but I really needed a distraction, and this e-mail did the trick. Hope it helps ya too, if you need one too:

I would have left the original post alone had it not been for the commentary provided by a reader.
The episode is “Homer the Heretic” from season 4. Homer stayed home on Sunday due to his growing disenchantment with church. Having his Best Day Ever is, to him, God’s confirmation that he has done the right thing. He ultimately creates his own religion based on this positive reinforcement. In the end though, it is to his detriment, when he catches his house on fire and is saved by the ever-reverent Ned Flanders. Message: Tradition triumphs.
There is a similar message in the episode about the Movementarians. Punchline: “I should have stayed with the Promise Keepers.”
P.S. In the Simpsons, whenever they depict God, he is the only being with four fingers and a thumb. I like that.
Big Fan.