[FlamingYalieWahoo]

Did anyone see tonight's episode of Southpark? I know, I know I'm a bad, bad boy for enjoying SP but tonight's episode featured evolution and Richard Dawkins who was recently in the 'burg (at RMWC). He told the Liberty students at his lecture that they should leave LU and "attend a proper university" by which he meant one that didn't hold to a belief in God and creationism. I read an interview by the South Park guys in which they said they were eventually going to attack atheism. I think this might be the episode in which atheism and extreme evolutionary thinking get the South Park treatment - tonight's episode is continued next week (Dawkins is certainly getting it - he's fallen in love with Mrs Garrison - formerly Mr. Garrison.)

Stone, who was raised Jewish, says he's not religious. Parker says he considers himself religious, but it would take him a long time to explain it. Both say they believe in God.

"I believe there's something going on that we don't know," Parker says. "That's as far as I can go."

"Recently, atheists and people who hate religion have, like, really glommed on to our show because we make fun of a lot of religions," Stone notes. "But neither one of us is anti-religious at all. I mean, I'm fascinated by religion."

"All the religions are superfunny to me," Parker adds. "The story of Jesus makes no sense to me. God sent his only son. Why could God only have one son and why would he have to die? It's just bad writing, really. And it's really terrible in about the second act."

But Parker says atheism is more ludicrous to him than anything else.

"Out of all the ridiculous religion stories — which are greatly, wonderfully ridiculous — the silliest one I've ever heard is, 'Yeah, there's this big, giant universe and it's expanding and it's all going to collapse on itself and we're all just here, just 'cuz. Just 'cuz. That to me, is the most ridiculous explanation ever," he says. "So I think we have a big atheism show coming." http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/Enterta ... 197&page=2

[RubberMallet]

i stayed up to watch that nightline....it was very interesting....

i just dled the episode so i'll probably watch it tonight..

[Sly Fox]

I know its more than a few days late, but here's a link to the Dawkins appearance at Randy Mac:

http://chronicle.com/news/article/1327/ ... n-religion