Dear readers,
I am sure that many of you who have
watched the last episode of The
Simpsons (Season
24, Episode 8), have also the following two questions nagging you: first, is
God a geometer who designed the heavens and the earth, and all that is good and
proper in it, as tradition has it, or is He a late-capitalism consumer of the most
vulgar sort, the kind of consumer who prays everyday at the shrine
of deified Steve Jobs? as God, and, by extension, the entire society, were
depicted in this latest episode. And
second, what has become of an American society when it can be said
that The Simpsons is its most influential guardian for spiritual
development? For such were the questions that sprung to my mind upon
watching this show.
Thus I present here two images, and a quote, for my readers to
examine and meditate over; my hope being that you may be enlightened in spite
of yourself. By combining together such two images, which may well seem a
peculiar thing to do under normal circumstances, nevertheless makes very clear
just how far the two periods of time, the 13th century and today's America have
diverged from each other. And here is my first depiction of God, the Father---
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| God the Geometer, from a 1250 picture Bible |
Stop,
dear reader, if you would, for a while. For I desire you to read the following
quote from the Timaeus of Plato (presented in an antique Bible
font), before we move on--
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| From Timaeus, Section 1, in Gutenberg font |
Finally,
you have here the most recent depiction of God, the Father from the last
episode of The Simpsons. Please note, that is not a stone tablet
with the Twelve Commandments that He is holding, but is rather the newest
I-Pad, or You-Pad, or whatever it is called; and that human creature in black
dress is Mr. Steve Jobs, who has effectively been Canonized in this particular
episode. Yet, if I may be so humble to say, if it were up to me, instead
of posthumously canonizing Mr. Jobs, I would have personally
preferred ante-mortem to have his feet bastinadoed and his back violently
flagellated.
From The Simpsons, Season 24, Episode 8, God the Father, and Steve Jobs
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