lost faith or became disillusioned with them in adulthood, the Unitarian church fulfilling the social function, routine, rituals, philosophy, and so on that they had in their previous church experience but without the religious dogma. The routines, traditions, rituals, community, structure, organization, and so on are all very traditional church-like, just lacking the religious dogma aspects. Hence the "church without religion" description.
@@EdKolist's actually good to have a community meeting place separate from the pressures of family, work, and religion. All three tend to enforce conformity with the threat of being disowned, fired, or divinely punished, so they on their own isolate you and prevent you from seeing your world in it's entirety. My mom took me to traditional Christian church services and UU potlucks and such, because she wanted to share her religion with me as well as allow me to interact with others.
A church without a god is like a hospital for people who aren’t sick
@bruhbruh-us6gl is the only reason u go church is to fix yourself??
0:12 it's the Qanon Shaman..
As a Unitarian I love this shit.
this is honestly funnier bc my parents raised me as unitarian universalist lmao
I used to go to a Unitarian church, a lot of them were genuinely friendly and kind people who wanted to help others :)
the squabbling of Christians sects looks so funny from an outsider perspective
Just stick with the denominations made before the 1500s and it'll be a LOT simpler and historically enriching.
All fun and games until you find yourself in Northern Ireland in the 1970s
@TheNathanNS
“Catholic or Protestant?”
“Orthodox”
“…. Is that Catholic Orthodox or Protestant Orthodox?”
@@elf-lordsfriarofthemeadowl2039 Pre 1500s: our theology is based on centuries of scholarship and fluency in Greek and Latin
Post 1500s: I'm starting my own church with blackjack and hookers
Right now it does. Back in the Middle Ages though, ehhh...
As a Unitarian, fair
Gotta love how Moe stays aproned at all times...😅
As a non-practicing Unitarian-Universalist, I found these hilarious.
You can just say agnostic.
How do you non-practice a religion with no practices
@@aquila4142 that’s a good question… we don’t know either
@@aquila4142
They stopped drinking coffee and no longer argue ...
@@aquila4142 It's the best way to practice it actually
I appreciate what the Unitarians TRIED to do, but they failed to understand that not all religions CAN peacefully coexist, that exclusivism is actually foundational to some of them, especially to Christianity.
Incredible.
I used to watch The Simpsons when they 1st started. I've been so out of touch since 2k.
I started in UU myself in September 2012 & accepted as a formal member 2yrs later. Went to service every Subday until the pandemic interrupted & everything changed.
I had no idea UU was noticed by The Simpsons until this clip Monday 4-17-23.
UU is rather liberal. Sunday Best Attire is optional & crazy LGBT FRIENDLY...YAY🥳.
The author, Matt Groeing, is a UU.
@@BunniRabbi 😳I did not know that.
Kinda funny that this happnes when Bart Simpson's voice actor is a Scientologist
They probably meaning Unitarian Universalists, not Unitarians lol
Pretty much interchangeable.
No it also includes other Unitarian groups like Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses
@@Geniusignotus where in the world did you get a crazy statement like that? Why do people make statements as if they know what they're talking about that are utterly and completely wrong? Mormons and Jehovah's witnesses have nothing to do with Unitarians.
There is no distinction because Unitarianism doesn't exist as a separate entity anymore since they merged with universalism in the 1960s.
@@guidosarducci209 You may not know this but the LDS Church and Jehovah's Witnesses both subscribe to unitarianism in place of trinitarianism
Wrong symbol on the thumbnail, that's a completely different religion lol. Let's give our Unitarian Universalists some love though!
Unitarian sounded made up to me and I just assumed they were referring to Scientology and just didn't wanna get sued.
Nope. No similarity to Scientology at all. Also, don't mistake it for the Unification Church. It's much more down to earth than either of those.
@@guidosarducci209Unitarian Universalists are no Christians BTW
@@Geniusignotus Unitarianism was once a Christian religion a very long time ago but it is not now.
@@guidosarducci209 Mmm that feels a bit reductionist, no? I almost feel its more accurate to say Unitarian Christianity is the founding form of Unitarianism, from which sprang other Unitarian concepts.
@@CodaMission Disagree. In it's current form UU is unlike what it originally was, and what it originally was no longer exists. It's not clear what you mean by "other Unitarian concepts", but as to denominations, there is only one.
As a UU this is funny as fuck! Lol, we need more jokes about spirituality without people getting hurt, it's all good fun.
Ah yes whale on the only religion that doesn’t make a habit out of threatening and attacking non believers
That's not all Christian Unitarians, just the universalist Unitarians. 🙂
I'm Unitarian.. But are they referring to Unitarians in general or Unitarian Universalists?
As a unitarian, I'm offended XD
Never actually heard of Unitarians before.
I worked with someone who claimed to be UU. Not sure how often, if ever, he attended their services, or what they call it. Often wanted to go, just to see what it's like.
LOL Lisa Junior XD
She obviously is voiced by Lisa's VA.
Surprised Rev. Lovejoy would have an ice cream flavor called "Blessed Virgin Berry", given he's Protestant.
Also Cruci-fixin's is so silly.
Whats a Unitarian when its at home?
Idk, what?
@@channingcheese2 No its not a joke, like idk what one is, 'when its at home' is like me saying, I wouldn't even know what it is in its natural surroundings. I guess its just a Scottish term.
If only the device you used to post the comment was attached to some sort of means by which you could easily search for information on any subject you could possibly think of.
@@24magiccarrot Got me there, but... my comment highlights the fact that people outside of the US dont get all the jokes.
It's basically Americans that are afraid to identify as agnostic or atheist because that country is still in the 19th century as far as religion is concerned...
I’m a UU. I think these references are great! Maybe folks will ask,”what is a UU?”👍
I never knew they made fun of Unitarians so much. xD They made fun of many faiths, but didn't know there were so many poking fun at them.
There were what, 6 clips in that montage? There are 746 Simpson's episodes with a run time of 22 minutes for a total of 16,412 minutes of footage. If you comb through all of that air time you come up with less than 1 minute of Unitarian-based jokes.
I would not call that "so many" jokes poking fun of them or that they made fun of them "so much".
If you look closely, they aren't making fun of Unitarians at all. They are making fun of the attitudes held about Unitarians. Like when Homer says 'I'll eat my hat', he doesn't know he's quoting a Unitarian - Charles Dickens.
Except, Sickens was a Unitarian when it was still very much seen as a Christian organization or denomination and would remain that way for the next century until an another branch of Unitarianism, Universal Unitarianism, came along and divorced itself from its Christian origins.
As far as its socio-political activism, Puritans were actively speaking out and criticizing the slave trade and promoting gender and racial equality (to a certain extent for the time period) as far back as the late 17th century. Puritans began forbidding slave owners from attending their meetings in the 1750's and they were advocates of issues, causes like temperance, sufferage, anti-slavery, and tolerating unpopular political beliefs decades before they became mainstream without altering or massively changing or "reforming" their core tenets of the faith.
Dickens, sorry.
Quakers again, sorry.
Wait, we’re supposed to be Christian? Maybe I oughta remind yay minister…
It seems that the unitarians are to the Simpsons what scientology is to south park
South Park wrote an episode where Chef- a character voiced by a Scientologist before he quit the show as he was offended that they kept making anti-scientology jokes- is brainwashed and becomes a deranged pedophile hunting children down. They also wrote a whole episode where Scientologist try to make Stan their new leader, and thoughtout the episode they show how all the supposed religious science is all faked.
Simpsons is poking fun at Unitarians, whereas South Park has deep hatred for Scientology and it's followers.
I think the better comparison is that Umitarians are to Simpsons as Mormons are to South Park. The show clearly thinks the origins and beliefs of Mormons are dumb, but can't help but find a lot of the people charming and likable.
Naw, youre thinkin of the rest of christians. Pay more attention to the jokes, these jokes arent makin fun of Unitarians if you look closely enuf
Actually, it's more like what Canada is to South Park. Inoffensive, so it's fun to make fun of it.
As a UU, I 😂😂😂 at these jokes.
I was raised UU, but do not really claim the church now. However, I still think of it fondly and appreciate what I learned there.
Imagine being a unitarian
No.
*Lionel Hutz World Without Lawyers Gif*
I’m a Pastafarian, and trying to lose weight.
I refuse.
Sounds worse than even vegetarian!
Man I'm fucked up I thought this was about Ukrainians
I'd be a Unitarian, but I'd rather not have to eat only pound cake and gram crackers.
MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN
I have weighed your joke in the balances and found it wanting.
The fact that I had to think quite a few seconds to understand this joke doesn't mean it wasn't funny!
I GET IT
I don't get it.
@@chaliceknights9625 If a vegetarian eats only vegetables, a Unitarian eats only units, like pounds and grams.
The simpsons have made fun of every religion 😂
Makes more sense than trinitarianism.
From the surface, yes
From the truth, no
@@Geniusignotus I meant both
@@diegoantoniobaezareyes8891 then you'd be wrong, I'm afraid
@@Geniusignotus if you want to believe in trinitarianism, I am not judging. You have the right to be wrong and to defend a paradox.
@@diegoantoniobaezareyes8891 Yes, I do have the right to be wrong - just like yourself - and I choose to forfeit that right for the sake of the truth
The Trinity is in deed a paradox but its usage has been well documented throughout the Early Church; in fact, Jesus and St Paul used the Trinitarian formula themselves when referring to God as per the Synoptic Gospels and the Pauline epistles respectively
It's precisely why the First Council of Nicaea decided to upgrade the doctrine as dogmatic with mainstream Christian practice and use it to counter the heretical Arian doctrine (which you currently support)
that's hilarious as a proud Unitarian I think its funny how everyone sees us because it's true we are an odd bunch
So what I gathered from this is that they hate it because the practice tries to make you a better person.
If you look at the actual jokes, none of them are at the expense of Unitarians. They are making fun of how people react to Unitarians.
Adding on an example to what Chalice Knights said, when Homer says 'I'll eat my hat', he doesn't know he's quoting a Unitarian - Charles Dickens.
I struggle to gather anything about Unitarianism from the jokes they provide here.
Nothing on us Anglicans but we're too laid back to care :D
At least they're not Unitologists.
I've literally never heard of the Unitarians other than in these clips.
I went to a tourist shop once and they had bars of soap... with the word ONE carved into them, and a message written on the label. Unitarian soap, that was my introduction to that 😂
We're a liberal religion focused on dignity, democracy and environmentalism. As a stereotype, we tend to be described as mild and inoffensive, so part of the joke is that it's funny to have someone react negatively towards us at all. Kind of like South Park making fun of Canada.
@@BunniRabbi I don't know. You sound alright to me based on that description.
Seems to be less making fun of Unitarians and more making fun of how other religious people view Unitarians.
"How do I join? Do I wail on some unitarians?"
The old catholic church would immediately approve of assaulting heretics, oh how times have changed...
They still do
Saint Nicholas would have approved.
Silly Homer...
everybody knows you join the Cats by s•ex•ual as•salting miners.
😜😜
Christianity, even in it's oldest form, was never about dominating other religions and they specifically say to live peacefully among disbelievers. That message was corrupted over time.
@@HughJass-jv2lt What did the Miners do, they just pick underground all day. why target them?
for a second I thought the empty hat was just some censored bit.
Simpsons stopped being great after they stopped making fun of hippies.
lol, you thowt they were actually mockin the hippies xD
So im tryin to figure out when ya thowt they made fun of hippies... Season 8? Season 10?
Ssn 10 is when we see the hippies from Homer's childhood, and the butt of the joke in most the flashbacks is Abe Simpson, not the hippies xD
And in ssn 8, the butt of the joke is Skinner, not the hippie at the recylcin center heh
Missed the joke about Unitarians all being from Boston
Christians making fun of Christians. What has this world come to? 😂
I've often heard that Christians are more fearful of other sects of Christianity than they are of completely different religions. The idea goes that, since the different sects of Christianity are already similar, they fight in order to distinguish themselves and preserve their base.
That's been the case for literally hundreds of years
"Damn Christians ruining Christianity!"
"you Christians sure are contentious"
"YOU JUST MADE AN ENEMY FOR LIFE!"
@Pop Dumpster It's a pretty common trend for religions or movements to hate the heretic more than the heathen. Because while the heathen may reject your beliefs, the heretic holds to a corrupted view of your beliefs. For example, in Al-Andalus (Islamic Spain), there was a period of essentially Islamic Inquisition, where people were punished and even killed for violating the perceived requirements of Islam....but only if you were Muslim. Christians and Jews didn't have it easy, but were generally not treated as harshly. The same thing is also why so many leftist political movements turn into sometimes-literal circular firing squads, as they turn on each other for not being the right KIND of Leftist.
Well given that organised religions are basically a business out for profit and maintaining control of people, it makes sense.
I misread unitarians as Undertale somehow
these aren't jokes "about" Unitarians at all though -- they are jokes about the many weird sects of Christanity and their silly and needless tendency to act like they're soooo different from another sect of their same religion.
unitarians is close to islam in terms of beliefs in one god
The one famous unitarian is Isaac newton
You're thinking of the Christian denomination. The term as they are using it here refers to Unitarian Universalists.
To add to what Bunni said - Unitarians are mostly atheists, with a large majority of theists, some of whom are polytheists.
as a unitarian who works in a unitarian church, i absolutely giggled. especially the bit about "if it's the one true faith i'll eat my hat!" because the whole point of unitarian universalism is that there IS no true faith lol! love it
The hell is a unitarian? Sounds like some tribe or assassin's creed faction.
It's the rejection of the trinity. There is no father or son or holy ghost, just god.
@@DavisJ-ln6fw Must be some American thing. I'm a Nihilist.
@@TageM_Official Actually it's come up independently in multiple countries at different points Poland, Transylvania (Romania), England and Wales tend to be considered the oldest founding nations
Weren't most of the Founding Fathers Unitarians?
most were protestant with a few being quakers
They ran to America to escape religious nuts. Ironic
I learned about Unitarians from The Simpsons many many years ago as a kid. I had to ask my parents about why Unitarian ice cream would be just nothing.
Going to Heaven (and therefor to going to hell) is actually a free gift from God. "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him." John 3:36. Jesus of Nazareth, The Son of God, died for the remission of sin, including yours, was buried and rose from the dead on the third day. Whoever believes on him to save them from hell has everlasting life in heaven. Jesus himself said in John 6:47 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life."
The word "Trinity" isn't found once in the bible. Nor are any of it's definitions "3 Gods in the 1 God" or "1 God in 3 Persons".
Nor are the terms "God the Son" or "God the Holy Spirit" to be found in the Bible, not once.
The term "God the Father" is found all through out the New Testament.
Taking in account how ignorant, bigotted or hypocritical most characters are, I'd say The Simpsons are mostly making fun of the Western Branch of America Reform Presbylutheran Church the main characters and religions that ressemble it.
Its like the guy that's a fan of all the sports teams
How do you mean?
@@entrippyZ That's a bit of an over-simplification. We do overtly disagree with a lot of things, and work to oppose them. Like the hymn says, "We are gentle, angry, people..."
How do you get to hell?
Very simple: claim that you're innocent.
How do you get to heaven?
Very simple: Admit that you're not Innocent, you're guilty and ask for mercy.
How to know if you're guilty or not?
Simply: Compare your life to the Ten Commandments God gave you in the Bible.
Everyone agrees that if people followed the ten commandments there would be no need for governments or police.
Do not lie.
Do not steal.
Do not commit adultery.
Do not insult God by using his name as a cuss word.
There are six more but let's just leave it at that.
How many lies have you told in your life?
Have you ever taken anything that didn't belong to you?
Jesus said, if you look at a women lustfully you've already committed adultery in your heart with that woman.
How many times a day do you do that?
Do you use God's name as a cuss word?
Would you do that with your own mother's name?
If you answer these questions honestly you know that you're guilty.
God can justly punish you and send you to hell.
Ask him for mercy.
His name is Jesus.
It's as simple as this, The Ten Commandments are called the moral law. You and I broke God's laws. Jesus paid the fine.
The fine is death.
Ezekiel 18:20 -
"The soul who sins shall die.
That's why Jesus had to die on the cross for our sins. This is why God is able to give us Mercy.
Option A.
You die for your own sins.
Option B.
Ask for mercy and accept that Jesus died on the cross for you.❤
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It’s funny how most Christian’s don’t like Unitarians because they don’t believe Jesus is the son of god but still follow him as a prophet unlike the Jews. But in an Islamic viewpoint that makes them the only true followers of Jesus
Most of the audience, and probably the creators, probably have Unitarian beliefs even if they make fun of them.