Possibly one of the best television shows I've ever seen. Yes, it was funny. Yes, it expanded the characters into new territory. And yes, it helped the characters deal with their problems in a unique way. But the reason this episode is so good is because it deals with Christianity in a way that I'm able to not just tolerate, but to actually get behind and applaud.
In this world where religious hypocrisy is a boastful norm -- today's New York Times has an interview with a pastor wondering how Christianity will ever recover from the blatant "heresy," as he put it, of evangelicals -- this episode showed us characters engaging in a type of faith that was sincere, honest, and benevolent. They believed it, and they lived it.
It was heaven.
In this world where religious hypocrisy is a boastful norm -- today's New York Times has an interview with a pastor wondering how Christianity will ever recover from the blatant "heresy," as he put it, of evangelicals -- this episode showed us characters engaging in a type of faith that was sincere, honest, and benevolent. They believed it, and they lived it.
It was heaven.
