Religion has been around since the world started. People have many different views and think many different ways, causing religion to come about. In the South Park episode, “All about Mormons” the viewer sees people that believe in a certain religion. Religion at times can be seen as outlandish to others that do not believe that a higher being exists. At times people just don’t believe in the ways that others do things. Religion allows people to explain “out of world” things. In another South Park episode, “Cherokee Hair Tampons” the viewer see people believing in the healing powers of a certain person. Throughout these episodes the viewer can assume that a sort of cultural stance is shown because of the change in people’s behaviors. During the two episodes the viewer sees much of a difference in the change of people’s behavior to different religious standpoints and how the …show more content…
People may think that the crude humor that is making fun of different aspects in the different faiths is blasphemy but usually is just stereotypical slurs. J.S. Mills explains blasphemy as, “…disrespect for something deemed sacred, such as a god, gods, or “People of God”…” (30). the reader can see this and relate it to the question that Robert Arp askes us, “Are Parker and Stone [the writers of South Park] doing something morally wrong by using blasphemous humor?”(31). Explained throughout the article is that this humor brings upon happiness to others and that they do not focus on the outcome of their results in a negative way. Mostly they just believe that since the rating are high, they are making others happy. Now the writers also rip on other cartoons and try to make their ripping off seem not as bad but in reality, they are doing the same thing. It shows that the writers are just trying to play off their own blasphemous humor so that it does not seem as bad. In all honesty it is just raising their