I love how they treat it as if it’s some game show, but if you pick the wrong answer, you go to hell. thats why everyone was like "aww" when they found out the mormons were correct
Or you could pray to god. Get it from the source. I did, and he answered me. He told me it’s the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Known to some as the Mormons. James 1:5-6, says if you ask god, he will answer all your questions. You should try it
@Eric Wolford Whilst it's great you shared that information, you went from being an Evangelical to a Mormon, but why presume god has a reward system at all? It feels like you question interpretations of a book series, and have been open to an additional book based on the prior ones, but you're maybe not questioning why you should believe any of the material took place. When you contrast your texts with something you're happy to believe is fictitious, such as any other set of non-Christian religious texts, would you have be able to come up with a real reason, other than your own life leading you to be exposed to Christianity, for picking Christianity over say; Taoism, Hinduism or the extinct faiths of the ancient Greeks or Egyptians? Or to cut to the chase; have you thought about the possibility there's no god or reward after death? That wanting something to be true, or even fearing something might be true, or finding something useful when thought of a true (morally, socially, mentally) has no bearing on it being true. I'm certainly going to come across ignorant, but if you can question one faith with another, maybe you're willing to look into questioning the larger premise behind your religion, though I can understand that's easier said than done if you're afraid of the "Outer-Darkness". (Sorry again for how I'm coming across, but I've known a couple of people who fell into cults, including someone a little like you perhaps that found Catholic views distasteful, he was lost for a while, ended up a cult to be with his indoctrinated (effectively ex-)wife and focus his energy into the material rather than the pain that happened to him, his wife, and his son. Only he ended up ostracizing his own son (who had doubts) until he returned in body, and now (say twenty years on) you can see he knows it's nonsense, he lives a life in denial for fear of losing the life he has, and rendering so much of his life's investment a mistake retrospectively. He is a man assailed by questions who has deafened and blinded himself to in order to keep speaking comforting old answers.)
I’m surprised they didn’t say the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. It started off as a joke to protest public school prayer, but became a real practicing religion.
nice catch. didn't pick up on that. i had a friend that was kicked out of his family and lost his friends because he joined the military. it's pretty sad, really.
The most ironic part is that all those JW witnesses, Protestant, Catholics and others wouldnt even be at outer darknes. As if they lived good lives they would still reach the terrestrial kingdom and maybe even the Celestial one with God.
As someone who was raised a Jehovah's Witness I laughed my butt off at this. I thought it was funny, heck we get made fun of a lot worse usually. My mom scoffed and I remember saying "what?, it's a joke mom, plus the guys in a military uniform and we're conscientious objectors, not to mention we went to a SOUTH PARK MOVIE! how upset can you be?". She later admitted the movie was funny.
Yeah but did she get the joke in the name?!? "Bigger, Longer, and Uncut"!?!?!?!?! Please tell me she didn't realize it was a penis reference, and that *you* experienced the joy of letting her in on that joke.
The funny thing is, Mormons don’t believe in a literal hell, the closest they have is an Outer Darkness (An eternal absence of glory due to being out of gods presence), and Spirit Prison (basically a waiting room before you receive and accept a couple ordinances after death).
and only like Satan, and some genocidal maniacs like Hitler who hate the jews and presumably would hate jesus would go there too. 99.9999999999999999999999999% will have a degree of heaven
@@Lymbe06 You all will meet the devil, or should I say undergoing supervulcano juni 3 2022.. 3×6 or 666! That day my revenge on this world will be just so Fantastic!
Who wouldn't be? Spending your life practicing a religion and then ending up in hell because you pick the wrong religion. All that sacrifices and work just to end up in hell.
If I’m not mistaken, I think it’s because they spent a lot of time with members of the church which is why they seem to know a lot of things and kind of alter it for humor in the show
Insulting the Mormons just feels like punching down. They're not insane like Scientologists, annoying like the Jehovas or pedophiles like the Catholics. Might as well leave them alone to do... whatever goofy stuff it is that they actually do. Pray to the great Mormon? I don't know, doesn't impact my life. I think Matt and Trey might feel the same way.
They live in Colorado. People don't realize there are a lot of Mormons there, and in every state surrounding Utah. I live in Salt Lake City, and am a Jewish Atheist (yes that's a thing), and to be honest, I was worried about moving here. But SLC is only half Mormon, for starters. But for another thing, while every group of people runs from very good to very bad, the Mormons I've known were Mormon, or could made an educated guess about, have been friendly and helpful. But LDS teachings make my eyes cross. And, when I run into someone who is not Mormon, and not from Salt Lake City, we always end up sharing a few things that astonish us. Even my internist and I gossip about it.
What's funny is that you cut to heaven and there's only a few Mormons. Thats because it's so hard to be a true Mormon and only a few did it 100% correctly.
@@Gwyllgi I dont know what the OP is talking about, in Mormonism practically no one goes to hell. Instead, there are different levels of heaven based on how good you were
@@Gwyllgi It’s impossible to sum up a lifetime of experiences in even a long TH-cam comment, but as a practicing member of the Church I think it would make the most sense if I put it this way. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints it’s very easy to get complacent with just how positive the outlook of our beliefs is. We believe Christ’s grace makes all the difference and that when all is said and done, we won’t be sorted into two piles and sent to either eternal joy or misery. We believe that the worlds beyond are as varied as the human family, and that we will receive the level of happiness we have spiritually prepared to receive in this life. Members of the Church (and People in general) who live a life of wholly devoted, selfless service know some of the greatest joy that a human can experience, but it is super hard to live like that, and even harder to do so in an age of such convenience and recreational opportunity. And yet we are commanded to do so because God knows that is where the greatest happiness lies, because it’s the kind of Life that He lives.
Mark Twain tells a great account (in his book, “Roughing It,”) of how his travels were taking him through Salt Lake City, so he planned to meet with Brigham Young and scold him about polygamy. But when he arrived he found the Mormon women were so homely that all he felt was gratitude that there were men willing to marry even one of them. When he contemplated a man marrying several of these women his eyes got moist, and he decided Brigham Young didn’t deserve scorn, but rather a medal. I have quite a few Mormon friends… I keep this story chambered for the right occasion.
@@builttofuckborntokill9665 Roughing It, Chapter 14 Page 48.... Mark Twain on his visit to Utah and his plan to chastise Brigham Young for polygamy. 🙂 I had the will to do it. With the gushing self-sufficiency of youth I was feverish to plunge in headlong and achieve a great reform here--until I saw the Mormon women. Then I was touched. My heart was wiser than my head. It warmed toward these poor, ungainly and pathetically "homely" creatures, and as I turned to hide the generous moisture in my eyes, I said, "No--the man that marries one of them has done an act of Christian charity which entitles him to the kindly applause of mankind, not their harsh censure--and the man that marries sixty of them has done a deed of open-handed generosity so sublime that the nations should stand uncovered in his presence and worship in silence."
@@PhoenixAngel429 if they couldn't take the jokes, why would they currently be the most joked about and laughed at religion on Earth? They seem to be very forgiving and welcoming of jokes... when compared to literally every other religion.
To make fun that they can't serve the military I think. Possibly also no blood transfusion. JW is quite an peculiar religion. No birthdays, no holidays, and no pledge of the allegiance. Super weird if you ask me.
Yeah, I’m a member and literally the only thing that bugged me was, “But if we’re right than almost nobody should be in hell! They all go to heaven!” But yeah, this is so funny!
I love how hell (in the south park universe at least) isn't a bad place. More like a resort just with the occasional torture and the smell of sulfr everywhere.
Hell is actually Heaven for us BDSM practicioners. Much like Heaven is Hell for Frank Sinatra in that Simpsons episode where Disco Stu goes to Heaven & it's a disco & Frank Sinatra is there (he had just died recently at the time) & he says "Sonny Boy, for me this is Hell"
@@TheCaptainSplatter their souls are already in hell, it's just their conciousness that was in the mortal plane and it rejoins their dammed soul at death.
Other than the obvious After Life setting, I don't see any connection between this and The Good Place. IN fact The Good Place is rather areligious in its depiction of the after life.
I once heard a joke, basically the opposite of this but with a twist. A man lived his life righteously, was LDS, had a family and did good all his life. When he dies he gets to the pearly gates and sees that St. Peter is there waiting for him. So he’s a little confused, then Peter says to him that Catholicism was the true religion and that he’s going to Hell because he chose the wrong religion. So he takes the elevator down and steps out into this literal paradise. Children are frolicking, and people are laughing and hugging, except for this one guy curled up under a tree sobbing. The man realizes it’s Satan. He walks up to him and asks. “Why are you crying?” And Satan says, “well, it was all going great, until all these Mormons got here!”
i just wish they where more accurate with the doctrine, people that die have a second chance to be taught before the second coming. they should have teachers ready to teach them, not the devil.
President Nelson recent speech “our lord Jesus Christ will return” Don’t you think it’s a little odd that the Antichrist comes first claiming to be Jesus? I have a question for you if someone who ruled the government claimed to be Jesus would you believe them? I challenge you-don’t look at the prophet with a Mormon lens but make sure it lines up with what the Bible teaches… God bless you…
When I watch this episode as a kid, I automatically believed that this was in fact the correct religion religion even though I had no idea what mormon was
@@grahamwinston3692 I don't get your analogy or how that scenario applies to real life exactly. As a kid I knew that humanoid bunnies didn't exist but knew hunters exist so..... what was your point again?
@@judyhopps9380 so you're using your own subjective morality to judge God's objective moral law? M'kay buddy. What were your favorite crayons to eat in high school before you dropped out? No. Seriouslu your comment makes no sense since, it asserts God's existence but rejects him because of your misguided feelings based upon misinterpretations of the OT.
@@csongorarpad4670 I haven't said God is real or not real. I've said the God depicted in the Old Testament, be it fact or fiction, is a complete cunt. The kind of man who'd drown newborns in Noah's flood and condemn them to an eternity of burning in hell.
@@judyhopps9380 I find it hard to be patient when I encounter people who have no idea what Scripture actually says and falsely assume that their (mis)interpretation is correct... 1. Firstly, if you think that God is a "being" like how a man is a being or a car is a "being" then God doesn't exist. Ergo, you don't understand Christian teaching. That includes both the OT and the NT because, as you likely already know, the OT is pre-Messiahnic and the NT is post-Messiahnic. 2. God is objectively good, being goodness itself, as well as love itself and the height of all other degrees of perfection. See Thomas Aquinas for further rationale and explanation why that is objectively true or ask me and I'll summarize the argument. I surmise you disagree with God's law and the consequences people face, but that doesn't make God a "cunt" because 1. God is the one who dictates objective moral law and it supercedes any subjective feelings one may have in contention towards him 2. You're using morality derived from God in an attempt to judge him, not to mention that you base your judgement on gross misunderstandings of Scripture. The story of the Flood was to punish man for their relentless and unrepenting sinning. If there were any innocent people, like children, who died in the flood then they were brought to heaven with the arrival of Jesus Christ who harrowed hell when he died and brought any innocent souls to God's Kingdom, in heaven. You see, with the sin of Adam and Eve, the gates to heaven were closed off and humanity was irredeemable. The role Jesus Christ played was to redeem humankind so that they may be allowed to enter heaven once moree, IF they seek forgiveness and repent for their sins. So, again. You have absolutely no idea what Scripture actually says or teaches, falling into the same trap of Sola Scriptura as all Protestant denominations do, without realizing that you're going against the canon of the Catholic Church which has preserved the tradition, including the correct teaching's of Scripture, of the church fathers and apostles.
"Look-- just tell them fine, everybody can go to heaven who wants to. Also, we aren't upset about whatever show's whizzing on us currently." --Actual chat with one.
A man dies and goes to heaven and at the gates he's welcomed in by Peter, to whom he asks "where am I and what's happening". Peter introduces himself and explains where he is, after congratulating the man he invites him to a walk around and he accepts. So Peter walks around with him and says "here is where all the Jews stay, they have beautiful tents and carpets that are always warm" and then he walks on a little further and says "here is where all the Catholics stay, god gave them the voices of angels so they always sing perfectly", and he continues on a little further "here's all the pagans and Buddhists, we gave them wonderful gardens full of spiritual herbs and peace of the forest" and all of a sudden he comes across this huge brick wall. The man pauses and says to Peter "My god what the hell is this huge wall doing in heaven, who does this belong to" to which Peter hastily replied "Keep your voice down you fool, behind there is where we keep all the Muslims and they think they're the only ones here!"
i don't get the idea: how are you supposed to be able to think with your brain dead? even if it's slightly affected - drunk or drugged, no sleep, hit at the head unconscious, or more - Alzheimers, you can't think straight?
@@angelhd7446 So what happens when you're drunk, hit in the head so bad you're unconscious, sedated on anesthetics, etc? doesn't make sense to me on the spirit view, maybe you can elaborate?..
Nice little jab at the flaw in Pascal’s wager. The idea of a temporary sacrifice for an infinite reward only makes sense in a context that you are absolutely sure you’re religion is the right one. Considering that there’s absolutely hundreds that all say they have it right it’s not the clear cut argument it was during the heyday of feudalism.
It's not really a flaw it just lowers your odds of success. But if you treat the reward as infinite you still have to do whatever action the wager considers.
@@GeraldMMonroe It's absolutely a flaw, because not only are the odds basically nill, but if a god exists and he's vengeful, as in he hates you MORE for worshiping a false god than worshipping no god at all, then the best bet is to believe what evidence you have, and not worship anything at all.
Honestly the idea of only one religion being actually right and we don't know which one it is is kind of a terrifying. Your basically guessing at the chance of heaven.
No worries we latter day saints (mormons) belive you will get a fair chance to be taught the true gospel of Christ in this life or the next one but in your case I'll recommend taking a look at our religion
The crazy part would be that from the beginning of time to 1830 heaven didn't have a single human in it. I wonder if the angels ever asked God what was going on and why all of Humanity was going to hell despite worshiping him.
Well according to Mormon theology all the ancient prophets like Moses were Mormon but there was an apostasy were the gospel was lost from the earth. That’s why they call the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and that basically the Mormon lds religion is the same religion that was on the earth when Jesus and his disciples were around
Wouldn't they be in spirit prison instead? Then they'd get preached the gospel and have a choice to enter the celestial kingdom. Yes I was an exchange student in Utah and asked Mormons to explain their religion to me
We believe in three degrees of Heaven, a temporary state of hell and for the sons of Perdition, a permanent hell. So we believe in hell. Also, "Mormons" don't believe in a literal lake of fire. It's damnation, but it's not real fire or anything.
Being close to Utah, there are a lot of Mormons down there. From what I read, Matt and Trey both knew members growing up, and they were some of the nicest people.
The thing is the mormons don't believe that other religiohs go to hell, or anyone for that matter, everyone who will go to hell is already there. We just go to worse heavens.
I just love even more that I somewhat know a guy named Christian that hates Mormons but alas, here we are with the truth! I bet he hates it. Not the ghey part with Saddam tho. ROFL.
This episode is strange as we see Kenny, a Roman Catholic, going into heaven at the end of the movie Not to mention he also went to heaven in that one psp episode But it's an adult cartoon, not a documentary. We aren't to expect the best consistency
@@chumfartlin9963 "forced diversity". Wow. Only a MAGAtard would look at diversity as a bad thing that shouldn't be actively pursued or "forced" as you would put it.
Exmo here. If the celestial kingdom is anything like going to a mormon sunday sacrament/sunday school then I am really glad to be missing out on it lol. So fucking boring, living for eternity in the celestial kingdom must drive one insane of boredom and repetition
@@austin9809 yeah man so boring man, I’m just gonna drink and smoke and have gay sex and live my best life man. Like totally man. Rock on brotha. I’m heading to the dispensary right now bro in my peace and love mobile. I’m going to be rocking out and forgetting about the stupid Mormon religion man
@@austin9809 once I left Mormonism I became super spiritual and shit man. I started taking ecstasy and all kinds of drugs man. Like totally dude. I’m so high right now bro. Like whoa. I’m ready to hit the waves man peace and love forget religion bro
I love how they treat it as if it’s some game show, but if you pick the wrong answer, you go to hell. thats why everyone was like "aww" when they found out the mormons were correct
Because it is
it is, just be a good person.
Imagine the mormans that converted lol, it's like picking the right answer in a test but then changing it
Or you could pray to god. Get it from the source. I did, and he answered me. He told me it’s the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Known to some as the Mormons. James 1:5-6, says if you ask god, he will answer all your questions. You should try it
@@thelegendarybloxycola4727 they could never. mormons are way too nice
"I'm afraid it was .. the mormons. The mormons." The syncopation of the dialog....has such a monty python feel to it.
Trey and Matt are huge fans of Monty Python and did take inspiration from Monty Python to create South Park
It's also based on Rowan Atkinson's bit (unless this came first)
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Nope, the atkinson bit was definitely older.
Pretty sure that was a parody of Alex Trebek on Jeopardy.
@@Phlebas Correct answer for $400.
"- I thought you were dead!"
"- Where was I gonna go? Detroit?"
It cracks me up every time
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Take him to... DETROIT!
Fate worse than Hell
@@johnfsenpai There's a town called Hell in Michigan, which is better-off that Detroit, so you're technically correct.
@@ythandlename
And give him A FISTFUL OF YEN.
@@johnfsenpaitry Philadelphia
I like how if the Mormons were right then none of them would actually be in hell since that isn't thier doctrine
What does Mormon doctrine say then? I’m curious
@Eric Wolford but is a funny clip, right?
@Eric Wolford Whilst it's great you shared that information, you went from being an Evangelical to a Mormon, but why presume god has a reward system at all? It feels like you question interpretations of a book series, and have been open to an additional book based on the prior ones, but you're maybe not questioning why you should believe any of the material took place.
When you contrast your texts with something you're happy to believe is fictitious, such as any other set of non-Christian religious texts, would you have be able to come up with a real reason, other than your own life leading you to be exposed to Christianity, for picking Christianity over say; Taoism, Hinduism or the extinct faiths of the ancient Greeks or Egyptians?
Or to cut to the chase; have you thought about the possibility there's no god or reward after death? That wanting something to be true, or even fearing something might be true, or finding something useful when thought of a true (morally, socially, mentally) has no bearing on it being true.
I'm certainly going to come across ignorant, but if you can question one faith with another, maybe you're willing to look into questioning the larger premise behind your religion, though I can understand that's easier said than done if you're afraid of the "Outer-Darkness".
(Sorry again for how I'm coming across, but I've known a couple of people who fell into cults, including someone a little like you perhaps that found Catholic views distasteful, he was lost for a while, ended up a cult to be with his indoctrinated (effectively ex-)wife and focus his energy into the material rather than the pain that happened to him, his wife, and his son. Only he ended up ostracizing his own son (who had doubts) until he returned in body, and now (say twenty years on) you can see he knows it's nonsense, he lives a life in denial for fear of losing the life he has, and rendering so much of his life's investment a mistake retrospectively. He is a man assailed by questions who has deafened and blinded himself to in order to keep speaking comforting old answers.)
@Eric Wolford So where is Hitler? In the Telestial Kingdom?
@@JBAIMARK3 Can I ask what you believe? You sound like someone who looks into things, so just want to hear what you believe and why.
“I’m afraid Mormons were the correct answer” said in a way like it’s an evaluation of some kind of case 🤣🤣 absolute gold
Like they’re all contestants on the wheel of fortune or jeopardy
In fairness, it’s an old Rowan Atkinson joke.
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@@TPRM1 love it! thanks for sharing
@@danielvandam No probs 👍🏻
I’m surprised they didn’t say the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. It started off as a joke to protest public school prayer, but became a real practicing religion.
“I was a practicing Jehova’s Witness!”, says this while wearing a military uniform. 🤣
nice catch. didn't pick up on that. i had a friend that was kicked out of his family and lost his friends because he joined the military. it's pretty sad, really.
Sharp observation! I love these subtle things found in South Park, even if it’s years later.
or it was a costume
@Maverick plenty of support roles for conscientious objectors.
The irony
i love how he says "im afraid it was MORMONS" as if it's a Jeopardy answer
“Where was I gonna to, Detroit?” Is such an underrated line
I love the fact that later on in the next episode, Sadaam gets sent to heaven and it’s nothing but Mormons and he loses his shit.
You lying
You can go watch the episode itself 🤣
@@ErichZiebarth i found the scene in question, quality is bad but its Sadaam in heaven surrounded by mormoms
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Being surrounded by Mormons only is a version of hell regardless the location.
lmao
The most ironic part is that Mormons don't even believe you can get into hell
Well, there are no Mormons among the 8615 people in the crowd
The most ironic part is that all those JW witnesses, Protestant, Catholics and others wouldnt even be at outer darknes. As if they lived good lives they would still reach the terrestrial kingdom and maybe even the Celestial one with God.
Mormons DO believe in hell, or at least their official doctrine claims to, it's just no permanent like it is in the Bible.
Mormons believe there is 3 levels of heaven.
@@Eluxor well, there’s your answer. They didn’t live good lives.
As someone who was raised a Jehovah's Witness I laughed my butt off at this. I thought it was funny, heck we get made fun of a lot worse usually.
My mom scoffed and I remember saying "what?, it's a joke mom, plus the guys in a military uniform and we're conscientious objectors, not to mention we went to a SOUTH PARK MOVIE! how upset can you be?". She later admitted the movie was funny.
Yeah but did she get the joke in the name?!? "Bigger, Longer, and Uncut"!?!?!?!?! Please tell me she didn't realize it was a penis reference, and that *you* experienced the joy of letting her in on that joke.
@@joshh535 To be honest I never told her. She may not know to this day?
@@bad74maverick1 you *must* tell her
@@joshh535 well, I guess......... In the interest of a social experiment and such.
@@bad74maverick1 lmao
The funny thing is, Mormons don’t believe in a literal hell, the closest they have is an Outer Darkness (An eternal absence of glory due to being out of gods presence), and Spirit Prison (basically a waiting room before you receive and accept a couple ordinances after death).
and only like Satan, and some genocidal maniacs like Hitler who hate the jews and presumably would hate jesus would go there too. 99.9999999999999999999999999% will have a degree of heaven
Poor Satan, he's just not feeling it today...
To be fair he has to do that a lot. Must get old after a while.
Need another 100 likes to get you to 666. Get on it people!
I'm more sorry for the thousands of people here who didn't get into heaven
@@Lymbe06 You all will meet the devil, or should I say undergoing supervulcano juni 3 2022.. 3×6 or 666! That day my revenge on this world will be just so Fantastic!
Just one more to 666!
Satan has more character development than some game of thrones characters
Sabbac
Better than Jaime Lannister fr
This scene convinced an acquaintance of mine to convert to Mormonism. True story.
Well, I guess he took an L then.
Very easily convinced
God speaks through south park, as per Jomama 4:20.
@@TheRandomMuffinMan multiple wives
@@OldMotorcycleAdventures so you want multiple women nagging at you? Even more of an L.
"For those of you who were a little confused, you are dead... and this is hell. Soo... abandon all hope and yadayadayada." 😂😂😂
My dad thought it was hilarious that all the non mormons went straight to hell. He died 4 years ago. Great guy.
Especially since if we were right VERY FEW people would go to hell!
"The correct answer" line gets me every time LOL.
Lol everyone was so disappointed that the Mormons where right
Who wouldn't be? Spending your life practicing a religion and then ending up in hell because you pick the wrong religion. All that sacrifices and work just to end up in hell.
Not me lol
@@horushyperion76 I mean if the Mormons are right they wouldn’t be in hell lol
@@horushyperion76 speaking as a Mormon, we actually don't believe that one's beliefs alone get them sent to hell. In the end it's one's choices.
@@christianjohnson5379 I mean, to get into the outer darkness, even your life's choices have a fairly limited impact beyond developing your character
For those who don't know: yes. Mormons find this hilarious and quote it often.
At least the cool ones who actually saw this
I don’t know how you continue to have faith with such self awareness.
I’m still a very active member and had a companion on my mission would always joke about this. It was actually pretty funny and still is.
@@Some0ne001 thank goodness I'm not the only member of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints
@@karinavargas1657 it's called being a Mormon
This sound like " Toby the Devil " of Rowan Atkinson 😂
You noticed that too
@@midnightgod123 yesss that one is hilarious and with the british accent on top
I thought this was a direct parody of that?
I believe that is the reference SP was going for
totally
Matt and Trey have always had that soft spot for the Mormons, all the way since the start.
If I’m not mistaken, I think it’s because they spent a lot of time with members of the church which is why they seem to know a lot of things and kind of alter it for humor in the show
Insulting the Mormons just feels like punching down. They're not insane like Scientologists, annoying like the Jehovas or pedophiles like the Catholics. Might as well leave them alone to do... whatever goofy stuff it is that they actually do. Pray to the great Mormon? I don't know, doesn't impact my life. I think Matt and Trey might feel the same way.
They live in Colorado. People don't realize there are a lot of Mormons there, and in every state surrounding Utah. I live in Salt Lake City, and am a Jewish Atheist (yes that's a thing), and to be honest, I was worried about moving here. But SLC is only half Mormon, for starters. But for another thing, while every group of people runs from very good to very bad, the Mormons I've known were Mormon, or could made an educated guess about, have been friendly and helpful. But LDS teachings make my eyes cross.
And, when I run into someone who is not Mormon, and not from Salt Lake City, we always end up sharing a few things that astonish us. Even my internist and I gossip about it.
@@bulldoggery wait, aren’t Jewish people practically atheists already?
Not to mention he and Matt literally wrote an award winning Broadway musical about them.
Yeah…well..where was I gonna go? Detroit? 🤣
Detroit is a hell hole that no one wants to actually go to so it makes sense
I'm a Mormon, and this is funny as, um, well, uh...as hell.
Ikr
Yup
Dum dum dum dum dum.
I’m a methodist and we believe in faith only salvation, Jesus is the person who saves us, all we have to do is let him into our heart.
@@greedyinterntainment5973 What? What “Jerusalem crap” are you talking about? The idea that there were multiple prophets at the same time?
The only problem with this is that in Mormonism, hardly anybody goes to hell. They're practically universalists.
It’s not even hell. It’s outer darkness which is complete separation from God
That's actually the joke; sort of a double irony.
Finding that out made this scene 10x as funny.
Love how Satan walks off 🤣 he is not feeling it today
The animation for walking is funny 🤣
What's funny is that you cut to heaven and there's only a few Mormons. Thats because it's so hard to be a true Mormon and only a few did it 100% correctly.
Explain me why is so hard, I know nothing about mormonism
@@Gwyllgi I dont know what the OP is talking about, in Mormonism practically no one goes to hell. Instead, there are different levels of heaven based on how good you were
@@Gwyllgi It’s impossible to sum up a lifetime of experiences in even a long TH-cam comment, but as a practicing member of the Church I think it would make the most sense if I put it this way.
In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints it’s very easy to get complacent with just how positive the outlook of our beliefs is. We believe Christ’s grace makes all the difference and that when all is said and done, we won’t be sorted into two piles and sent to either eternal joy or misery. We believe that the worlds beyond are as varied as the human family, and that we will receive the level of happiness we have spiritually prepared to receive in this life.
Members of the Church (and People in general) who live a life of wholly devoted, selfless service know some of the greatest joy that a human can experience, but it is super hard to live like that, and even harder to do so in an age of such convenience and recreational opportunity.
And yet we are commanded to do so because God knows that is where the greatest happiness lies, because it’s the kind of Life that He lives.
Wait where did the other Mormons go?
@@aylix2137 thank you for clarifying your faith for us. I truly do appreciate it.
Mark Twain tells a great account (in his book, “Roughing It,”) of how his travels were taking him through Salt Lake City, so he planned to meet with Brigham Young and scold him about polygamy. But when he arrived he found the Mormon women were so homely that all he felt was gratitude that there were men willing to marry even one of them. When he contemplated a man marrying several of these women his eyes got moist, and he decided Brigham Young didn’t deserve scorn, but rather a medal.
I have quite a few Mormon friends… I keep this story chambered for the right occasion.
Got a source on that? Not saying you're wrong, it's a good story, but I'm not getting anything in my searches about it.
@@builttofuckborntokill9665 in his book, Roughing It, Mark Twain said….
I’d give you a page number but I’m watching The Offer - it’s quite good.
@@JustTheFlecks I'll have to check it out.
I'd beat up some ugly guts so long as the body was tight.
@@builttofuckborntokill9665 Roughing It, Chapter 14 Page 48....
Mark Twain on his visit to Utah and his plan to chastise Brigham Young for polygamy. 🙂
I had the will to do it. With the gushing self-sufficiency of youth I was feverish to plunge in headlong and achieve a great reform here--until I saw the Mormon women. Then I was touched. My heart was wiser than my head. It warmed toward these poor, ungainly and pathetically "homely" creatures, and as I turned to hide the generous moisture in my eyes, I said, "No--the man that marries one of them has done an act of Christian charity which entitles him to the kindly applause of mankind, not their harsh censure--and the man that marries sixty of them has done a deed of open-handed generosity so sublime that the nations should stand uncovered in his presence and worship in silence."
The part where he says “the mormons” is actually in a movie made by the church about the church 😂😂
Yep, Meet the Mormons.
Seems mormons can take a joke
@@PhoenixAngel429 I think they can. when the book of mormon came out on broadway the church took out a full size ad in the playbill.
@@PhoenixAngel429 if they couldn't take the jokes, why would they currently be the most joked about and laughed at religion on Earth?
They seem to be very forgiving and welcoming of jokes... when compared to literally every other religion.
@@SolDizZo hey what about scientology?
“Where was i gonna go? Detroit?”
DONT TELL ME SOUTH PARK STARTED THE DETROIT MEME
Nah, Detroit has always been a mess. At least from the late 20th century onwards.
My dude, have you never seen Robocop?
Detroit started the Detroit meme
I think that's an easter egg to the South Park Movie.
it's not that bad depends on the area
The detroit line is such a classic in this episode
0:24 "Hope is a good thing, may be the best of the things. And good thing never dies."-Andy Dufresne
0:47 I've always like when the crowd say at the same time "Haaaa".
... That's not what they say are you dumb?
"I was a practicing Jehovah witness" says the guy with the grenades
To make fun that they can't serve the military I think. Possibly also no blood transfusion. JW is quite an peculiar religion. No birthdays, no holidays, and no pledge of the allegiance. Super weird if you ask me.
The collective groan always gives me chuckle
I like how these super devout JW’s and Protestants are aww-ing at a get relationship. Most unrealistic thing lmao
Well they're already in hell, so...
I don't think the JW was all that devout. They're not supposed to join the military .
Well given that their previous beliefs were completely disproved I could see it.
Yeah, I’m a member and literally the only thing that bugged me was, “But if we’re right than almost nobody should be in hell! They all go to heaven!” But yeah, this is so funny!
I like how supportive all the new arrivals were for their new master
I love how hell (in the south park universe at least) isn't a bad place. More like a resort just with the occasional torture and the smell of sulfr everywhere.
Hell is actually Heaven for us BDSM practicioners. Much like Heaven is Hell for Frank Sinatra in that Simpsons episode where Disco Stu goes to Heaven & it's a disco & Frank Sinatra is there (he had just died recently at the time) & he says "Sonny Boy, for me this is Hell"
@@sideshowbob did we ask you? And we didn't need to know that bleach xp
@@k-trashradio5163 But now you do. Hey, it's fucking Pride month. It's for All. My flag stripe "color" is Grey lol.
So basically like the Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss’s hell?
This is based on a Rowan Atikinson sketch. Worth watching...
I was thinking of that sketch
It's hilarious
Now if the male adulterers could form a line next to that small guillotine over there. 😈👉🏽
There’s a lot of gingers in hell 😂😂😂
Sultry minx !
Because they don't have souls
@@adamhauskins6407 if they have no souls then how would they end up in hell? They sould just rot in the ground for all eternity.
@@TheCaptainSplatter their souls are already in hell, it's just their conciousness that was in the mortal plane and it rejoins their dammed soul at death.
And blondes
I can't believe The Good Place stole this premise
I mean even this was based on a Rowan Atkinson sketch. Good writing can take existing ideas and expand upon them in creative and/or funny ways
Other than the obvious After Life setting, I don't see any connection between this and The Good Place. IN fact The Good Place is rather areligious in its depiction of the after life.
They really should put up a billboard with answers to these frequently asked questions
Q: Where am I?
A: Hell.
Q: Who was right?
A: The Mormons.
This makes so much more sense in the Stick of Truth when you see the Mormons in heaven when you get killed
I once heard a joke, basically the opposite of this but with a twist.
A man lived his life righteously, was LDS, had a family and did good all his life.
When he dies he gets to the pearly gates and sees that St. Peter is there waiting for him. So he’s a little confused, then Peter says to him that Catholicism was the true religion and that he’s going to Hell because he chose the wrong religion.
So he takes the elevator down and steps out into this literal paradise. Children are frolicking, and people are laughing and hugging, except for this one guy curled up under a tree sobbing. The man realizes it’s Satan.
He walks up to him and asks. “Why are you crying?”
And Satan says, “well, it was all going great, until all these Mormons got here!”
I’m a part of the LDS Church (we don’t subscribe to the name Mormons anymore ) and this cracked me up so hard. 🤣
@@sirjordayne1345 glad to hear it! I’m also LDS. I suppose it’s just an older joke, so that’s why it says ‘mormons’ instead.
@@Glenn1440-p1p We're going to just keep calling you Mormons. Otherwise, what changed? Was it the polygamy?
As a Muslim, you guys are still way better than Jehovah's Witnesses.
@ The rest of us still call you Mormons. What is the name of that book your faith is based on?
The way Satan says "As my minions.....as my minions!"
When you watch this high you laugh your ass off🤣😂
“So abandon all hope and yadda yadda yada” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
At my mormon church they actually passed this clip around. People were really proud southpark made this for us
i just wish they where more accurate with the doctrine, people that die have a second chance to be taught before the second coming. they should have teachers ready to teach them, not the devil.
I'm pretty sure they just picked whichever offshoot of Christianity they thought would be funniest without worrying about accuracy to your doctrine.
Ex-mormons in the crowd: Ah sh*t...
President Nelson recent speech “our lord Jesus Christ will return”
Don’t you think it’s a little odd that the Antichrist comes first claiming to be Jesus?
I have a question for you if someone who ruled the government claimed to be Jesus would you believe them?
I challenge you-don’t look at the prophet with a Mormon lens but make sure it lines up with what the Bible teaches… God bless you…
When I watch this episode as a kid, I automatically believed that this was in fact the correct religion religion even though I had no idea what mormon was
Really? I watched Bugs Bunny as a kid but I never believed he was really out there somewhere being chased by Elmer Fudd.
@@grahamwinston3692 I don't get your analogy or how that scenario applies to real life exactly. As a kid I knew that humanoid bunnies didn't exist but knew hunters exist so..... what was your point again?
They totally lifted this from that Rowan Atkinson stand up
As a Mormon, you really gotta be trying hard to get to hell. Very hard
sinning against the Holy Spirit, e.g. being a militant atheist, sends you straight to hell even in Mormonism, so no, easy
Wish me luck!
You have it backwards
I'm so hard
Y’all should lead with that. It’s a good selling point.
If Hell is like this ... my dreams would be answered
Well funny enough, Mormons think all Christians go to heaven
The woman yelling "WHAT'S HAPPENING?!?!!" was priceless😂🤣
So basically hell is finding out the Mormons were right.
Dang, I'm screwed! Admit it, deep down you KNEW this was right.
this is rowan atkinson "welcome to hell" show
I love how it shows just how silly all these different beliefs are and doesn't even matter in the end
Who says it doesn't matter?
Rowan Atkinson did a routine with more-or-less this exact joke about 30 years ago (except the Jews were right).
I think this is an homage, it was almost line for line.
given what an absolute cunt the Old Testament God is, it seems lose/lose.
@@judyhopps9380 so you're using your own subjective morality to judge God's objective moral law? M'kay buddy. What were your favorite crayons to eat in high school before you dropped out?
No. Seriouslu your comment makes no sense since, it asserts God's existence but rejects him because of your misguided feelings based upon misinterpretations of the OT.
@@csongorarpad4670 I haven't said God is real or not real. I've said the God depicted in the Old Testament, be it fact or fiction, is a complete cunt. The kind of man who'd drown newborns in Noah's flood and condemn them to an eternity of burning in hell.
@@judyhopps9380 I find it hard to be patient when I encounter people who have no idea what Scripture actually says and falsely assume that their (mis)interpretation is correct...
1. Firstly, if you think that God is a "being" like how a man is a being or a car is a "being" then God doesn't exist. Ergo, you don't understand Christian teaching. That includes both the OT and the NT because, as you likely already know, the OT is pre-Messiahnic and the NT is post-Messiahnic.
2. God is objectively good, being goodness itself, as well as love itself and the height of all other degrees of perfection. See Thomas Aquinas for further rationale and explanation why that is objectively true or ask me and I'll summarize the argument.
I surmise you disagree with God's law and the consequences people face, but that doesn't make God a "cunt" because 1. God is the one who dictates objective moral law and it supercedes any subjective feelings one may have in contention towards him 2. You're using morality derived from God in an attempt to judge him, not to mention that you base your judgement on gross misunderstandings of Scripture.
The story of the Flood was to punish man for their relentless and unrepenting sinning. If there were any innocent people, like children, who died in the flood then they were brought to heaven with the arrival of Jesus Christ who harrowed hell when he died and brought any innocent souls to God's Kingdom, in heaven.
You see, with the sin of Adam and Eve, the gates to heaven were closed off and humanity was irredeemable. The role Jesus Christ played was to redeem humankind so that they may be allowed to enter heaven once moree, IF they seek forgiveness and repent for their sins.
So, again. You have absolutely no idea what Scripture actually says or teaches, falling into the same trap of Sola Scriptura as all Protestant denominations do, without realizing that you're going against the canon of the Catholic Church which has preserved the tradition, including the correct teaching's of Scripture, of the church fathers and apostles.
Satan built like a One Piece character
When you realize the Mormons don’t believe in eternal punishment💀
Who else remembered that Rowan Atkinson sketch?
'The French, are you here?'
This scene converted me to mormonism, if I go to hell when I die, the South Park creators will pay me
"Look-- just tell them fine, everybody can go to heaven who wants to. Also, we aren't upset about whatever show's whizzing on us currently."
--Actual chat with one.
A man dies and goes to heaven and at the gates he's welcomed in by Peter, to whom he asks "where am I and what's happening". Peter introduces himself and explains where he is, after congratulating the man he invites him to a walk around and he accepts. So Peter walks around with him and says "here is where all the Jews stay, they have beautiful tents and carpets that are always warm" and then he walks on a little further and says "here is where all the Catholics stay, god gave them the voices of angels so they always sing perfectly", and he continues on a little further "here's all the pagans and Buddhists, we gave them wonderful gardens full of spiritual herbs and peace of the forest" and all of a sudden he comes across this huge brick wall. The man pauses and says to Peter "My god what the hell is this huge wall doing in heaven, who does this belong to" to which Peter hastily replied "Keep your voice down you fool, behind there is where we keep all the Muslims and they think they're the only ones here!"
So in your joke, I'm guessing there is no Hell? Also why is Peter the door man?
@@WaqManVR In Christianity Jesus gives Peter the keys to heaven
@@WaqManVR bezlebub is the doorman
The version I heard 50 years ago had the Catholics behind the wall.
@@WaqManVR Because he is in many Christian accounts of things
one of the best scenes in television history if you ask me
When yall in the spirit world after this life, remember this clip. Lol
i don't get the idea: how are you supposed to be able to think with your brain dead? even if it's slightly affected - drunk or drugged, no sleep, hit at the head unconscious, or more - Alzheimers, you can't think straight?
@@valinorean4816 We are spirits having a mortal experience. The brain dead you talk about only affects the physical body, but not our spirits.
@@angelhd7446 So what happens when you're drunk, hit in the head so bad you're unconscious, sedated on anesthetics, etc? doesn't make sense to me on the spirit view, maybe you can elaborate?..
@@valinorean4816 it be the same state as whatever the physical is unto the physical body dies, then our spirit will leave the dead body.
@@angelhd7446 wait so that spirit is something separate, nothing to do with one's awareness? like a demon possessing you or something?
This reminds me of that Rowan Atkinson skit.
Rowan Atkinson "The Devil Toby". You're welcome
As a member of the LDS church (mormon) I wholeheartedly agree and it's funny
The Mormons being the right religion is the best running joke in the series.
In the last shot you can see the south American president from the getting gay with kids episode
Idek what south American president means
Everyone makes fun of the Mormons. Literally EVERYONE. Watch them be right 😭🤣
All these years later and I’m just now realizing Steve was voiced by Squeak “Lil Bitch” Scolari from Baseketball 😂
I thought he was wearing a plumber's uniform when I saw this years ago.
Nice little jab at the flaw in Pascal’s wager.
The idea of a temporary sacrifice for an infinite reward only makes sense in a context that you are absolutely sure you’re religion is the right one. Considering that there’s absolutely hundreds that all say they have it right it’s not the clear cut argument it was during the heyday of feudalism.
It's not really a flaw it just lowers your odds of success. But if you treat the reward as infinite you still have to do whatever action the wager considers.
@@GeraldMMonroe It's absolutely a flaw, because not only are the odds basically nill, but if a god exists and he's vengeful, as in he hates you MORE for worshiping a false god than worshipping no god at all, then the best bet is to believe what evidence you have, and not worship anything at all.
lol wut. speak engrish dude.
Good luck in hell mate 👍🏻🖖🏻
Solid point. Not something TH-cam commenters are ready to hear though
Honestly the idea of only one religion being actually right and we don't know which one it is is kind of a terrifying. Your basically guessing at the chance of heaven.
No worries we latter day saints (mormons) belive you will get a fair chance to be taught the true gospel of Christ in this life or the next one but in your case I'll recommend taking a look at our religion
The only way to win is to not play the game, Atheism for the win
@@skyrimguy217 Cthulu is still going to eat your soul. Like Raisin Bran. Repent and repeat after me, "Blub-gug rug-dug R'lyeh glug-gug."
@@gilian2587 "Blub-gug rug-dug R'lyeh glug-gug brother."
@@skyrimguy217 See? There you go.
It just hit me after 20+ years Chris' voice actor is the same guy who played Squeak in Baseketball. 😂
If you feel like you're going through Hell, keep going.
I knew it!
I never doubted the mormons!
The crazy part would be that from the beginning of time to 1830 heaven didn't have a single human in it. I wonder if the angels ever asked God what was going on and why all of Humanity was going to hell despite worshiping him.
You have a theological confucion, clearly !
Well according to Mormon theology all the ancient prophets like Moses were Mormon but there was an apostasy were the gospel was lost from the earth. That’s why they call the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and that basically the Mormon lds religion is the same religion that was on the earth when Jesus and his disciples were around
Wouldn't they be in spirit prison instead? Then they'd get preached the gospel and have a choice to enter the celestial kingdom. Yes I was an exchange student in Utah and asked Mormons to explain their religion to me
It’s South Park
I love the running joke is that it's better to end up in Hell than Detroit.
That “Awwww” coming from all the people who just found out that the “Mormons were right” is just as underwhelming as it is hilarious. 😂❤
This is extra funny when you realize that Mormons don't even believe in a heaven or hell
You are wrong we believes in both
We believe in three degrees of Heaven, a temporary state of hell and for the sons of Perdition, a permanent hell. So we believe in hell. Also, "Mormons" don't believe in a literal lake of fire. It's damnation, but it's not real fire or anything.
@@namordecai Is mormonism a cult?
@@ThinkLuckyThink no
Yes invented by a convicted con artist
This reminds me of my first day when i got hired at amazon
Lmao
I wonder if Trey and Matt growing up in Colorado influence them to chose Mormons and the right ones?
You can bet on it.
Being close to Utah, there are a lot of Mormons down there. From what I read, Matt and Trey both knew members growing up, and they were some of the nicest people.
The thing is the mormons don't believe that other religiohs go to hell, or anyone for that matter, everyone who will go to hell is already there. We just go to worse heavens.
I just love that Chris is voiced by SQUEAK!
I just love even more that I somewhat know a guy named Christian that hates Mormons but alas, here we are with the truth! I bet he hates it. Not the ghey part with Saddam tho. ROFL.
This episode is strange as we see Kenny, a Roman Catholic, going into heaven at the end of the movie
Not to mention he also went to heaven in that one psp episode
But it's an adult cartoon, not a documentary. We aren't to expect the best consistency
I love how diverse hell is
Ugh! Please let the afterlife be free of "diversity"!
@@thingfish000 Thats so cringe Donald Trump would say it.
@@rickywyness5230 he means forced diversity, artard
@@chumfartlin9963 "forced diversity". Wow. Only a MAGAtard would look at diversity as a bad thing that shouldn't be actively pursued or "forced" as you would put it.
@@rickywyness5230 im gonna yank it to this comment
"I thought you were dead."
"Yeah, well, where was I gonna go, Detroit?"
"I'm afraid it was the Mormons. Yes the Mormons were the correct answer."
Everybody: "Awww!"
The religious arguments in the comments are hilarious, it’s exactly what Trey Parker and Matt Stone were trying to make fun of with this scene.
Atheism is cringe
@@evenlord7825 Bless you, you tried.
@@evenlord7825 And you on the hand are toootally not.
having family members that are mormon, makes this even fucking funnier hahahah
Cuz they'll have the last laugh?
I think this is loosely based on a Rowan Atkinson (guy who plays mr. bean) skit.
I love the way they reacted, like guessing the wrong answer on a game show or something
It would have been funnier if he checked his clickboard before saying "Mormons."
Mormons believe that there's three levels of heaven and that Christians whom aren't Mormon but our devout go to the second level of Heaven.
Exmo here. If the celestial kingdom is anything like going to a mormon sunday sacrament/sunday school then I am really glad to be missing out on it lol. So fucking boring, living for eternity in the celestial kingdom must drive one insane of boredom and repetition
@@austin9809 yeah man so boring man, I’m just gonna drink and smoke and have gay sex and live my best life man. Like totally man. Rock on brotha. I’m heading to the dispensary right now bro in my peace and love mobile. I’m going to be rocking out and forgetting about the stupid Mormon religion man
@@westhoodqualzini7884 lol what?
@@austin9809 once I left Mormonism I became super spiritual and shit man. I started taking ecstasy and all kinds of drugs man. Like totally dude. I’m so high right now bro. Like whoa. I’m ready to hit the waves man peace and love forget religion bro
They also don't believe in Hell, right? The worst you can do is an eternity on Earth.