1 00:00:02,528 --> 00:00:05,296 _ 2 00:00:15,851 --> 00:00:18,560 _ 3 00:00:33,893 --> 00:00:35,651 D'oh! 4 00:01:09,738 --> 00:01:11,738 None of you will inherit anything. 5 00:01:11,814 --> 00:01:13,981 Because there isn't any. 6 00:01:17,736 --> 00:01:18,995 D'oh. 7 00:01:25,828 --> 00:01:27,411 Previously on The Simpsons, 8 00:01:27,422 --> 00:01:30,590 a charismatic new preacher came to Springfield. 9 00:01:30,667 --> 00:01:31,832 You want to hold my gun? 10 00:01:31,909 --> 00:01:33,702 You-you can. 11 00:01:33,928 --> 00:01:35,002 And Lisa admired him 12 00:01:35,079 --> 00:01:37,254 like no adult man she'd ever met. 13 00:01:37,265 --> 00:01:39,674 This brunch has turned into... 14 00:01:39,750 --> 00:01:41,717 a jazz brunch! 15 00:01:42,744 --> 00:01:43,789 Reverend Lovejoy 16 00:01:43,824 --> 00:01:46,055 lost his job and swore revenge. 17 00:01:46,132 --> 00:01:47,398 This is... 18 00:01:47,399 --> 00:01:50,999 _ 19 00:02:03,951 --> 00:02:05,655 _ 20 00:02:12,542 --> 00:02:14,142 This preacher is so amazing. 21 00:02:14,177 --> 00:02:15,277 I'm looking forward to this. 22 00:02:15,732 --> 00:02:17,804 This is the first time I've come to church 23 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:19,880 when it's not part of a big montage 24 00:02:19,957 --> 00:02:22,500 of my enemies being whacked. 25 00:02:22,535 --> 00:02:24,330 Whoa! Hey! Whoa! 26 00:02:24,365 --> 00:02:27,416 Well, someone looks awfully nice for church. 27 00:02:27,451 --> 00:02:28,472 Oh, this thing? 28 00:02:28,483 --> 00:02:30,099 Are you sure you aren't just attracted 29 00:02:30,176 --> 00:02:32,485 to our handsome new pastor? 30 00:02:32,562 --> 00:02:36,388 Silly. Moms aren't attracted to pastors. 31 00:02:38,216 --> 00:02:40,934 Oh, this place is so crowded. 32 00:02:41,011 --> 00:02:44,479 My leg is touching Milhouse's dad's. 33 00:02:44,532 --> 00:02:46,698 Looks like we're knee neighbors, huh, buddy? 34 00:02:47,893 --> 00:02:49,651 Mr. Smithers. 35 00:02:49,728 --> 00:02:52,312 I don't think I've ever seen you without Mr. Burns. 36 00:02:52,389 --> 00:02:54,189 Oh, Mr. Burns is more comfortable at home 37 00:02:54,266 --> 00:02:56,117 reading his copies of the scriptures. 38 00:03:00,437 --> 00:03:02,072 "Blessed be the poor"? 39 00:03:02,083 --> 00:03:03,907 I'm just finding this out now? 40 00:03:03,918 --> 00:03:05,417 No one must know. 41 00:03:10,449 --> 00:03:12,166 Exodus. 42 00:03:12,242 --> 00:03:15,085 - Good morning. - Good morning. 43 00:03:15,096 --> 00:03:17,045 For those of you interested in the Packers game... 44 00:03:17,122 --> 00:03:18,839 We don't want to know. 45 00:03:18,916 --> 00:03:21,592 So, I know some of you still have some questions about me. 46 00:03:21,602 --> 00:03:22,885 I certainly do. 47 00:03:22,961 --> 00:03:25,596 Will you be godfather to my son? 48 00:03:26,006 --> 00:03:27,347 We're not there yet, Mel. 49 00:03:27,424 --> 00:03:30,225 But, seriously, fewer and fewer people are coming to church. 50 00:03:30,302 --> 00:03:33,228 Numbers are declining. And I get it. 51 00:03:33,305 --> 00:03:35,114 When you tell people that you believe in God, 52 00:03:35,191 --> 00:03:36,523 usually they take that to mean 53 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:38,567 that you're quietly judging their lifestyle 54 00:03:38,644 --> 00:03:41,612 or think everybody but you is going to Hell. 55 00:03:41,622 --> 00:03:43,447 Way to preach, bitch. 56 00:03:43,457 --> 00:03:44,790 I'm gonna pretend I heard "amen." 57 00:03:44,867 --> 00:03:46,074 Oh, relax, bitch. 58 00:03:49,154 --> 00:03:51,121 The original function of religion 59 00:03:51,132 --> 00:03:53,132 was to bring us together. "Religion." 60 00:03:53,209 --> 00:03:55,042 "Ligio," like "ligament." 61 00:03:55,118 --> 00:03:56,969 It means to reconnect. 62 00:03:57,046 --> 00:03:59,254 They don't teach you that at medical school. 63 00:03:59,331 --> 00:04:00,336 Yes, they do. 64 00:04:00,382 --> 00:04:02,883 Well, I learn from my mistakes. 65 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,178 Malpractice makes malperfect. 66 00:04:06,255 --> 00:04:07,930 Well, I want to bring us all together. 67 00:04:08,006 --> 00:04:10,307 Not just Christians but Hindus and Buddhists. 68 00:04:10,318 --> 00:04:12,100 Even those that don't believe. 69 00:04:12,177 --> 00:04:14,153 Does anyone besides me 70 00:04:14,230 --> 00:04:15,979 miss church the way it was? 71 00:04:19,306 --> 00:04:20,784 Well, the crickets agree. 72 00:04:20,785 --> 00:04:22,705 _ 73 00:04:22,997 --> 00:04:26,240 This church has gone from a place of warm, awkward silence 74 00:04:26,316 --> 00:04:30,118 into a gooey lovefest run by a narcissistic kum-bah-yo-yo, 75 00:04:30,195 --> 00:04:32,162 and I will not stand for it. 76 00:04:32,173 --> 00:04:34,081 You and I believe in the same God. 77 00:04:34,157 --> 00:04:36,333 I just believe that that God loves everyone. 78 00:04:36,344 --> 00:04:38,035 You don't agree with that, Ned? 79 00:04:38,068 --> 00:04:40,003 Sir, we are not on a first-name basis. 80 00:04:40,014 --> 00:04:41,505 Mr. Flanders. 81 00:04:41,515 --> 00:04:44,016 You may call me New Evangelical Deacon, 82 00:04:44,093 --> 00:04:45,467 or Ned for short. 83 00:04:45,544 --> 00:04:48,178 Okay, Ned, look, God is the love, 84 00:04:48,189 --> 00:04:50,356 the "yes" that set the universe in motion. 85 00:04:50,432 --> 00:04:52,182 He or She... 86 00:04:54,177 --> 00:04:57,363 Maybe this time. 87 00:04:57,439 --> 00:04:59,815 ♪ Maybe this time ♪ 88 00:04:59,891 --> 00:05:02,317 ♪ I'll believe it ♪ 89 00:05:02,394 --> 00:05:06,455 - ♪ Maybe this time I'll pray ♪ - _ 90 00:05:11,712 --> 00:05:14,046 ♪ Maybe this time ♪ 91 00:05:14,123 --> 00:05:16,123 ♪ For the first time ♪ 92 00:05:16,199 --> 00:05:18,050 ♪ I'll have fun ♪ 93 00:05:18,127 --> 00:05:21,345 ♪ On Sunday ♪ 94 00:05:25,766 --> 00:05:30,345 ♪ He will sermonize ♪ 95 00:05:30,422 --> 00:05:34,191 ♪ With those hazel eyes ♪ 96 00:05:35,594 --> 00:05:37,477 ♪ I've got Buddha ♪ 97 00:05:37,554 --> 00:05:39,688 ♪ I've got science ♪ 98 00:05:39,765 --> 00:05:43,993 ♪ And now Jesus makes three ♪ 99 00:05:44,970 --> 00:05:47,070 ♪ It's gonna happen ♪ 100 00:05:47,081 --> 00:05:49,239 - ♪ Happen sometime ♪ - _ 101 00:05:49,250 --> 00:05:53,085 - ♪ Maybe this time ♪ - _ 102 00:05:53,162 --> 00:05:56,964 ♪ I'll pray. ♪ 103 00:06:00,619 --> 00:06:02,669 Not bad, kid. Also not good. 104 00:06:02,746 --> 00:06:05,097 Let me show you how it's done. And a one, and a two. 105 00:06:05,174 --> 00:06:06,189 Hey! 106 00:06:08,602 --> 00:06:10,844 Aw, sleeping in church. 107 00:06:10,921 --> 00:06:13,439 Like father like daughter. 108 00:06:13,515 --> 00:06:16,442 God is nothing but grace and flow and forgiveness. 109 00:06:16,518 --> 00:06:17,893 And if you don't think so, 110 00:06:17,969 --> 00:06:19,269 I-I don't know, maybe you should go back 111 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:21,355 and read the Bible a little bit closer. 112 00:06:21,431 --> 00:06:23,732 Are you questioning a man who travels with extra Bibles 113 00:06:23,809 --> 00:06:25,659 to put them in hotel rooms? 114 00:06:27,621 --> 00:06:29,863 Do you mind? 115 00:06:29,940 --> 00:06:31,073 I'm sure you're very sincere, 116 00:06:31,149 --> 00:06:33,116 but a parrot can recite the Bible 117 00:06:33,127 --> 00:06:34,451 and have no idea what it means. 118 00:06:34,462 --> 00:06:35,819 What? What? What? 119 00:06:35,881 --> 00:06:37,579 This isn't church anymore. 120 00:06:37,656 --> 00:06:38,689 We're out of here. 121 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:45,921 Daddy, we can't leave before the pastor says so. 122 00:06:45,956 --> 00:06:47,964 - Who told you that? - You did. 123 00:06:47,975 --> 00:06:50,217 You call it "Homer Simpson-ing." 124 00:06:51,517 --> 00:06:54,229 Yeah, don't Homer Simpson, you jerk. 125 00:06:55,604 --> 00:06:57,937 _ 126 00:06:57,938 --> 00:06:58,938 _ 127 00:07:01,394 --> 00:07:02,419 _ 128 00:07:02,556 --> 00:07:04,156 This is where he got fired. 129 00:07:04,233 --> 00:07:05,982 Now we're gonna poke 130 00:07:05,993 --> 00:07:09,069 into Mr. Perfect Pastor's pysterious past. 131 00:07:09,146 --> 00:07:11,405 Did you just say "pysterious"? 132 00:07:11,481 --> 00:07:14,083 Can't you be on my side for once? 133 00:07:22,701 --> 00:07:25,669 Excuse me, we're looking for the pastor. 134 00:07:25,679 --> 00:07:28,255 Oh, we don't have pastors. But our touch screen directory 135 00:07:28,331 --> 00:07:30,298 does have a digital assistant. 136 00:07:30,375 --> 00:07:32,518 Hi, I'm Holy Cow. 137 00:07:32,594 --> 00:07:34,594 How can I help you? 138 00:07:34,671 --> 00:07:38,023 Please give us your fingerprint by pressing this screen. 139 00:07:38,100 --> 00:07:40,434 _ 140 00:07:40,510 --> 00:07:42,936 You haven't pressed anything. 141 00:07:43,013 --> 00:07:44,696 Why not? 142 00:07:44,697 --> 00:07:47,397 _ 143 00:07:47,443 --> 00:07:50,444 I'd like to speak to someone below God and above you. 144 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:54,865 Well, maybe you can find what you need in here. 145 00:07:54,875 --> 00:07:58,869 How many of you suffer from the effects of mesothelioma? 146 00:07:58,879 --> 00:08:01,204 Dial Jesus at ocho, ocho, ocho, 147 00:08:01,215 --> 00:08:04,458 ocho, ocho, ocho, ocho. 148 00:08:04,534 --> 00:08:06,051 _ 149 00:08:15,396 --> 00:08:16,803 Please help us. 150 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,055 This man is a fellow clergyman. 151 00:08:19,066 --> 00:08:21,066 Really? 152 00:08:21,143 --> 00:08:22,901 Church, steeple, 153 00:08:22,978 --> 00:08:24,227 doors, people! 154 00:08:24,238 --> 00:08:26,396 Come with me. 155 00:08:27,272 --> 00:08:30,150 Preacher Mac? I have a couple here to see you. 156 00:08:30,227 --> 00:08:34,029 I'm here to discuss a matter of some unpleasantness. 157 00:08:34,105 --> 00:08:36,915 You're not here from The Boston Globe, are you? 158 00:08:36,992 --> 00:08:39,075 No, no, no, no, no. I'm a pastor, too. 159 00:08:39,086 --> 00:08:42,254 I hear there's a little dirt on the collar of a man 160 00:08:42,331 --> 00:08:45,749 who used to preach here, Bode Wright. 161 00:08:45,759 --> 00:08:47,334 Him?! 162 00:08:47,410 --> 00:08:48,877 You better sit down. 163 00:08:48,954 --> 00:08:53,256 It's a short story, but I'm gonna milk it. 164 00:08:53,267 --> 00:08:58,103 I would go on, but I am down to my last vocal cord. 165 00:08:58,180 --> 00:09:00,555 Even for a pastor, 166 00:09:00,632 --> 00:09:04,434 I've taken way too long to make a simple point. 167 00:09:04,445 --> 00:09:05,628 Now... 168 00:09:05,715 --> 00:09:08,238 here's the proof. 169 00:09:11,452 --> 00:09:14,069 Oh, my God, so many singles in my area 170 00:09:14,145 --> 00:09:16,071 want to meet me. 171 00:09:16,147 --> 00:09:17,489 Hmm. 172 00:09:18,877 --> 00:09:20,367 Possessions don't matter, 173 00:09:20,443 --> 00:09:23,720 money doesn't matter, this doesn't matter. 174 00:09:23,773 --> 00:09:26,414 Is he burning what I think he's burning? 175 00:09:26,491 --> 00:09:28,294 I've got him now. 176 00:09:33,715 --> 00:09:37,643 Lisa Marie Simpson, are you reading the Bible? 177 00:09:37,719 --> 00:09:39,928 Yes, it's good, but... 178 00:09:40,005 --> 00:09:41,388 I have a few notes. 179 00:09:41,464 --> 00:09:43,056 Yeah, well I never met a Hittite 180 00:09:43,133 --> 00:09:45,976 who wasn't trying to expand his empire into Egypt. 181 00:09:45,986 --> 00:09:48,754 Oh, Hittites... worse than the Canaanites! 182 00:09:48,763 --> 00:09:53,066 Oh, now who's doing this because of the handsome new pastor? 183 00:09:53,143 --> 00:09:54,317 Reverend Wright? 184 00:09:54,328 --> 00:09:55,902 You think he's... 185 00:09:55,979 --> 00:09:58,113 Oh, why pretend? 186 00:09:58,189 --> 00:10:01,741 When he speaks, I feel like he's speaking only to me. 187 00:10:01,818 --> 00:10:04,119 Oh, Lisa, honey, I'm worried you'll get too attached. 188 00:10:04,195 --> 00:10:07,839 This town has a way of rejecting what's new and different. 189 00:10:07,874 --> 00:10:09,082 And better. 190 00:10:09,159 --> 00:10:10,375 Not this time. 191 00:10:10,879 --> 00:10:12,919 But look at your vision board. 192 00:10:12,996 --> 00:10:15,889 It's full of nothing but crushing disappointment. 193 00:10:18,209 --> 00:10:19,214 Ha-ha! 194 00:10:19,261 --> 00:10:21,344 Even your vision board is a failure. 195 00:10:21,355 --> 00:10:23,188 That hook was supposed to hold 196 00:10:23,265 --> 00:10:25,348 a lifetime's worth of disappointment. 197 00:10:31,198 --> 00:10:34,283 Get thee behind me, Saturn. 198 00:10:37,871 --> 00:10:39,154 I need to pee. 199 00:10:39,230 --> 00:10:41,656 No time. We've got defrocking to do. 200 00:10:41,733 --> 00:10:44,117 Timothy, I've never seen you like this. 201 00:10:44,194 --> 00:10:46,453 Maybe I'll do some defrocking, too. 202 00:10:46,529 --> 00:10:48,496 In the choo choo room? 203 00:10:48,573 --> 00:10:50,957 Okay, mood's gone. 204 00:10:51,422 --> 00:10:52,424 Two beers, Moe. 205 00:10:52,461 --> 00:10:53,627 Nothing for the reverend. 206 00:10:53,703 --> 00:10:55,211 Oh, howdy there, Rev. 207 00:10:55,222 --> 00:10:57,139 Well, can't let him see my nudie glasses. 208 00:10:59,393 --> 00:11:01,843 You didn't have to break your nudie glasses. 209 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:03,511 Now you tell me. Uh, remind me... 210 00:11:03,588 --> 00:11:05,013 how many boobs does a woman have? 211 00:11:05,090 --> 00:11:08,066 I never got so much off my chest. 212 00:11:08,143 --> 00:11:12,145 So, then I coveted my neighbor's riding mower. 213 00:11:12,222 --> 00:11:15,815 I never pedal when I'm on a bicycle built for two. 214 00:11:15,934 --> 00:11:17,743 - Homer... - I went trick-or-treating 215 00:11:17,819 --> 00:11:19,402 when I was 30. 216 00:11:19,413 --> 00:11:23,582 Also, I told Marge I was going for a colonoscopy 217 00:11:23,659 --> 00:11:27,252 when I actually went to a Planet of the Apes marathon. 218 00:11:27,329 --> 00:11:29,588 Including the Tim Burton one. 219 00:11:29,665 --> 00:11:30,747 God doesn't care. 220 00:11:30,758 --> 00:11:31,998 Hallelujah! 221 00:11:32,075 --> 00:11:33,541 Please. I make my living in here. 222 00:11:33,618 --> 00:11:35,811 Sorry. So am I forgiven? 223 00:11:35,876 --> 00:11:37,712 You're a good man, Homer Simpson. 224 00:11:37,789 --> 00:11:40,173 Behind all your behavior, good and bad, 225 00:11:40,250 --> 00:11:42,050 there's a still, quiet place 226 00:11:42,127 --> 00:11:43,885 untouched by the dramas of this life 227 00:11:43,962 --> 00:11:46,104 where you simply are goodness. 228 00:11:46,181 --> 00:11:48,890 Oh, you haven't heard the worst one. 229 00:11:48,967 --> 00:11:51,017 I had impure thoughts 230 00:11:51,094 --> 00:11:54,104 about the mother bear in the toilet paper ads. 231 00:11:56,191 --> 00:11:58,400 Reverend? If that is your real honorific. 232 00:11:58,476 --> 00:12:01,403 You are late for our parishioners' visit. 233 00:12:01,479 --> 00:12:03,530 I've been preparing all day. 234 00:12:03,606 --> 00:12:05,407 Uh, sorry. I've got to go. 235 00:12:05,483 --> 00:12:08,585 Homer, does this Flanders guy ever annoy you? 236 00:12:17,662 --> 00:12:19,262 From time to time. 237 00:12:22,500 --> 00:12:23,883 Move it, move it, move it. 238 00:12:25,628 --> 00:12:26,970 All right. 239 00:12:26,980 --> 00:12:29,089 Which arm did the honking? 240 00:12:29,115 --> 00:12:31,358 I'm not telling. 241 00:12:35,013 --> 00:12:36,563 Come in. 242 00:12:49,194 --> 00:12:52,787 You, sir, have challenged me on scripture. 243 00:12:56,918 --> 00:12:59,127 Oh. Well, if it's scripture you want to talk, 244 00:12:59,204 --> 00:13:02,255 then let us make a joyful noise unto the Lord. 245 00:13:02,332 --> 00:13:04,424 - Good. - Good. 246 00:13:11,191 --> 00:13:12,432 Punishment is the key to belief. 247 00:13:12,509 --> 00:13:13,933 Matthew 25:46. 248 00:13:14,010 --> 00:13:16,027 "They will go away to eternal punishment, but the..." 249 00:13:16,104 --> 00:13:17,353 "...righteous to eternal life." Sure. 250 00:13:17,364 --> 00:13:18,813 But God's grace is for everyone. 251 00:13:18,890 --> 00:13:20,273 John 12:32. 252 00:13:20,350 --> 00:13:22,108 "I will draw all people..." 253 00:13:22,185 --> 00:13:23,651 "...up to myself." Hmm. 254 00:13:24,550 --> 00:13:26,780 What about 2 Thessalonians 1:9? 255 00:13:26,856 --> 00:13:29,475 "They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction..." 256 00:13:29,529 --> 00:13:31,075 Romans 11:32. 257 00:13:31,152 --> 00:13:33,536 "He may have mercy on them all." 258 00:13:33,547 --> 00:13:35,163 Them all. 259 00:13:38,176 --> 00:13:39,276 _ 260 00:13:39,369 --> 00:13:41,052 Genesis 3:23. 261 00:13:41,129 --> 00:13:43,671 "So the Lord banished him from the Garden." 262 00:13:43,748 --> 00:13:45,799 Genesis 1:31. 263 00:13:45,875 --> 00:13:47,634 "God saw all that He had made, 264 00:13:47,710 --> 00:13:49,969 and it was very good." 265 00:13:50,046 --> 00:13:51,096 Bang. 266 00:13:52,474 --> 00:13:54,849 I'm cold, so cold. 267 00:13:54,926 --> 00:13:56,693 And I'm wearing three sweaters. 268 00:13:56,694 --> 00:13:57,694 _ 269 00:14:00,574 --> 00:14:02,982 Wow. This is what it would be like 270 00:14:03,059 --> 00:14:06,152 if they believed in God in Hawaii. 271 00:14:06,229 --> 00:14:08,696 Reverend, you come to dinner at my house! 272 00:14:08,773 --> 00:14:11,199 Uh, yeah, I'm gonna take a rain check. 273 00:14:11,276 --> 00:14:14,327 So many checks, so little rain. 274 00:14:14,796 --> 00:14:16,371 Stop this revelry! 275 00:14:16,422 --> 00:14:18,131 Who are you?! 276 00:14:20,118 --> 00:14:22,093 Reverend Lovejoy! 277 00:14:22,170 --> 00:14:25,505 And I'm just back from Michigan. 278 00:14:25,582 --> 00:14:27,265 Can you point accusingly for me? 279 00:14:27,342 --> 00:14:29,267 You got it. 280 00:14:29,344 --> 00:14:31,511 This man is a heretic. 281 00:14:32,755 --> 00:14:35,265 Oh, no. No, Lisa, don't. 282 00:14:35,275 --> 00:14:36,641 Wait, wait, wait! 283 00:14:36,718 --> 00:14:40,103 Surely, we know the reverend is a blessed man who... 284 00:14:40,113 --> 00:14:42,105 Lisa, I did something bad. 285 00:14:42,115 --> 00:14:44,941 How bad could it be? Seriously. 286 00:14:45,786 --> 00:14:47,193 Well, look at you, 287 00:14:47,270 --> 00:14:50,121 finally paying attention to me. 288 00:14:50,198 --> 00:14:52,365 One brief announcement: there's a red Honda Civic 289 00:14:52,442 --> 00:14:55,460 - in the parking lot with its lights on. - You're losing them. 290 00:14:55,537 --> 00:14:58,413 He burned the Bible. 291 00:15:02,711 --> 00:15:03,918 Oh, boy. 292 00:15:03,995 --> 00:15:05,328 That's appalling. I mean, come on. 293 00:15:05,330 --> 00:15:07,630 Psalms are not for burning. They're for tattoos. 294 00:15:07,641 --> 00:15:09,591 So, you know, you sicken me. 295 00:15:09,667 --> 00:15:12,302 Everything in my heart tells me this isn't true! 296 00:15:12,312 --> 00:15:14,479 I know this is a weird thing to say in church, 297 00:15:14,556 --> 00:15:16,264 but we need proof. 298 00:15:16,341 --> 00:15:19,551 I demand a full hearing in front of all of us! 299 00:15:19,552 --> 00:15:21,394 Oh, you'll get your hearing. 300 00:15:21,471 --> 00:15:23,771 Tuesday at 4:00. 301 00:15:23,848 --> 00:15:26,825 Another paradise lost. 302 00:15:26,902 --> 00:15:30,320 Lisa, you're really bringing down the first Sunday of Lent. 303 00:15:30,330 --> 00:15:33,331 Even the fire eater is sad. 304 00:15:38,299 --> 00:15:41,506 The crisis of faith grows as support for im-preach-ment 305 00:15:41,583 --> 00:15:42,832 is now at 52%. 306 00:15:42,843 --> 00:15:45,084 Can you fight fire with firing? 307 00:15:45,161 --> 00:15:48,087 What should we do with this Judas priest? 308 00:15:48,164 --> 00:15:49,681 This has been Kent Brockman talking, 309 00:15:49,758 --> 00:15:51,424 saying nothing. 310 00:15:51,501 --> 00:15:53,393 _ 311 00:15:55,096 --> 00:15:56,112 Oh. 312 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:00,266 Welcome, all of you. Let's begin. 313 00:16:00,343 --> 00:16:02,435 Why is she running this? 314 00:16:02,512 --> 00:16:04,437 Because she won't get overexcited. 315 00:16:04,514 --> 00:16:07,106 And I will?! 316 00:16:07,183 --> 00:16:10,201 And the Bible said, "A child shall lead them." 317 00:16:10,278 --> 00:16:13,154 Well, as my Lord Buddha said, 318 00:16:13,231 --> 00:16:15,281 "Three things cannot long be hidden. 319 00:16:15,358 --> 00:16:18,718 The sun, the moon, and the truth." 320 00:16:18,810 --> 00:16:21,037 Well, why don't they make that a Google Doodle? 321 00:16:21,048 --> 00:16:23,998 Reverend, you're very concerned with the Bible. 322 00:16:24,075 --> 00:16:26,217 So, let us turn to that Bible. 323 00:16:26,294 --> 00:16:29,295 Specifically, the very, very, many parts 324 00:16:29,372 --> 00:16:31,881 that speak about forgiveness. 325 00:16:37,547 --> 00:16:41,182 And, Mom, thank you for sewing these banners. 326 00:16:41,259 --> 00:16:44,227 I did all that work for a ten-second bit? 327 00:16:44,237 --> 00:16:45,895 He did it. He admitted it. 328 00:16:45,906 --> 00:16:47,739 What else do you need? 329 00:16:47,816 --> 00:16:49,691 We've mobbed for less, people. 330 00:16:49,767 --> 00:16:52,318 Yeah, remember the guy with the two different-colored socks? 331 00:16:52,395 --> 00:16:54,079 Ran his ass right out of town. 332 00:16:54,155 --> 00:16:55,571 Banish him! 333 00:16:55,582 --> 00:16:58,992 Banish him! Banish him! 334 00:16:59,068 --> 00:17:02,036 Cherish him! Cherish him! 335 00:17:02,113 --> 00:17:04,539 I know another long-haired performer 336 00:17:04,615 --> 00:17:06,249 who preached a new philosophy, 337 00:17:06,259 --> 00:17:07,709 peace and love. 338 00:17:07,785 --> 00:17:09,252 And the crowd was with him, 339 00:17:09,262 --> 00:17:11,087 but then they turned, hard. 340 00:17:11,098 --> 00:17:13,047 And that man's name 341 00:17:13,124 --> 00:17:14,924 was Willie Nelson! 342 00:17:14,935 --> 00:17:18,269 Well, I say, banish him! Banish him! 343 00:17:18,346 --> 00:17:20,939 Banish him! Banish him! 344 00:17:21,016 --> 00:17:22,774 Stop! 345 00:17:22,851 --> 00:17:25,768 I came here to unify you, but instead I divided you. 346 00:17:25,779 --> 00:17:27,278 So I'm leaving. 347 00:17:27,355 --> 00:17:30,115 I just hope what I said resonated with a few of you. 348 00:17:30,191 --> 00:17:32,369 Like Lisa, one who may change the world. 349 00:17:32,404 --> 00:17:33,443 Aw. 350 00:17:33,453 --> 00:17:36,779 And that Sea Captain guy. That dude is surprisingly woke. 351 00:17:36,790 --> 00:17:40,408 Yarr, activism means nothing if it's not intersectional. 352 00:17:40,485 --> 00:17:41,501 Yarr! 353 00:17:42,704 --> 00:17:44,203 Glad to have known you. 354 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:47,915 I just want to say, you've changed my life forever. 355 00:17:47,992 --> 00:17:50,293 You're the first minister I've ever met 356 00:17:50,303 --> 00:17:52,137 I didn't want to slap across the face. 357 00:17:52,213 --> 00:17:54,130 Glad to have known you. 358 00:17:54,141 --> 00:17:56,883 And I just want to say, rot in Hell, Bible burner. 359 00:17:56,959 --> 00:17:58,643 Glad to have known you. 360 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:00,136 - Glad to have... - Bup-bup-bup. 361 00:18:00,147 --> 00:18:02,930 In my family, you don't say goodbye to someone 362 00:18:03,007 --> 00:18:05,308 you care about without a meat loaf. 363 00:18:05,318 --> 00:18:07,152 And broccoli. 364 00:18:07,228 --> 00:18:09,270 You-You're inviting me over for dinner? 365 00:18:09,347 --> 00:18:11,064 If you can love us after seeing us eat, 366 00:18:11,140 --> 00:18:13,107 we'll know you really love us. 367 00:18:13,184 --> 00:18:15,109 Come on, pal. We're having roast Bible. 368 00:18:15,186 --> 00:18:16,235 Huh? 369 00:18:17,330 --> 00:18:18,654 What? Too soon? 370 00:18:19,891 --> 00:18:22,167 I just want to offer this simple prayer: 371 00:18:22,285 --> 00:18:24,660 Dear God, please let the Simpsons never end. 372 00:18:24,671 --> 00:18:26,579 Amen. 373 00:18:26,656 --> 00:18:28,956 And, Bode, tomorrow I have to ask you 374 00:18:29,033 --> 00:18:32,177 a philosophical question, so I'll see you at the church. 375 00:18:33,204 --> 00:18:34,754 Amen. 376 00:18:34,831 --> 00:18:36,139 Where the hell have you been? 377 00:18:36,140 --> 00:18:37,440 _ 378 00:18:37,608 --> 00:18:39,509 Why would you burn a Bible? 379 00:18:39,519 --> 00:18:41,677 Why couldn't you burn Bill O'Reilly's books? 380 00:18:41,688 --> 00:18:43,688 There are so many. 381 00:18:43,765 --> 00:18:46,140 I was trying to tell people that God is in your heart, 382 00:18:46,217 --> 00:18:49,027 not in a overbuilt cathedral or some book. 383 00:18:49,104 --> 00:18:50,937 This town doesn't get subtext. 384 00:18:51,013 --> 00:18:54,482 Our NPR station broadcasts wrestling. 385 00:18:54,559 --> 00:18:56,984 And that's an excruciating half nelson. 386 00:18:57,061 --> 00:19:00,371 Now, is that what's known in the lexicon as a "face stomp"? 387 00:19:00,448 --> 00:19:02,757 Yes, yes, it is. 388 00:19:02,771 --> 00:19:05,785 This is NPR pledge week. Please give. 389 00:19:05,862 --> 00:19:08,329 - Why did you do it? - I was 19. 390 00:19:08,406 --> 00:19:12,291 I saw how people were using the Bible to divide and exclude. 391 00:19:12,368 --> 00:19:14,877 People were so busy worshipping a road map 392 00:19:14,888 --> 00:19:17,839 instead of trying to reach the destination. 393 00:19:17,915 --> 00:19:19,265 You know what I mean? 394 00:19:20,009 --> 00:19:22,009 Well, why didn't you just say that? 395 00:19:22,086 --> 00:19:24,395 That was fine. No fire. 396 00:19:24,472 --> 00:19:27,807 - I was 19. - I'm eight and I get it. 397 00:19:28,402 --> 00:19:31,569 You're right. I've regretted it since the day I did it. 398 00:19:31,646 --> 00:19:33,479 So, since then, I've just wandered the world, 399 00:19:33,556 --> 00:19:36,399 like a millennial on a gap year. 400 00:19:36,409 --> 00:19:38,993 I understand, but how are you gonna convince...? 401 00:19:39,701 --> 00:19:41,894 _ 402 00:19:41,949 --> 00:19:44,249 I'll just have faith in this town's open heart. 403 00:19:46,611 --> 00:19:49,162 I was just making sure it doesn't say "We forgive you." 404 00:19:49,238 --> 00:19:51,581 - It doesn't. - Unless they wrote it in red. 405 00:19:51,591 --> 00:19:52,498 Yeah, no. 406 00:19:52,575 --> 00:19:54,092 - No, they didn't. - No. 407 00:19:54,169 --> 00:19:56,335 - The brick is the message. - Them's my people. 408 00:19:56,412 --> 00:19:57,545 - Yeah. - Yeah. 409 00:19:57,622 --> 00:19:59,398 Do we throw it back? What's your custom? 410 00:20:03,102 --> 00:20:07,054 Uh, Chief, this guy still had ten minutes on his meter. 411 00:20:07,131 --> 00:20:09,941 Just when I understood that guy, when I believed again, 412 00:20:10,018 --> 00:20:12,727 when I believed in people, they took him away. 413 00:20:12,803 --> 00:20:15,021 I've lost my faith, Lou. 414 00:20:15,097 --> 00:20:17,106 Come on, Chief, you got a beautiful wife 415 00:20:17,117 --> 00:20:19,117 And kid... I can't... 416 00:20:19,194 --> 00:20:22,403 I'm sorry, I can't say that with a straight face. 417 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:24,056 Well, you could try. 418 00:20:24,291 --> 00:20:27,959 I am. I-I'm trying, I'm sorry. 419 00:20:28,036 --> 00:20:29,452 I'm sorry. I'll maybe try again. 420 00:20:29,462 --> 00:20:31,129 You got a beau... 421 00:20:31,206 --> 00:20:34,081 ...tiful wife and kid. 422 00:21:20,347 --> 00:21:21,930 Shh! 423 00:21:24,388 --> 00:21:27,049 - synced and corrected by sot26 - www.addic7ed.com