The writers of the series are basically saying that being a good person should be enough in the eyes of God. They see many of the restrictions of the Church as wrong. God also comes across as a normal guy who loves football and some of life s other simple pleasures. The Simpsons also satirizes people of one religious affiliation who look down on those of other religions. This is a very sarcastic remark that may be funny on the surface, but is actually a very cruel and insensitive putdown.
Many people often demean and degrade anything that is different.
The writers are using Homer s crude and up-front mentality as a persona to display this form of bigotry. This unwillingness to accept anything different does not only apply to religion. The writers have also satirized society s problems regarding ethnicity and sexuality. It is also ironic that Homer would criticize a religion considering he had just started his own that served more as an excuse to get out of church than anything else. Yet you never stop laughing.