During this episode, a theologically-frustrated homer makes up his own religion.  Called Homerism, he develops the theology after enjoying a Sunday at home, having weaseled his way out of attending church with his family.  After all, he doesn’t get anything out of attending church, and he reasons, “what if we picked the wrong religion?  Every week, we're just making God madder and madder!”  That evening, God visits Homer in a dream, reaching down from the sky (with His five-fingered hand!) and plucking the roof off the Simpsons’ house.  After God accuses Homer of abandoning the holy church, Homer defends himself:  “I'm not a bad guy!  I work hard, and I love my kids.  So why should I spend half my Sunday hearing about how I'm going to Hell?”  God concedes that Homer has a point, and admits that even He would sometimes rather watch football on a Sunday.  The conversation segues into a discussion about football, and Homer seems to have no problem conversing comfortably with God.  After Homer complains about Reverend Lovejoy’s dreadful sermons, God offers to give the reverend a canker sore.  Marge enlists Reverend Lovejoy’s help in dealing with Homer’s apparent “blasphemy.”  It should be noted that while Homer never questions the validity of his encounter with God, his family and friends are much more dubious.  Reverend Lovejoy attempts to guide Homer by quoting from the Bible -- Matthew 7:26, which reads “a foolish man who built his house on sand.”  Not to be outdone, Homer fires back with another Bible verse off the top of his head – Matthew 21:17, which Lovejoy recites from memory as “And he left them and went out of the city into Bethany and he lodged there.”  During his last Sunday home from church, Homer’s cigar sparks a house fire and he is rescued by none other than Flanders as part of the volunteer fire department.  Reverend Lovejoy points out that God didn’t set the fire, but was present in the hearts of the volunteer firemen that responded, “be they Christian [Ned], Jew [Krusty], or… miscellaneous [Apu].”