So apparently Ned Flanders is thought to be a modern-day Christian icon.
Simpsons character celebrated at Christian festival
Cheltenham, England - The popularity of television's The Simpsons has inspired organizers of a Christian arts festival to dedicate an evening to one of the show's characters.
Ned Flanders Night was added to this year's Greenbelt Festival after an article in the magazine Christianity Today suggested that the evangelical animated character was more associated with the faith than such real-life religious figures as Pope John Paul II or Mother Teresa.
"We think [it] is an astonishing fact that young people are paying attention to The Simpsons in that way," said Simon Jenkins, the organizer of the Flanders tribute. more
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