This episode is not terrible as it is preachy, dated and systematic of a much bigger problem with the early seasons of The Simpsons. First off, it's ironic that Lisa would go on to become a Buddhist later in the shows run. Seeing as how she's scared of the idea of Hell and what will take you there. What makes this episode dated is the stuff involving the cable stealing. Stealing is wrong, we get it, but they hammer it in really hard to the point that it becomes obnoxious. But the preachiness comes in the form of the "Christan agenda" I see going on. Now I have nothing against Christians. But part of the appeal of why the Simpsons has been such an enduring show, was that it didn't feel like it was specifically made to please people of a certain ethnicity or majority. While I'm not calling Christians a majority or minority. I will say that it feels like this and a few others that would come later on, that it felt like it was playing up agenda and need to scare people into religion. There has always been this very naïve and straw man esque belief that people who are religious aren't in anyway morally sound or have any kind of ethics. That is very naive and far fetch thinking, since there are plenty of people who are indeed very religious, but they aren't ethical, kind, or morally sound, instead it becomes all about being egoistical, manipulative, selfish, and criminal. Point is, you can still be morally sound and have ethics, and concepts of right and wrong, without being religious, otherwise we still be living in that flashback sequence we saw at mount Sinai. I totally believe stealing is wrong. But this episode feels like a very preachy, and strawman-based argument with really no nuance or the like. All in all this isn't a good episode, is worthless.
