I think when I watch the Simpsons.  I think when I watch anything and I don’t think this should be a rarity.  It does seem to annoy most people who like to drink in TV and other media as if it were beer or any number of other escapes.  But Scripture is clear monkey see, monkey do Matthew 6:22.  What comes out of a man is what he puts in Galatians 6:7.

I wonder about rebellion in the Simpsons.  Much of the show is about rebellion, because much of humor is about rebellion these days.  I’m not sure there is much else left to rebel against in our culture but no one seems to mind the thinness or the establishment of rebellion.  It’s like an organized anarchy movement.  “But I thought anarchy was against organization?”  The reality seems to be that the mockery of institutions and morality results in the next generation not respecting them.  And so early Simpsons’ episodes don’t really seem cutting edge anymore, Bart’s rebellion yesterday is now standard behavior in today’s culture.

And it is always Bart that we see as the rebel.  But I wonder about Lisa.  Lisa is the politically correct child.  She would make Hillary Clinton proud.  She is always in tune with the Progressive agenda.  She dabbles with, Socialism, Environmentalism, and all the -isms.  Of course in order to refrain from insulting mainstream America they are often tempered or played of as innocent jokes. But the fact is that Lisa is a rebel too.  She rejects the standard morality and ideology of her parents.  But it is seen as ok and somehow the opposite of Bart, because rather than simply rebelling in overt male ways like Bart does by destroying things or, pulling pranks, Lisa seeks the more better way.  The more better way is that more spiritual more moral path that the Liberals are always telling us about.  It’s burning bras on campuses, it’s “Hey Ho Wester Culture’s Got To Go!” It’s destroying our whole economy to save the planet or to make up for slavery.  It pretends to be more moral than God, rejecting his ways in favor of a better way.  Rejecting war or violence in favor of talking.  Rejecting traditional patriarchal families in favor of egalitarian ‘freedom’.  Killing your unborn children in the name of ‘choice’.  But this is the worst kind of rebellion.  This is just like the first rebel, as Saul Alinsky noted by dedicating his book to Lucifer the first radical.  Hillary is revered for writing her thesis on Alinsky, and Lisa Simpson would probably do the same.  It is worse than the rebellion of Bart because it is subtle. The whole idea of the Progressive Left is a slow progression towards their goals. As if their goals were inevitable and evolution to something better. They move slowly pushing bit by bit.  This is the way of Lucifer.  He can’t be up front about what he wants he must slowly lull us.  Oh look at that fruit, it’s so pretty, touch it it feels nice, surely you won’t die if you eat it.  Then bang, human race in darkness.  This is how sin always works.  Jesus warns people to consider the cost before following him Luke 14:28-33.  Satan say “try sin out”, “just a little bit”, then “just a little more, you will like it”.  Temptation isn’t a written law, it’s a deceptive possible, maybe, guarantee.

And so Lisa isn’t as bad as bad, but she is as far Left as culture will allow.  Just like most of her kindred politicians in Washington.  They push as much as they can, saving the rest for later.  But she wants to overthrow the old order all the same.  It is the female way.  Deception is the characteristic female mode.  It can be used for good or evil.  We often see female heroines in the Old Testament deceiving their enemies.  Jael lulled Sisera into her tent and nailed his head to the ground.  And she was called most blessed of women Judges 5:22.  Rahab the prostitute lied to the king of Jericho about the Jewish spies and only her and her household were spared in the destruction of the city. This is good deception. But these womanly powers should be used for good or you will find yourself a Jezebel, or Delilah.

And so I see Lisa Simpson.  Bart is at least having fun as he plays pranks.  Lisa is undermining the very society which brings us the most advanced civilization the world has ever known.  We like to point back to the caveman, and always point out he was a man.  But this more better way, is what turned Noah the great shipbuilder into the caveman. It is sold as progress, but it is only progressing towards more rebellions.  And rebellion does not lead to prosperity.  It leads to the caveman.  It has before and it will again.  It is happening in the Middle East right now.  Lisa Simpson, for Sharia Law.  I’ll be waiting for that episode.