Frank and Ernest by Thaves for August 30, 2023

Yes, when you get very old there will be a final exam!

Yeth, you will have to thay math.

As long as kids don’t study for test, there will be prayer in school.

Sounds fair

If they are going to teach any science in church, those kids don’t have a prayer.

Well, there was that whole go forth and multiply thing….

Just the church tithing.

Like study the Book of Numbers?

You’ll have to study math somewhere, if the class time is being wasted on prayer.

You already do math in church.

Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

If anyone takes away from these words, then I will take away his name from the book of life.

Go forth and multiply.

Divide the fish and the loaves among the people.

Church is all about History.

Yes you do. And they are very serious about it. That’s why many churches have statues or paintings of some guy stapled to a giant plus sign.

Yes 70 X 7 = 490

I used to do my homework in church.

Yes, Count your blessings

Logical question for a kid. Know some adults who would try to find an answer for him.

Of course. Septuagesima (“70”) is the ninth Sunday before Easter and the third before Ash Wednesday.

Do the math.

Just don’t do meth

That’s what tithes are for!

Excellent and well thought out question!

not much math in church, but lots of listening, reading, and singing…!

Yes!

Well, most churches do have a big plus sign in them and try to get people to be positive.

My brother-in-law used to teach GED classes in prison during the evenings, so he would tell the kids that goofed off “You have two choices, you can learn this from me now, or you can learn it from me in the future, the choice is yours”.

Only Sunday Math…

Yup, that 10% thing every time the collection plate comes around.

Nope. School is supposed to be for thinking and questioning what you think you know. Church is to make you an obedient revenue stream for the dog and pony show.

They definitely never do the math in church.

Of course they do math in church. Jesus will be coming back any day now, just as he’s been doing for the last 2000 years.

Many people do not realize that one of the reasons that the Sunday School movement got started, in England, was not only to teach children about Christianity, but in the days of child labor it was the only way many children could get an education, especially if the family was poor and both parents and children worked. They taught language, math, etc.

That adds up.

Yes — all the better to count your blessings.

Math in church? Where nothing adds up??

I broke a rule, I prayed in school!

And one God in three Persons… go figure!

I used to take the position that if they could teach creation in school we could teach evolution in church.

…and btw praying in school has always been okay as long as it’s not institutional.

Figuring tithe at the last minute.

Not really what you need to worry about, kid. Indoctrination and being singled out because you don’t pray or believe like the other kids should be your biggest concerns.

Not everybody