American Dad – December 13 edition – the mocking of Christ and His people

By: American Decency Staff

Christmas really brings out the best in people.  Apparently, it especially touches the creative minds of the writers of offensive animated ads and TV shows.  This past week we have seen Boost Mobile’s commercial featuring a cheating Mrs. Claus, CBS’s “Frosty the Inappropriate Snowmanâ€Â ad, and now an “American Dadâ€Â episode doing what they do best – ridicule – with Christmas as the target. I’m not sure exactly how “American Dadâ€Â creator, Seth MacFarlane (who also created the offensive “Family Guyâ€Â), comes up with his plot lines for each episode, but it seems to me that the first question he has to ask himself is “which core conservative principle shall I deride this week?â€ÂÂ  This episode, the target was not just Christmas, but Christianity as a whole.  Comedy Central has received some (not enough) criticism for the portrayal of Jesus in their cartoon “South Park.â€ÂÂ  MacFarlane’s Jesus is just as bad, if not worse. The episode starts out with the “American dad,â€Â Stan, waiting for his wife, Francine, so they can go to church on Christmas morning.  He yells for her to hurry up saying “God pays twice as much attention on Sunday, like the media when a white chick goes missing.â€ÂÂ  Francine comes down the stairs in her new dress, asking Stan how it looks.  His response, “I can’t take you to church in that, I can see your calves!â€Â is a deliberate mockery of Christian concern for modesty. Before they leave, the alien who lives with them, Roger, (I’m not making this up) gives his opinion of Christianity saying “it’s like Harry Potter, but it causes genocide and bad folk music.â€ÂÂ  Another derisive depiction of Christianity. When the family arrives at church, the Sanctuary is full of people that Stan calls “phony Christians.â€ÂÂ  When they can’t find a seat, Francine pulls Stan into the janitor’s closet to give him “his last Christmas presentâ€Â which is sex in the church during the Christmas service. You are now entering the twilight zone. When they come out of the closet, they realize that the rapture has occurred, leaving them behind.  They run outside to see thousands of naked people ascending into the sky. Stan is desperate to be a part of the rapture and goes to a meeting where a supposed Jesus is debriefing those left on earth.  He begs “Jesusâ€Â to send him up, but Francine leaves him, livid that he would rather go to heaven than stay with her.  This Jesus is of course a fake and ends up trying to have sex with Stan, but Francine meets the “realâ€Â Jesus who asks her to be his girlfriend while he is on earth.  Stan runs home and finds Francine and “Jesusâ€Â at their house.  Jesus is in the pool, but he gets out and walks on the water over to them.  He is in a Speedo swimming suit. The scene skips ahead to the end of the seven year tribulation.  Stan is a one-handed mercenary who has obviously been living a rough life in the post-rapture world.  Jesus, who of course rides a motorcycle, comes thundering up to a bar to find Stan and ask for his help.  Francine has been captured by the Anti-Christ.  As they rescue Francine, Stan dies and goes to Heaven, which brings him back to the opening sequence with Francine coming down the stairs. I love a happy ending. When I watch “American Dadâ€Â however, I am just happy to see it end.  I’m not easily offended, but I have seen three episodes of this show and so far it is three for three.  Every week it is a new derogatory, anti-Christian theme. Imagine a show in a parallel universe.  Let’s call it “Iranian Dad.â€ÂÂ  What would the reaction be to a show that mocked and belittled the holidays and beliefs of the Muslim faith?  Why are Christians fair game for these so-called adult “satireâ€Â cartoons? Are you tired, as I am, of having your faith and your Lord mocked and ridiculed?   Let the advertisers who sponsored this offense know of your outrage that they have associated their products with themes that insult and ridicule Christianity.  To send a prepared email to all advertisers, click the link below. Let them know that you are outraged over the perverted themes in this appalling ad associating lewdness and adultery with the innocence of childhood. Submitted by Chris Johnson Advertisers included:  … Arby’s, The Gap, Levi’s & KFC/Yum Brands… and numerous others.  By clicking on the link below you can send a prepared email that will go to all the advertisers who sponsored  last Sunday night's "American Dad". (Please feel free to personalize your  letter.) 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