So did you hear about the Atlanta-area church doing a five-part Sunday series on morality as it relates to Grey’s Anatomy? (If my hometown congregation were that hip, I might stop inciting my nieces and nephews to misbehave during holiday masses and pay attention for once!) "Even though I don’t like the show and don’t agree with the morals of some of the characters, it is the No. 1 show in that age group [18 to 35]," says Dr. Richard Hunter, pastor of Snellville United Methodist Church. "And if that many young people are watching it, I should be talking about the issues raised on the show." (Perhaps he means issues like personal hygiene, as addressed by McDreamy and Meredith in the photo at left.)
Now, heaven help Dr. Hunter if he’s looking to PopWatch for assistance with his sermons, but reading about his efforts to reach the highly coveted 18-35 demographic — by the way, does no one care about the 65-and-up set anymore? No? — gave me a flash of inspiration… to whip up an additional batch of 10 commandments, Grey’s style.
11. Thou shall not allow thy children (literal or figurative) to get out of hand. (Miranda Bailey)
12. Thou shall not committ adultery — short-term or long-term — with anyone who could be described as a McSteamy. (Addison Montgomery-Shepherd and Callie Torres)
13. Thou shall try not to be so consistently grating when providing thy voiceover commentaries. (Meredith Grey)
14. Thou shall not (temporarily) kill thy significant other — even if the end goal is to score him or her an organ transplant. (Izzie Stevens)
15. Though shall not bear false withness about thy palsied hand. (Preston Burke)
16. Thou shall stop being a workaholic. (Richard Webber)
17. Thou shall not covet thy recently bereaved ex. (Alex Karev)
18. Thou shall not use fried chicken to woo a woman. (George O’Malley)
19. Thou shall continue to amuse with thy patented brand of bitchery. (Cristina Yang)
20. Thou shall stop lurking in the elevators. (Derek Shepherd)
So there you have it, PopWatchers. Can any of you think of additional Grey’s commandments? And what other shows could pastors use to inspired their flocks? (See you in hell!)
I think 90210 could have been great fodder for a “Here’s what happens when you sin” sermon series. For example:
-Kelly Taylor – you get raped, shot, burned, drug addicted
-Donna Martin – beaten, pushed down stairs
-Brandon Walsh – car wrecked
-Dylan McKay – murdered spouse, dad blown to smithereens but not really
See, as my mother always says, “If you’d been doing what you were supposed to be doing, none of this would have happened.”
21. Thou shalt add the prefix “Mc” to as many adjectives and/or nouns as possible.
A few years ago, our church in Ohio did a month long series on the Osbornes (What Would Jesus Say to the Osbornes) when their reality show was a hit. Hilarious stuff!
Thou shalt account postcoitally for your lingerie as carefully as you would instruments postsurgically.
regarding the adultery commandment – how did Callie torres commit adultery? neither she nor McSteamy are married…
Desperate Housewives:
“Thou shall not go to the grocery store on an empty stomach having just found out about your spouse’s indiscretions…and baring firearms.”
Thou shall allowest certain maleths to “sac up” and beith a maneth occasionally, insteadeth of constantly apologizingeth for being a maneth (George O’Malley)
I just read this. Thought might interest you:
Ever heard about “Ekasthreevruth” or “Unimatism” ? This curious peace of ideology form India suggests that fully developed human individual (called Unimate) can have only one sex partner in his or her life. If you can have a second, that means you are no better than dogs and pigs. This ideolgy is also known as Himeshism after it’s originator JJ Himesh.
thou shall not do the McNasty with someone you know that is McMarried.
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