From the link below:

Isaac Hayes, the voice of smooth-talking “Chef” in the blockbuster animated show South Park, has reportedly quit the program saying he can no longer stomach its take on religion.

This is quite ironic because the very first episode made fun of Jesus, Satan and Santa Claus. As rightly pointed out by Matt Stone, one of the creators:

This is 100 per cent having to do with his faith of Scientology … We (he and co-creator Trey Parker) never heard a peep out of Isaac in any way until we did Scientology. He wants a different standard for religions other than his own, and to me, that is where intolerance and bigotry begin.

There’s some truths in that last sentence of his. I wonder though, did they do a show about the Mohammed cartoons furore? I would like to see it. If they have and you can point me to a Bittorrent source, I’d appreciate it. ;)

South Park walkout | TV | Breaking News 24/7 – NEWS.com.au (14-03-2006)

UPDATE 11:29am
Dominic Knight’s (Radar @ SMH) thoughts about this. Including a link to the Scientology episode on YouTube.

UPDATE 4:28pm
Found the South Park ep where they showed the figures from major world religions fighting evil “Blaintologists” (YouTube video). Link stumbled upon via the Wiki on the ep, “Super Best Friends“.

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