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You missed my point about blasphemy earlier.

Lots of things are blasphemous, but there's a huge difference between something small and something major. Anime use religious references all the time. Some go on to even create stories and ideas within their use of religious references. That's different than completely mocking the religion as a whole and making the idea of that religion into a joke.

Yes, everything is offensive to someone, but this isn't about doing something that may offend someone. This is doing something that IS offensive and then saying "well everything is offensive to someone". Anything can be funny, and this could easily be made funny. But it won't change that it's still purposely offending a religion, as well as all of those that believe in that religion.

And... changing the name is supposed to some how... not do that? If it walks like a duck, and quack's like a duck... but you call in a rabbit, it's not a duck?

So your telling me that a manor of speech is so synonymous and fundamental to a religion, that using it for anything other than a sermon is mocking the entirety of that religion's values and beliefs?

How is he purposefully offending a religion? That seems to be a matter of intent. His intent is to make a comedy skit based around the parody of a religious service. If it is mocking as you say, then that would imply some malicious intent, which there is no evidence for. If you want to interpret his actions as purposefully hurtful, that is your problem. It seems somewhat narrow minded to instantly label parody as insulting just because it is based on a religious practice.

Calling something different further distances the panel from scrutiny. We aren't talking ducks VS rabbits, this is the difference between lions and tigers. They sounds slightly different, they look slightly different, but in the end they are both in the same family. If he really is marketing it as a televangelist type panel, the the difference from an infomercial and the programs in question isn't too far off. One wants you to buy salvation, the other wants to you buy an ultra absorbent towel. The concept is the same. If he pulls in the southern baptist church style, then it isn't anything more than a rally. Drop religious references such as god, hell, heaven, ect, and you are left with a football rally. A room of people that share similar beliefs rejoicing about what they love. Just because two things sound the same doesn't mean they are. Are white rappers raciest because they sound like black rappers?

I think if executed properly this could be very funny. It will be a parody and as such many people could find it offensive, but I fail to see the problem in that. Everyone finds something offensive, and in a convention that openly screens and distributes gay and hetero sexual pornography is a little religious parody really going to scare anyone away? Off the top of my head I can think of three anime that could be called blasphemous simply for their use of christianesk religions, but I don't see angry parents storming out of the D. Grey Man panel and causing pandemonium, do you?

Here is an idea if you want to make it more PC. Change "Baptist sermon" to "infomercial" to remove any association to religion one could pull from it. You can still use the same speech patterns and mannerisms but because it is an infomercial parody no one can play the "you are stomping on my beliefs" card... unless there is a cultist following of Billy Mays fans that I am unaware of.