Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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Margueritem said, 10 months ago

I’d say at least 6 years, Calvin. That was very kind, indeed.
Yukoner said, 10 months ago

Two thoughts for today’s cartoon.

Although it is very appropriate for a Sunday I didn’t realize that Calvin was Catholic.
Do bad dogs go to curgatory?
wndrwrthg said, 10 months ago

Ah, Calvin. We know you will erase it by tomorrow. We have faith in you.
Yukoner said, 10 months ago

Further to yesterday, if you remember those matinees and the serial movies you might also remember some of this music.

http://www.snjmall.com/chico/
Dutchboy1 said, 10 months ago

Of course purgatory is a crock, so it doesn’t work that way.
Gweedo Murray said, 10 months ago

I like the big block purr on the big kitty.
LX013 said, 10 months ago

Hobbes likes strokeing very, very much!
K J said, 10 months ago

Would be funnier if people didn’t really believe this sort of thing. According to the Bible, God saves any person from hell who has faith in him. This is because of God’s grace–a gift from God. Hell is real. Purgatory is not.
Doctor Toon said, 10 months ago

Church doctrines and dogmas are pretty funny things. I’ve been to so many different kinds of churches with such varied beliefs that I’m fairly cynical about religion. Not about faith in God, just the man made-up stuff.
plus4 said, 10 months ago

<< I’m fairly cynical about religion. Not about faith in God, just the man made-up stuff. >>
I’m always amused by news items like the woman who wouldn’t take off her burqa for a driver’s license photo or the guy who thought his deceased relative was doomed for eternity because they accidentally got embalmed. It’s always the legalistic man-made stuff that conflicts with real life like that.

<< Do bad dogs go to curgatory? >>
No, but cats like Hobbes go to furgatory.
Nairebis said, 10 months ago

@hi9 - I’m guessing you don’t see the irony in speaking of people not believing “in this sort of thing”, and then speaking of believing in God at all. :)

On the subject, if I were Calvin, I’d be more concerned about the points he earned with Santa. At least he delivers something once a year!
Yimsootlaw said, 10 months ago

heehee. This strip cracks me up!

hi9 - word
TheInquisitor said, 10 months ago

@hi9, your comment would be funnier if it didn’t include a threat by proxy of infinite torture for those who don’t accept your baseless ideas.

Take your nasty threats somewhere else. The greatest irony here is that some people are going to see me as the antagoniser.

@doctortoon, god is a man-made up concept too. You have nothing to fear from the stories of ancient ignorant fearful goat herders. Enjoy your life, don’t let people scare you into wasting any of it worshipping made up entities.
grazer said, 10 months ago

doctortoon says:
“Church doctrines and dogmas are pretty funny things. I’ve been to so many different kinds of churches with such varied beliefs that I’m fairly cynical about religion. Not about faith in God, just the man made-up stuff.”

Amen, doc. I like the way Gandhi put it: “I like this Christ very much…it’s the Christians that annoy me.”

……….

I’m thinking Hobbes might be CATholic, but not Calvin.
Carmy said, 10 months ago

The Lord is not made up. I know this to be true as it was only thorough His love and grace that I was able to go through a year of chemo while raising 4 daughters, the youngest being autistic. I am a military wife and my husband is hardly ever home. It was hard and I often wanted to just give up. He gave me the strength to continue the fight. I am now cancer free and all I can say to that is Praise the Lord for He is good and He does good.
Wildmustang1262 said, 10 months ago

Yukoner and plus 4,
The word for purgatory is in the dictionary but two other words (curgatory and furgatory) are NOT in the dictionary. You need to look two words up in the dictionary. :-/
pookid54 said, 10 months ago

The Gandhi quote is: “I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ.”

Believe what you will. Now to quote John Lennon: “Whatever gets you to the light, is alright, is alright.”
olm27 said, 10 months ago

@ TheInquisitor: here here!
PaulAtreides said, 10 months ago

Inquisitor says “@doctortoon, god is a man-made up concept too. You have nothing to fear from the stories of ancient ignorant fearful goat herders. Enjoy your life, don’t let people scare you into wasting any of it worshipping made up entities.” Well if there is no God, how did we get here? If we came from apes, how did they get here? from fish? who put the fish there? from molecules? how did they get there? There is someone who made us and still cares for us.
olm27 said, 10 months ago

@ PaulAtreides:

We’ve known the answer to “How did we get here?” for a while now – evolution. Of course the origin of the universe is another matter, but our present ignorance doesn’t have to be filled in with belief in god or gods. Instead it should call for further inquiry, further research…

Also, if it comforts you to believe that there is a magical sky-fairy listening to your prayers and caring for you, be my guest…unfortunately, wanting to believe something exists doesn’t prove that it exists.
Carmy said, 10 months ago

Yes, I get great comfort in believing in my Lord and Savior.
Yes, everyone is entitled to believe whatever they choose to.
Yes, I will continue to believe as I do because it is my free will to do so.
In regards to evolution, why aren’t the apes and such still evolving?
Carmy said, 10 months ago

When one of my daughters was in kindergarten, one of her classmates was a cute little girl that was always getting in trouble. I asked my daughter why her friend was always acting up and she replied “she’s just curious”.
So there you go, Calvin has a good heart, he’s just curious. He’s very lucky to have Hobbes too.
grazer said, 10 months ago

Science will prove the existance of God long before religion does.
JTRaine said, 10 months ago

FFS it is a COMIC. Take the stupid religious debate elsewhere.
Marderofski said, 10 months ago

@Grazer

lolololololol.

@Carmy

Natural Selection.
Marderofski said, 10 months ago

@ BugsMoran

We both had the same idea at the same time. that was weird.
BugsMoran said, 10 months ago

You know…I think a bunch of you got lost on your way to your local bible-pounding hall. If you’re going to stop and smell the flowers, try NOT to analyze them to death.

And ‘carmy’ we’ve been espousing the evolutionary theory for approximately 200-plus years. It took 200 MILLION years for creatures to crawl out of the sea into muck, and then onto land, so just how much evolution do you think can happen in a mere 200 years? I think you need to spend less time poking around in your ‘good-book’ and try for more quality time reading a text-book. I feel certain you could find some clues about how evolution works.
Burgundy2 said, 10 months ago

@ Grazer - you are so right!

@ pookid - I think the line is “Whatever gets you through the night” - but it is still a very appropriate sentiment.

@ creation vs evolution debators - take away the time line and the story’s the same.
olm27 said, 10 months ago

“why aren’t the apes and such still evolving?”

Actually they are, including us! For organisms with long generation times, like primates, evolution is generally a slow process.
Also, many evolutionary changes don’t produce a visible effect, so you won’t “see” it happening unless you start comparing DNA sequences.

Here’s a couple articles about recent human evolution if you’re interested:
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2007/1210/1?etoc
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/204/2
Carmy said, 10 months ago

Okay, I will agree to disagree here. Thanks for all the interesting comments. Have a good day.
Macushlalondra said, 10 months ago

I knew there would be a huge discussion on religion when I read this. I think I’ll butt out of that aspect of it this time since I don’t have time to write a long post. But it’s cute how Calvin was petting Hobbes and making him purr.
Burgundy2 said, 10 months ago

By the way Carmy, your daughter sounds like a remarkably perceptive child. How old is she now? I bet she’s doing great!
Emp454 said, 10 months ago

Very sweet comic! Good on ya Calvin.
Carmy said, 10 months ago

Burgundy, my daughter Angela will be 11 next month. She is in gifted classes and is competing in this years spelling bee. She won the bee at her school and survived an elimination round for our district. She is competing in a bee this Tuesday. The winner of that bee will go on to the regional bee and then it’s off to D.C.
Margueritem said, 10 months ago

Wildmustang1262 says:

Yukoner and plus 4,
The word for purgatory is in the dictionary but two other words (curgatory and furgatory) are NOT in the dictionary. You need to look two words up in the dictionary. :-/

Hi, Wild mustang. Those two words aren’t real words, they just made them up for fun, so no, you won’t find them in any dictionary.
“Curgatory” is a play on the word ‘cur’, which means a mongrel or inferior type of dog. “Furgatory” is based on ‘fur’, Hobbes has fur.
widjibeaker said, 10 months ago

I enjoy laughing at the comics, but I also enjoy the serious debates. For those who don’t, I recommend either skimming or skipping the comments.

I am a bit of an oddball - a biologist who takes the creation account literally. I’ve studied the theory of evolution, and there are just too many holes for me to believe it. I’ve also studied the Bible, and my faith is built on a foundation of evidence. True, umpteen hundred different concepts of Christianity cannot all be true, but just because many are flawed doesn’t mean there is no God. Judge ideas based on their own merits, not on past experiences.
wndrwrthg said, 10 months ago

Hey! I’m cute and cuddly and relatively furry (well, furry anyway), how come no-one wants to rub my belly. It should be good for a few minutes from purg.
SamFP said, 10 months ago

hhhmmm .. looks to me that Hobbes is not sleeping but enjoying the attention.
Fenyugreek Tubbsbott... said, 10 months ago

grazer:
Excellent!

Your statement portends MUCH fruit, especially if one is willing to spend time in its contemplation.
Burgundy2 said, 10 months ago

Carmy - tell your daughter I wish her luck! And I’ll add a prayer for her. I do that, now and again.
Tom1142 said, 10 months ago

Love these comics. They can be enjoyed on so many levels. You can enjoy them as a smart satire of American life, you can enjoy them as the adventures of a boy and his imaginary tiger, you can enjoy them as a clever parody of a typical American household…
TheInquisitor said, 10 months ago

widjibeaker said “I am a bit of an oddball - a biologist who takes the creation account literally. I’ve studied the theory of evolution, and there are just too many holes for me to believe it”

Holes? You mean because we haven’t found fossils of every single animal that ever lived, the theory has holes? I guess you think gravity has holes because we haven’t weighed every rock in the universe. If you’re really a biologist, then you must know that evolution is a predictive theory that guides agriculture, disease control and is the core of biology. I call tigerpoop on your pathetic attempt at an argument from authority. A real scientist would know better than to make such an argument. Where did you get your degree? A diploma mill perhaps like Kent Hovind.
Tabby Lynn said, 10 months ago

i think it was very sweet of calvin. sha baby look how cute hobbes is. just want to kiss him
Pires7 said, 9 months ago

th O.C. [Original Calvin] believed one was either saved or damned from birth, nothing pious or evil done during your life would change the outcome. I prefer this kind of Calvinism that included good deeds, such as a butt scratch or tummy rub. It is way more satisfying.
Burgundy2 said, 9 months ago

Inquisitor - are you joshing us? Just trolling for fun?

I have a degree in biology from University of Toronto and I do not consider what widjibeaker said to have been nonsense. In fact, worthy of a friendly debate, I think.
Yukoner said, 9 months ago

plus4 - Are you sure that is not purr-gatory?
JonD17 said, 9 months ago

For some reason, The Inquisitor makes me think of MPH
mrprongs said, 9 months ago

There’s another way, Calvin: Behave.
swolf48110 said, 9 months ago

I’d give anything for a good scratching and rubbing like that… especially not even have had to ask for it!
Zippy007 said, 9 months ago

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