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Posts tagged Religiosity
NR The Holiday Spirit
201159 days
Greetings Normalinauts. Lookie, lookie, I finally figured out how to make a post for tyhe actual comic section O_O woo-hoo! You’re all doomed now… >__>
This week’s comic actually was supposed to be number 2 in last week’s line up since the Save the Monkey Project comic went up on an off-date. Unfortunately, things got a bit hectic and we weren’t able to post it when we wanted (and I was a bit late in wrapping it up). But just the same, here it is, ready for your enjoyment.
This comic stems from a conversation between myself and miss April about alternate xmas iconography. So much of this holiday has been anthropomorphically personified by elves, santa, reindeer, moose, penguins and sundry other cold weather animals, beasties and mythological creatures. We thought that there was plenty of room in the beastiery pantheon to add a few new creatures, which begat the first couple of designs shown in the comic and lovingly modeled by the gobos.
As for the last one, well, that came from (as in the comic) a very literal analysis of what the xian version of the winter holidays are all about. And literalism being what it is, I took it to the logical end and you get the “the Crowning of Christ” as seen in the final panel. Yes, it is exactly what it sounds like. It is exactly what it looks like. And yes, if there actually were such a thing as a xian hell, I’m sure that my future table reservation would already be firmly reserved. Luckily, this isn’t the case. But all the same, if someone is offended by this, I would apologize, except I would find it hypocritical to do so, however, it was not my intention to insense anyone or upset them personally. Sorry, religion is funny, life is funny, and NR has been pretty even about leveling its venomous sights on anyone and everyone (as illustrated below).
Salem and Tako are here to represent for NR
Kilian will be resurfacing to the land of the living and cognascent sometime in the very near future. As a matter of fact, he did prepare script for this week’s comic (not shown) which dealt directly with his current experience and degree of fatigue. Funnily enough, I was writing this comic with that in mind as well, and presented him in the fashion/state in which I envision him to currently be. Life immitating are or vice versa as you see fit.
We love you all,
–Aleister
Aha – Take On Me
Constantly, I am amazed at the sheer stupidity exhibited by the citizens of this country.
21388 days
by kilian
in General Nerdom
Let’s say you were driving down the street in Jonesville, South Carolina and you happened to pass the Jonesville Church of God. On the church’s sign you would read the following message:
Obama, Osama
humm
are they brothers?”
What would your reaction be?
Well, mine is that the guy who put up the sign, the pastor of the church, is a fucking asshole.
The local news has a story posted, which you can read here, but more imporantly, there is also a video clip with a brief interview with the pastor where he claims “It’s simply to cause people to realize and to see what possibly could happen if we were to get someone in there that does not believe in Jesus Christ” and when asked if he thinks Obama is a Muslim, the pastor responds “I don’t know. See it asks a question: Are they brothers? In other words, is he Muslim ? I don’t know. He says he’s not. I hope he’s not. But I don’t know. And it’s just something to try to stir people’s minds. It was never intended to hurt feelings or to offend anybody.”
OK, so the first thing to take from this is that, what, if Obama is elected, automatically the US becomes a radical Muslim state? Maybe this guy’s never heard of something called the checks and balances…and by the way, the current iteration of the Executive (a self proclaimed “born again” christian) has done a lot more to erode the basic freedoms and systematic governmental checks then any other president in history.
Secondly, this guy thinks Obama’s a straight out liar. Well, he says he’s not a Muslim, but I don’t know…a Muslim would certainly lie about something like that.
Third, he says “it was never intended to hurt feelings or to offend anybody.” OK, then either, A) this pastor’s a clueless fucking retard or, B) he’s a FUCKING LIAR. Those are the only two options here. If you didn’t know that equating Obama with Osama would offend some people, you are an idiot. And if you did, then you lied about why you did it.
According to the story, the pastor took the issue to his congregation and they “unanimously” voted to keep the sign up.
I don’t know what, exactly, that says about South Carolina in general, or that church in particular, but I’m sure I don’t like it.
The Descendents – We
That’s the sort of thing that makes someone want to kill his co-workers…and why is everyone so fixated with fruit punch?
41526 days
by kilian
in General Nerdom
First off, thank’s be to Mojo, for this most holy of internetz sacraments…
It’s funny…in a way…though not, I suspect, in the way the producers intended.
I guess I can understand if Brad’s co-workers were really concerned with his spiritual “well-being” except that the way Darren talks to Brad at the end…seems to me that Darren just really wanted to see Brad drop a load in his pants…which is fine, I’m all for that type of thing, but don’t do it under the guise of helping someone find “the truth.” Besides, pulling a practical joke on someone isn’t my idea of a good argument for your faith, I’m just sayin…
And on that note…here’s something I think we can all agree is edifying to the human spirit…
