Fox's Lying, Slacker Jesus

Soon, Jesus Christ is appearing on the MTV Video Music Awards with the Pussycat Dolls, wearing gold chains and sunglasses like a rapper. He jokes to the MTV crowd about the singing group behind him. "It's a pleasure to be here with you six interchangeable women. Last time I was down here, I only hung out with one whore."

Then Peter watches the news and hears, "Tonight's top story: Local record shop employee Jesus Christ was found in Mary Kate Olsen's apartment this morning, face down and unconscious. Police revived and arrested the disoriented Jesus, who was quoted as saying Jews are responsible for all the world's wars." This is an obvious slap directed at Mel Gibson, creator of "The Passion of The Christ."

Jesus calls Peter to bail him out of jail, where our idiot gets to lecture God the Son: "Jesus Christ, look at you. You had it all -- money, fame, eternal life -- and you blew it. You let it all go to your head." Jesus says, "I know, Peter. I guess it turns out that I'm just as human as anyone else." He claims, "This world's not ready for me yet, and I'm not ready for it. I don't know. Maybe I'll come down in another thousand years, when I'm more mature."

It's amazing that this kind of junk is on national television. McFarlane's script isn't exactly engaging the Bible narratives. It sounds exactly like the brain droppings of a school-skipping 12-year-old brat playing by himself in a closet with a plastic action figure. MacFarlane would claim his plot doesn't demonize Jesus -- he merely demystifies him, scrapes off his divinity. The people at Fox Entertainment clearly don't care one iota about offending the millions of Christians who see Jesus as the central figure in their hopes for eternal salvation. To them, God is just an empty punchline.