If there is an afterlife in the conventional spiritual sense, I suspect Rat will be taking the elevator down to the basement and he will not be met by St Peter! Time to start shoveling coal 24-7 to feed that furnace which keeps he!! uncomfortably hot Rat!
The closer we get to the final curtain call, and leave this stage for good, the more we seem to think about an afterlife. It’s a concept that I neither accept nor reject. I’ll find out in the end.
Personally, my life has had its share of surprises. Death holds the final surprise … but one that I’m in no big hurry to receive!
The funny thing is, is that there is only one true answer that anyone living on earth can honestly give to what happens after death, and it is….drum roll………I don’t know.
Pun Alert! Important notice. One of the most beautiful puns made an appearance today in Calvin and Hobbes. If you haven’t seen it I recommend you take a peek. (And nobody noticed!)
Betting there is no afterlife is like betting the hurricane will miss you. If you prepare for it and it doesn’t hit you, you have lost nothing, but if you don’t prepare and it hits you, you may loose everything.
BE THIS GUY 9 months ago
The dead can’t be miffed.
BasilBruce 9 months ago
Too bad the universe doesn’t write IOUs, so we’d have something to take to court.
ronaldspence 9 months ago
interesting
salakfarm Premium Member 9 months ago
Hey, Rat. You die, it’s all over.
TampaFanatic1 9 months ago
If there is an afterlife in the conventional spiritual sense, I suspect Rat will be taking the elevator down to the basement and he will not be met by St Peter! Time to start shoveling coal 24-7 to feed that furnace which keeps he!! uncomfortably hot Rat!
Erse IS better 9 months ago
Is this a weird instance of the sunk cost fallacy?
einarbt 9 months ago
Why atheists don’t like the idea of no afterlife? The atheist cannot tell you “I told you so” :)
blunebottle 9 months ago
I think a lot of us feel this way…
orinoco womble 9 months ago
That’s why I could never believe in reincarnation, Rat. If they think I’m coming back here, they’re crazy!
Gent 9 months ago
Afterlife, the ultimate delusion.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member 9 months ago
No, Rat, you won’t. You’ll be dead. So you’ll be nothing at all.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member 9 months ago
So many people spend their lives preparing for the “after life.”
iggyman 9 months ago
Rat , life is only ##&@ if you live it that way!
steveh64 9 months ago
The “something better after this life” is that there WON’T be a Rat in it!
Cminuscomics&stories Premium Member 9 months ago
He will be miffed, but he will not know it.
Huckleberry Hiroshima 9 months ago
You won’t exist. Be mad or glad now.
Count Olaf Premium Member 9 months ago
Rat has a point.
Goat from PBS 9 months ago
I have a feeling that in the afterlife, Rat will be wishing for this life back compared to… the alternative.
Ellis97 9 months ago
I always figured I’d get reincarnated as a light skinned Latino boy with a mop top.
FrankPage creator 9 months ago
Disappointment is eternal.
Linguist 9 months ago
The closer we get to the final curtain call, and leave this stage for good, the more we seem to think about an afterlife. It’s a concept that I neither accept nor reject. I’ll find out in the end.
Personally, my life has had its share of surprises. Death holds the final surprise … but one that I’m in no big hurry to receive!
MT 9 months ago
The funny thing is, is that there is only one true answer that anyone living on earth can honestly give to what happens after death, and it is….drum roll………I don’t know.
mindjob 9 months ago
Rat was an evil human in a previous life and was reincarnated as, well, a rat
WCraft Premium Member 9 months ago
It all depends. Go talk to a pastor.
prrdh 9 months ago
That’s not spiritual assurance. That’s wishful thinking assurance.
Dapperdan61 Premium Member 9 months ago
I’m not sure I can spend eternity with Rat. I’ll be really miffed if I do
johnschutt 9 months ago
For most, it’s going to get a lot worse.
zeexenon 9 months ago
Pretty much hits the nail on the head when you’re 80 and most everyone is gone.
willie_mctell 9 months ago
Seems to me that not existing is a reward.
cosman 9 months ago
I always wonder if near-death experience is the mind doing it’s thing, or the real deal.
phredturner 9 months ago
You’re really miffed already
lavender headgear 9 months ago
If Rat can’t handle this life, it’s a good thing he wasn’t born in any previous era, anywhere, to any station.
David Rickard Premium Member 9 months ago
Dr. Cameron: You find it more comforting to believe that this is it?
Dr. Gregory House: I find it more comforting to believe that this isn’t simply a test.
House “Three Stories” (2005)
buflogal! 9 months ago
Pun Alert! Important notice. One of the most beautiful puns made an appearance today in Calvin and Hobbes. If you haven’t seen it I recommend you take a peek. (And nobody noticed!)
Stephan, you would be proud.
eddi-TBH 9 months ago
Sorry Rat. You’re coming back until you do it right.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 9 months ago
Yeah, Rat doesn’t have high expectations.
cj7ole 9 months ago
Betting there is no afterlife is like betting the hurricane will miss you. If you prepare for it and it doesn’t hit you, you have lost nothing, but if you don’t prepare and it hits you, you may loose everything.
Sisyphos 9 months ago
Rat and spirituality do not have a close relationship. In fact, I’m not sure they’re even acquainted!
Laurie Stoker Premium Member 9 months ago
I admire Rat’s optimism. Unfortunately I am a pessimist.