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Talking Simpsons - Lisa The Skeptic With Ian Jones-Quartey
🕑 Added 2019-03-06 06:53:08 +0000 UTCThis week we're joined once again by Ian Jones-Quartey, the creator of OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes and animation expert, to chat all about Lisa navigating the worlds of science and religion! After discovering an angel skeleton, the entire town is in an uproar about a religious quandary, before they get scared of the possible end times! Listen now (but be careful not to injure your boating arm)!
Comments
Callum Roper
Saddlesore Galactica is a perfectly cromulent episode and I am tired of this slander against it.
Joe Hodgson
This episode reminds me of my own interactions with my family. I don't know how it happened, but the subject of religion and the afterlife came up on a car ride I was having with my family when I was in college. I shared, apparently for the first time, my atheist or agnostic beliefs and my parents were confused. I remember my dad, kind of agitated, pointing out my grandpa was a smart person and he believed in God. When I told him faith has nothing to do with intelligence it just seemed to irritate him more and we've basically never talked about it since (this was probably 15+ years ago now). That exchange was uncomfortable, so I'm glad I never really went through the phase Lisa is in during this episode where I felt like I had to spread "the gospel" of atheism. This episode is very similar to Lisa The Vegetarian where Lisa is convinced since she's on the side of right, but is frustrated when swaying the others. I think this one works better though and it might be my favorite episode of Season 9.
