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Richard Dawkins appears as the devil on 'The Simpsons'

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Dawkins at the University of Texas at Austin. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Well-known atheist Richard Dawkins made an appearance as the devil on the long-running U.S. animated show "The Simpsons ." Dawkins shows up in Ned Flanders ' nightmare in the form of a giant horned devil, stirring a cauldron of people in a fiery underworld. "I'm making Catholic Saint stew!" Dawkins says in the nightmare. Flanders is Homer Simpson 's devoutly religious neighbor. In the latest segment, Flanders has a nightmare about going to hell after he loses his patience with Homer and punches him. He encounters several "warning" signs on his way to hell, such as "Brief Nudity" and "Non-Jesus-y Beards," before reaching a large cavern nicknamed " Hell's Kitchen " where the devil - Dawkins - resides. "Down here we worship famous atheist Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion ," a devil-version of Homer says, laughing