RSSIssac Hayes Quits South Park
J.J. Jackson* | March 14, 2006
Issac Hayes the voice of “Chef” on the popular and irreverent Comedy Central show South Park has finally decided that he has had enough of the show making fun of religion. But only because it has now turned to a spoof on his religion which is Scientology. Said Hayes: “Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honored. As a civil-rights activist of the past 40 years, I cannot support a show that disrespects those beliefs and practices.” (source WorldNetDaily)
Excuse me? Nearly EVERY episode of South Park pokes fun at religion! Usually it is the Jewish or Christian faiths with the occasional spoof of Muhammed and Islam. But considering that one of the main (if you can call it such) “plot” points of the show is the tension between the Jewish Kyle and Eric Cartman it is hard for Mr. Hayes to make such statements while having taken paycheck after paycheck.
The co-creators of the series tell a different story. “[We] never heard a peep out of Isaac in any way until we did Scientology. He wants a different standard for religions other than his own, and to me, that is where intolerance and bigotry begin.”
Hayes claims that it is over the controversial depictions of Muhammad who usually appears as a giant orange glowie thingy.
Regardless it is yet another example of someone that will profit as long as their own thin skin isn’t pierced. It’s the old you can make fun of EVERYONE else, but not me! And then feinting outrage when the chickens come home to roost. Scientologists (like Tom Cruise) always seem to go bonkers when people start looking at what Scientologists actually believe (see South Park clip).
It kind of makes you wonder why.
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You are missing the main issue is that the critism was based on untruths being said about Scientology. When the commentary was based on truth (like the earlier South Park episode where the kids get saved by Travolta dressed up as one of the characters from Battlefield Earth) no one in Scientology had an issue. In order for social critism to be valid, and humourous it should is some part be based on truth or things really going on in the beliefs of the religion, or with it’s members. NOT false internet rumours, something we as conservatives should know better about having been the victim of them ourselves on many occasions.
Personally I stopped watching South Park earlier because of the lies about Mormonism but that’s just me, maybe he didn’t know that those were based on lies. I’m not sure how knowledgeable Mr. Hayes is on other religions so he might not have spotted that issue or he probably would have left earlier.
Personally I have watched South Park and every time they have poked fun at Scientology it has been humor rooted in truth. I don’t know what the heck you are rambling about.
Generally speaking the Scientologists get upset any time someone starts talking about their alien theory.
“Generally speaking the Scientologists get upset any time someone starts talking about their alien theory.”
That’s because it’s not a true and adequate discription of what we actually believe. It is limited in scope and incorrect.
Why don’t you actually read what Scientology books believe on the matter rather than some internet rumour mill. Afterall you can read them for free at your public library and even online at http://www.whatisscientology.org
Also, while we are on the topic I have only seen this “Xenu” character mentioned on anti-Scientology sites not in an actual materials, including when I was in the Sea Org and had access to the vaulted “secret materials.” While as a good conservative I don’t break a promise so I won’t tell you what’s in them, there is nothing standing in the way of me telling you what ISN’T in them…that silly internet rumour which South Park put into an animation.
Maybe South Park did us an unintentional favour in that it finally put that ’story’ it in it’s proper form - FICTION.
Apparently then Valerie you haven’t read the materials in Operating Thetan level III (or OT III as it is known) where Hubbard specifically mentions the name Xenu. Perhaps you are not advanced enough in Scientology to know this, but I suspect you are just another in the long lines of people spreading misinformation. Actually, the South Park episode is fairly true to Hubbard’s teachings.
This text is freely available in many places around the internet.
Posting false information is cause for banning. Bye-bye!
RonniesRayGun (moderator) on January 23rd, 2008 7:36 pm:
“I suspect you are just another in the long lines of people spreading misinformation.”
It never ceases to amaze me how Scientologists seem to be nothing more than pathological liars that are so embarassed by their faith that they come here and pull blatant BS like this.
You are right PinguMama. That is why I am no longer a Scientologist. That is why a lot of people leave the movement. Once they learn about Xenu and his planes and the disembodied spirits called thetans it is hard to take the religion seriously.
As a Scientologist I was often told to lie about Xenu when asked by a non-Scientologist. I was told people wouldn’t understand, that the ignorant masses would call me crazy if I talked about it.
Valerie seems to still be drinking the KoolAid. And so are many others.
Let’s not let Valerie distract from the actual substance of this post and that is that Mr. Hayes had no problem picking on the religion of others but walked when it came for his time in the fire.
While I am not a big fan of Wikipedia (their articles are often skewed) a friend of mine who is a former Scientologist tells me that their discussion of Xenu, Scientology, et al is excellent for anyone that is interested.