# "Cartman says this, but Jesus says \*this\*" - Christian pamphlet that quoted South Park? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartman-says-this-but-jesus-says-this-christian-pamphlet-that-quoted-south-park/1007389 "2024-09-17T16:54:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GoodZuckerbergs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@GoodZuckerbergs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodZuckerbergs)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartman-says-this-but-jesus-says-this-christian-pamphlet-that-quoted-south-park/1007389/1 "2024-09-17T16:54:22Z")
At some point in the late 90s/early 00s I was watching an interview clip with Trey Parker and Matt Stone in which they mention that after _South Park_ first came out they eventually saw one day that there was a religious pamphlet that directly quoted Cartman’s character and, for each quote, provided a counter-quote from Jesus in the Gospels. They described it as “Cartman says this, but Jesus says _this_:” It was obvious they had no idea what the name of the pamphlet was or which church/group printed it, which they didn’t care about anyways while recalling this funny thing, they just pointed out that “Once people started comparing Cartman to Jesus, we knew we had hit the big time!” This is a Hell of a long shot (pun partially intended), but does anyone know what late 90s religious pamphlet it was that quoted Cartman and then provided counter-quotes by Jesus? I’m guessing no, but in lieu of that, if you know of any religious pamphlets/material that directly references Cartman (not just _South Park_, but specifically the character Cartman) it would be fun to know. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartman-says-this-but-jesus-says-this-christian-pamphlet-that-quoted-south-park/1007389/2 "2024-09-17T17:27:35Z")
I don’t recall the pamphlet but this might help. > **[Faith + 1](https://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/Faith_%2B_1)** > > Faith + 1 was a Christian rock band formed by Eric Cartman in the Season Seven episode, "Christian Rock Hard", after being expelled from the boys' group, Moop. Cartman formed the band in order to win a bet he had made with Kyle Broflovski over who... ---
**Author:** ![GoodZuckerbergs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba8739/32.png) [@GoodZuckerbergs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodZuckerbergs)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartman-says-this-but-jesus-says-this-christian-pamphlet-that-quoted-south-park/1007389/3 "2024-09-17T17:30:52Z")
No, this was long before the 2003 episode about christian rock. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartman-says-this-but-jesus-says-this-christian-pamphlet-that-quoted-south-park/1007389/4 "2024-09-19T00:04:50Z")
I don’t have an answer, but I think it’s funny how the LDS Church took out ad space in _the Book of Mormon_ playbills saying something like “you’ve seen the play, now experience the church” ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartman-says-this-but-jesus-says-this-christian-pamphlet-that-quoted-south-park/1007389/5 "2024-09-19T08:19:41Z")
There are Chick tracks that reference South Park and draw characters from them but I don’t believe they did a line by mine rebuttal of him. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartman-says-this-but-jesus-says-this-christian-pamphlet-that-quoted-south-park/1007389/6 "2024-09-19T14:26:57Z")
I can’t help but think that any religious tract that references Eric Cartman was probably drawn up by someone who never watched the cartoon, and just knows that Cartman was one of the more quotable/notorious characters. I mean, anyone with a lick of sense knows that anything Cartman says or does is pretty much NOT what anyone reasonable should do, believe, or say. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartman-says-this-but-jesus-says-this-christian-pamphlet-that-quoted-south-park/1007389/7 "2024-09-19T18:38:54Z")
The only time I can think Cartman would be quotable in a religious pamphlet is in Faith + 1 lyrics. > I wanna get down on my knees and start pleasing Jesus. > I wanna feel his sweet salvation all over my face! > Body of Christ > Sleek swimmer’s body, all muscled up and toned > Body of Christ > Oh what a body, I wish I could call it my own > Lord almighty, I’ve never been so enticed > Oh I wish I could have the body of Christ [![](https://i.redd.it/omglxtrw39h51.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/omglxtrw39h51.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartman-says-this-but-jesus-says-this-christian-pamphlet-that-quoted-south-park/1007389/8 "2024-10-07T22:53:29Z")
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