When I saw the top panel, I thought Ronald and Nancy Reagan (more like Richard Nixon’s nose, but wrong hairstyle). Did Glenn make an artistic Freudian slip?
No but you don’t tend to last long. Or in my case you end up sitting in the halls during religion class until the priests took over teaching it as the teacher couldn’t answer my question. It’s not that I’m an atheists but at the age of 12 I asked “If God is so powerful, couldn’t he have manifested as Buddha, or a cow or any number of things? Or for that reasoning couldn’t the devil have actually tricked us by saying he was God?” That was A a little deep for a 12 yr old and B my parents got called.
I laughed when I read this comic but felt very sad when I read the comments. Since I truly believe and have a great love of a personal God, I just find it sad…One can never tell someone what to believe, but the atheiests feel it is their duty to try to convince us to not love someone that we have a personal connection with. Some religious fanatics, however, give Christians a VERY bad name. Live and let live! Peace.
As a survivor of Catholic education, I can say that atheist children would be absolutely forbidden to express their nonbelief. Anyone saying anything that deviated in the slightest from rigid doctrine and catechism was severely disciplined.
It’s fine to force religion on public school students, as long as the American version of “freedom of religion” is adhered to: The freedom to worship Jesus in any of several prescribed ways.
The only thing about the ban on school-led prayer is that the school can’t make kids say prayers. Kids can pray all they want, but those who don’t want to pray don’t have to. Freedom of religion applies to both the freedom to practice AND the freedom to abstain.-Or, freedom of religion = freedom from religion.
For someone to demand that their religion, and only their religion, be forced on all our children takes the largest of egos, extreme selfishness and closed-mindedness, and complete self-righteousness.
Looks like one of Glenn’s insane political cartoons ended up here by mistake. Bring back the guy with the gigantic schnoz and the talking dog. I demand separation of politics and entertainment.
As mentioned above, if you allow one, you have to allow all..But schools should also teach manners and good behavior, which they don’t seem to be today, mostly due to $$ and staff cutbacks.
i_am_the_jam almost 12 years ago
Sad but true.
jsplegge almost 12 years ago
Because, you know, “bald” is a hair color.
Pharmakeus Ubik almost 12 years ago
Was this done as an homage to Mort Drucker? There’s a lot of his style in this one.
Michael Peterson Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Can we see how the comics page would turn out if the McCoy brothers had never been born?
finale almost 12 years ago
Thank God I’m an Atheist and don’t get involved in Religious discussions.
mabrndt Premium Member almost 12 years ago
When I saw the top panel, I thought Ronald and Nancy Reagan (more like Richard Nixon’s nose, but wrong hairstyle). Did Glenn make an artistic Freudian slip?
Retired Dude almost 12 years ago
I’ll bet if he got her job he wouldn’t want it for very long.
monkeyhead almost 12 years ago
No but you don’t tend to last long. Or in my case you end up sitting in the halls during religion class until the priests took over teaching it as the teacher couldn’t answer my question. It’s not that I’m an atheists but at the age of 12 I asked “If God is so powerful, couldn’t he have manifested as Buddha, or a cow or any number of things? Or for that reasoning couldn’t the devil have actually tricked us by saying he was God?” That was A a little deep for a 12 yr old and B my parents got called.
sandramackin almost 12 years ago
I laughed when I read this comic but felt very sad when I read the comments. Since I truly believe and have a great love of a personal God, I just find it sad…One can never tell someone what to believe, but the atheiests feel it is their duty to try to convince us to not love someone that we have a personal connection with. Some religious fanatics, however, give Christians a VERY bad name. Live and let live! Peace.
runar almost 12 years ago
As a survivor of Catholic education, I can say that atheist children would be absolutely forbidden to express their nonbelief. Anyone saying anything that deviated in the slightest from rigid doctrine and catechism was severely disciplined.
riley05 almost 12 years ago
It’s fine to force religion on public school students, as long as the American version of “freedom of religion” is adhered to: The freedom to worship Jesus in any of several prescribed ways.
Stormrider2112 almost 12 years ago
The only thing about the ban on school-led prayer is that the school can’t make kids say prayers. Kids can pray all they want, but those who don’t want to pray don’t have to. Freedom of religion applies to both the freedom to practice AND the freedom to abstain.-Or, freedom of religion = freedom from religion.
riley05 almost 12 years ago
For someone to demand that their religion, and only their religion, be forced on all our children takes the largest of egos, extreme selfishness and closed-mindedness, and complete self-righteousness.
Michael Scott Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Looks like one of Glenn’s insane political cartoons ended up here by mistake. Bring back the guy with the gigantic schnoz and the talking dog. I demand separation of politics and entertainment.
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member almost 12 years ago
As mentioned above, if you allow one, you have to allow all..But schools should also teach manners and good behavior, which they don’t seem to be today, mostly due to $$ and staff cutbacks.
sjpb almost 12 years ago
snerk!!
Jackswag21 almost 12 years ago
Oh no wouldn’t want Christianity to be taught equally, wouldn’t that just be terrible!? (sarcasm)
Jackswag21 almost 12 years ago
If the devil tricked us by telling us he was God then why does God tell us to fight against the devil?