Did the creators of the show say anything about the depiction of God?

In South Park S03 E16 Are you there God? It's Jesus, a new character was introduced. He is none other than God. In that episode, God is depicted very differently which shocks everyone in the crowd.

He is shown to be a short-legged squirrel, elephant, cat, hippopotamus tetra-morph with an extendable, reptile-like tongue.

This is not explained in the show. When Randy Marsh asks "That is God?", He just replies...

What did you expect me to look like son?

Did the creators of the show or the channel say anything why the God is shown like this? Is this an inspiration from anything or a parody (if any)?

_{The words of the creators or from channel would be very much helpful than fan theories without sources.}

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Best Answer

It's just a satire show and no need to dig much deep. Trey Parker and Matt Stone have repeatedly shown that they are not much religious in various interviews:

Stone, who was raised Jewish, says he's not religious. Parker says he considers himself religious, but it would take him a long time to explain it. Both say they believe in God.

"I believe there's something going on that we don't know," Parker says. "That's as far as I can go."

"Recently, atheists and people who hate religion have, like, really glommed on to our show because we make fun of a lot of religions," Stone notes. "But neither one of us is anti-religious at all. I mean, I'm fascinated by religion."

"All the religions are superfunny to me," Parker adds. "The story of Jesus makes no sense to me. God sent his only son. Why could God only have one son and why would he have to die? It's just bad writing, really. And it's really terrible in about the second act."

But Parker says atheism is more ludicrous to him than anything else.

Even this Wikia claims

Parker and Stone have said that their design of God is basically the idea of "What would God appear as to mess with people's minds?"

Which I can't really prove as it's unsourced but do suit fine to what happen in that episode.

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How is God depicted in the media?

Portrayals of God in popular media have varied from a white-haired old man in Oh, God! to a woman in Dogma, from an entirely off-screen character to a figure of fun. According to trinitarian Christianity, Jesus Christ is God, so cultural depictions of Jesus in film and television are also portrayals of God.

When was the concept of God invented?

Many scholars believe this happened sometime between the Babylonian exile, which began after the fall of Jerusalem in 587 BCE (some 2600 years ago), and the subsequent periods of Persian and Hellenistic rule. However, the redactors of the Bible were evidently working off older traditions, R\xf6mer says.

When did humans start believing in God?

The exact time when humans first became religious remains unknown, however research in evolutionary archaeology shows credible evidence of religious-cum-ritualistic behavior from around the Middle Paleolithic era (45\u2013200 thousand years ago).

When was God first mentioned in history?

The Mesha Stele bears the earliest known reference (840 BCE) to the Israelite God Yahweh.

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