Well, okay, I love the joke in this one, and I hate to be the guy who sees a joke and then brings up information and ruins it, but I feel my southern christian upbringing coming out now (Damn, I'd thought I left that behind years ago…) but supposedly the reason is because he's gathering up an army with which to swarm heaven and conquer the universe, or at least that's how it's taught where I was raised. But personally I could never really read the bible more than a few pages in a row, so I'm not sure what the actual biblical reason is, southern baptists seem to stretch a few things from what I've found out…
I much prefer the he gets lonely theory,all he really needs is a hug.
Don't feel bad. You didn't ruin the joke. I came up with this joke because I genuinely couldn't figure out why the devil wanted souls. I'm interested to hear theories such as yours.
The answer is actually rather sad. It's all in the Bible. I'd suggest the NLT version, unless you actually LIKE Elizabethan English, thou brilliant scribe.
Satan rebelled against God. He is anti-God, and anti-what-God-loves.
God loves people more than anything else in the world, as is evident by the actions of Jesus Christ.
Hurting people hurts God, therefore Satan seeks to destroy and devour people. That's basically why he wants people in Hell, with him, and away from God's love and presence, and salvation.
Sorry if that seems simplistic, but that's the gist of it. The best books are John, which shows the divinity of Christ, and Job, which pulls back the curtains and gives you a side-seat view of a God versus Satan conversation.
I keep hearing people say God will win in the end. So why does the devil try if he will fail in the end. I think God keeps the Devil around still is because God really wants the Devil to return to his side. God has been and is doing a crap job in my eyes with the world. I'm anti-God and anti-Devil.
I agree Tork God is a conman. Actually, a lot of people agree with us. Since I was born and raised in Arizona without Air Conditioning. My friends and I figure hell would be nicer than what I am used to.
I LOOOVE the DevilBug's triangular collar!!! I think devil needs the souls to do the chores around hell… for other souls and him, but the more souls he gets – the more chores to be done… the more chores, the more souls he needs…
ok, so since you are interested, Adam, I'll throw in my two cents:
Satan is an absolute enemy of God (not equal, mind you, but absolute). He therefore hates anything God declares as "good," which He does so upon creating the earth and its inhabitants. As a result, Satan basically spends what time he has left bringing down/corrupting as much of God's creation as he possibly can, which one can read at the beginning of the book of Job. Hell exists as a punishment for Satan, into which he will be thrown after Armageddon, in the meantime, he is literally trying to take as many souls with him as he can. All this to say that the whole "keeping score" thing really isn't far off, although a bit hyperbolous; but I wouldn't expect anything less from this brilliant comic!
My pet theory is that we've got Heaven and Hell mixed up. The idea is to find out which people will stand up for what's really right no matter where people say that makes you end up.
This is based on three indisputable facts:
– Atheists are supposed to go to hell.
– Douglas Adams was an atheist.
– At least 50% of the world's current population sure as hell won't want to be in an afterlife without him.
I always thought the devil gathered souls to duplicate their owner's fighting ability, thus making him unstoppable, or he has a soul-powered dragon-ladybug hybrid which he will use to dominate the special Olympics.
Satan was created by god. Satan was created for a reason. Satan was an angel, and he thought he was a badass. He went around heaven convincing all the other angels that he was the real top-dog. God was angry with the angels because they all had been decived by satan into thinking that satan was even grater than god himself. God allowed the angels who were truly sorry to repent, but some wern't sorry and wanted to back satan up. Thus started a war in heaven between the good angels and the bad angels. Satan and his bad angels lost the war and as punishment were cast out of heaven onto earth. Now keep in mind god is always in control and Satan was no accident. He's bad for a reason. SO satan and his demons are here on earth to mess with the people and tempt them because as soon as judgement day comes, satan and his demons and all thoes human souls who were under satans influence are off to hell (which is basically a place of eternal suffering) Satan's basically trying to take as many down with him as he can. But like i said before, satan exists for a purpose, and that is so one can see a difference between good and evil, so that one will be able to see that god is truly the rightious one, therefor glorifying himself. If you never knew of evil, then u would never know of good. there would be no reference point.
Now, I haven’t read the entire bible, but I’ve been told that Lucifer and Satan are different people. Lucifer is the most powerful angel who rebelled against god, causing one third of all the angels to rebel with him and Satan is just some lesser angel who was created to test people.
As for your comment about why evil is necessary, I have to disagree: if evil didn’t exist, we wouldn’t need concepts for evil and good. The entire concept of evil is unnecessary.
Nice, very nice =) .. PS: Got a soul for sale ?
He just wants someone to walk all over.
i like the unihorn devil bartender bug
as always…u crack me up!!!
http://vz.iminent.com/vz/a82c86fc-839f-4f02-9f42-…
Bartender in Hell, I could totally do that.
Horrible hours though… And lousy tips.
Or, he could have OCD and he needs to collect souls because it has to be done a certain way and he's in Hell cleaning them and lining them all up.
Why does the bartender has one horn?
I expect unicorns to go directly to heaven anyway or did i miss something?
Thanks for all the LOLs,
I'm such a GREAT reader.
Love the title, awesome song.
Well, okay, I love the joke in this one, and I hate to be the guy who sees a joke and then brings up information and ruins it, but I feel my southern christian upbringing coming out now (Damn, I'd thought I left that behind years ago…) but supposedly the reason is because he's gathering up an army with which to swarm heaven and conquer the universe, or at least that's how it's taught where I was raised. But personally I could never really read the bible more than a few pages in a row, so I'm not sure what the actual biblical reason is, southern baptists seem to stretch a few things from what I've found out…
I much prefer the he gets lonely theory,all he really needs is a hug.
Don't feel bad. You didn't ruin the joke. I came up with this joke because I genuinely couldn't figure out why the devil wanted souls. I'm interested to hear theories such as yours.
Thanks for the feedback!
The answer is actually rather sad. It's all in the Bible. I'd suggest the NLT version, unless you actually LIKE Elizabethan English, thou brilliant scribe.
Satan rebelled against God. He is anti-God, and anti-what-God-loves.
God loves people more than anything else in the world, as is evident by the actions of Jesus Christ.
Hurting people hurts God, therefore Satan seeks to destroy and devour people. That's basically why he wants people in Hell, with him, and away from God's love and presence, and salvation.
Sorry if that seems simplistic, but that's the gist of it. The best books are John, which shows the divinity of Christ, and Job, which pulls back the curtains and gives you a side-seat view of a God versus Satan conversation.
PS. God bug is absolutely adorable.
I keep hearing people say God will win in the end. So why does the devil try if he will fail in the end. I think God keeps the Devil around still is because God really wants the Devil to return to his side. God has been and is doing a crap job in my eyes with the world. I'm anti-God and anti-Devil.
then u have a looooot of enimies…(i spelled it wrong) but hey i here limbo isn't so bad.. u just gotta love bending backwards XD
Silly Tork-person. There is no “god.”
I agree Tork God is a conman. Actually, a lot of people agree with us. Since I was born and raised in Arizona without Air Conditioning. My friends and I figure hell would be nicer than what I am used to.
Your third panel was pretty correct, though.
It's quite simple really, The Devil and God are pulling a "Good Cop, Bad Cop" on creation. Satan is keeping the club as exclusive as possible.
I LOOOVE the DevilBug's triangular collar!!! I think devil needs the souls to do the chores around hell… for other souls and him, but the more souls he gets – the more chores to be done… the more chores, the more souls he needs…
and just when i thought Jesus Bug was awesome… appears DEVIL BUG!!!
I always suspected Hostess Fruit Pies were of the devil! Now I know why they are always showing up just when I'm hungry for one….
omp! this was so hilarious i annoyed my sister cuase i was laughing so loud! >_<
Hee hee, I just thought of a corny joke: what did Lucifer say when God cast him out of Heaven?
answer: ''Hell of a place!''
ok, so since you are interested, Adam, I'll throw in my two cents:
Satan is an absolute enemy of God (not equal, mind you, but absolute). He therefore hates anything God declares as "good," which He does so upon creating the earth and its inhabitants. As a result, Satan basically spends what time he has left bringing down/corrupting as much of God's creation as he possibly can, which one can read at the beginning of the book of Job. Hell exists as a punishment for Satan, into which he will be thrown after Armageddon, in the meantime, he is literally trying to take as many souls with him as he can. All this to say that the whole "keeping score" thing really isn't far off, although a bit hyperbolous; but I wouldn't expect anything less from this brilliant comic!
hope this helps
thumbs up to a great explanation, I couldn't have said it better myself.
It's a good thing I read through the comments before making one. This is more or less exactly what I would have said. Well done!
Your explanation is better than mine!
I missed God Bug. lol
Satan and God aren't real guys.
And "Needs more Catholics" was hilarious.
My pet theory is that we've got Heaven and Hell mixed up. The idea is to find out which people will stand up for what's really right no matter where people say that makes you end up.
This is based on three indisputable facts:
– Atheists are supposed to go to hell.
– Douglas Adams was an atheist.
– At least 50% of the world's current population sure as hell won't want to be in an afterlife without him.
Conclusion: The better place to be…is hell.
Absolutely noone is going to comment on the scrubs reference to the devil and bob kelso? or is that not a reference
Few Catholics in hell. Vera nice
I always thought the devil gathered souls to duplicate their owner's fighting ability, thus making him unstoppable, or he has a soul-powered dragon-ladybug hybrid which he will use to dominate the special Olympics.
ok so heres the deal:
Satan was created by god. Satan was created for a reason. Satan was an angel, and he thought he was a badass. He went around heaven convincing all the other angels that he was the real top-dog. God was angry with the angels because they all had been decived by satan into thinking that satan was even grater than god himself. God allowed the angels who were truly sorry to repent, but some wern't sorry and wanted to back satan up. Thus started a war in heaven between the good angels and the bad angels. Satan and his bad angels lost the war and as punishment were cast out of heaven onto earth. Now keep in mind god is always in control and Satan was no accident. He's bad for a reason. SO satan and his demons are here on earth to mess with the people and tempt them because as soon as judgement day comes, satan and his demons and all thoes human souls who were under satans influence are off to hell (which is basically a place of eternal suffering) Satan's basically trying to take as many down with him as he can. But like i said before, satan exists for a purpose, and that is so one can see a difference between good and evil, so that one will be able to see that god is truly the rightious one, therefor glorifying himself. If you never knew of evil, then u would never know of good. there would be no reference point.
Now, I haven’t read the entire bible, but I’ve been told that Lucifer and Satan are different people. Lucifer is the most powerful angel who rebelled against god, causing one third of all the angels to rebel with him and Satan is just some lesser angel who was created to test people.
As for your comment about why evil is necessary, I have to disagree: if evil didn’t exist, we wouldn’t need concepts for evil and good. The entire concept of evil is unnecessary.
Wigga-Bigga- Boo to that.
^winning
Ha! That’s the only way you’ll get one now. Hostess is gone.
…”And they’re back!”