Didn’t notice the “ta-da!” arms until you pointed it out. Excellent!
Also, I like the mom bug’s little feet being in the stirrups.
It’s these little details that make this strip. Well, that and the wacky direction the humor often goes . . .
As a non Christian it’s always strike me as weird that they consider newborns already sinned and need to be “cleansed” in holy water. So non Christian babies are allowed to cast the first stone?
I’ve always found that odd as well, since only people with a beliefstructure that includes sin is able to sin and given that the carpenter lived in roman times it should have been _plenty_ of people around with no sin.
Not to mention just how much of a mess it would have caused if someone would have asked christ to be absolved (either this person would be able to cast the stone, or he would go down in history as the one person jesus refused to absolve
That’s not really how sin works? Hitler seemed pretty sure he was doing the right thing, so even outside the possibility of a deity making morality less relative, morality is not generally described as entirely based on your own beliefs. It is sometimes mostly that, but not entirely. For example, as a general rule, you do not have a mental health disorder unless your symptoms cause you personal discomort, but personality disorders are accepted to be exceptions. Not that disorders are synonymous with sin, of course, it’s just a similar principle at play.
It’s a bit more insidious than that! Tell someone they are inherently flawed and that they need to follow your advice to be saved from themself, and you own them :P.
Zach Weiner (of SMBC) has a theory on infantapulting, part of the Festival of Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses (Bahfest). You can see it explained on Bahfest’s youtube channel.
I prefer to think of it as part of the curse that God put on mankind following the Eden incident. (Side note: Have you ever noticed that Adam was the first person in history to blame somebody else for his actions?)
The real reason for “Original Sin” is so that Religion has something to hold over everyone’s head. “No matter how good you behave, everyone is born with sin, and the only way to get rid of it is to join Religion. So join Religion or end up in Hell.” It’s a control mechanism to prey on the gullible.
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Adam, no kidding, you’re wired very strangely. I like that in a cartoonist.
But I’m not sure you should be allowed near small children without close supervision.
I find it funny that you posted this on my 19th birthday.
Happy Birthday! no stone throwing, ok?
But puns will always hurt him.
I love those ‘ta-da!’ arms on the newborn in the first panel :
Didn’t notice the “ta-da!” arms until you pointed it out. Excellent!
Also, I like the mom bug’s little feet being in the stirrups.
It’s these little details that make this strip. Well, that and the wacky direction the humor often goes . . .
And I missed the stirrups at first. Yep, Adam nails the details!
You’re a GENIUS
Oh God that’s a good one.
My daughter would have decimated cities for her Binky.
Just noticed the title,very good Adam!
Thanks! I was pretty proud of that one.
As a non Christian it’s always strike me as weird that they consider newborns already sinned and need to be “cleansed” in holy water. So non Christian babies are allowed to cast the first stone?
I’ve always found that odd as well, since only people with a beliefstructure that includes sin is able to sin and given that the carpenter lived in roman times it should have been _plenty_ of people around with no sin.
Not to mention just how much of a mess it would have caused if someone would have asked christ to be absolved (either this person would be able to cast the stone, or he would go down in history as the one person jesus refused to absolve
Ha! You just reminded me of that College Humor video where the guy asks Jesus to “Save him” – by helping him build some cabinets.
Catholic. Protestants don’t do that.
That’s not really how sin works? Hitler seemed pretty sure he was doing the right thing, so even outside the possibility of a deity making morality less relative, morality is not generally described as entirely based on your own beliefs. It is sometimes mostly that, but not entirely. For example, as a general rule, you do not have a mental health disorder unless your symptoms cause you personal discomort, but personality disorders are accepted to be exceptions. Not that disorders are synonymous with sin, of course, it’s just a similar principle at play.
It’s a bit more insidious than that! Tell someone they are inherently flawed and that they need to follow your advice to be saved from themself, and you own them :P.
* convince, not tell
Zach Weiner (of SMBC) has a theory on infantapulting, part of the Festival of Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses (Bahfest). You can see it explained on Bahfest’s youtube channel.
I prefer to think of it as part of the curse that God put on mankind following the Eden incident. (Side note: Have you ever noticed that Adam was the first person in history to blame somebody else for his actions?)
The real reason for “Original Sin” is so that Religion has something to hold over everyone’s head. “No matter how good you behave, everyone is born with sin, and the only way to get rid of it is to join Religion. So join Religion or end up in Hell.” It’s a control mechanism to prey on the gullible.
Mangonels are rather weak, and not good at piercing walls.