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[Fish]

Last night's episode was all about kicking religion square in the balls and laughing for 60 minutes...

It was entertaining.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by KC Fish

Last night's episode was all about kicking religion square in the balls and laughing for 60 minutes...

It was entertaining.

Maybe why it was never shown?

[Fish]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Maybe why it was never shown?

Yeah. I can definitely understand that. They were quite brash in their scientific defiance of religion. There was one point when Walter was talking to a priest that almost had me giggling at the bias on display. The X-Files used to play on that, but was always careful not to completely dismiss or make fun of the idea of religion. They even threw in a religious episode now and then with Scully, and toyed with religious elements showing both sides. Fringe whipped out a scientific cock and pissed all over it with a jolly laugh...

I liked it...

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by KC Fish

Yeah. I can definitely understand that. They were quite brash in their scientific defiance of religion. There was one point when Walter was talking to a priest that almost had me giggling at the bias on display. The X-Files used to play on that, but was always careful not to completely dismiss or make fun of the idea of religion. They even threw in a religious episode now and then with Scully, and toyed with religious elements showing both sides. Fringe whipped out a scientific cock and pissed all over it with a jolly laugh...

I liked it...

I thought it was a little more conciliatory than that. First off, Walter going off was about a single arcane [if sensationalized in entertainment] aspect of one religion [exorcism perhaps being misdignosed transferrence of the energy of the dying for those who didn't watch]. Then Walter admitting that in the end he has any number things he has to take on faith as well at the end.

[Fish]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

I thought it was a little more conciliatory than that. First off, Walter going off was about a single arcane [if sensationalized in entertainment] aspect of one religion [exorcism perhaps being misdignosed transferrence of the energy of the dying for those who didn't watch]. Then Walter admitting that in the end he has any number things he has to take on faith as well at the end.

Maybe it was just me, but I detected a bit of cool professional cynicism behind it. What struck me was the fact that they didn't really bother defending a religious point of view at any point, other than Walter's admittance that "faith" isn't solely restricted to religion. Yet science still saved the day. Dunham and Walter both were in positions where people of faith were involving them in their religion (Dunham in front of the church, Walter being told "May God be with you" or whatever), and they accepted it with a sly smile instead of emotionally shunning it. They stressed the point of the Mom giving up on religion and "choosing" science for her daughter because religion had shown no results. And made a point of doing it right in front of her priest, who offered no defense. The idea of the "soul" was explained completely void of any religious connotation.

I thought it was cleverly respectful, yet clearly and intentionally biased.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by KC Fish

Last night's episode was all about kicking religion square in the balls and laughing for 60 minutes...

It was entertaining.

Originally Posted by Guru

Crap. I hope Hulu has this ep.

Hulu doesn't have it.

"New episodes return Jan. 15. The Jan. 11 episode, "Unearthed," is not be available for online streaming at this time."

Had I known beforehand, I would have made an effort to find it online or go somewhere to watch it... didn't know I was missing a religion ball kicking.