Ted Rall for November 16, 2011

I made this comment about another strip. SSDD.

The joke about her wondering why god is male (“He?”) in the third panel seems at odds with the first panel, where she herself refers to god as “he”. (Plus she’s wearing a cross and most Christians imagine god as male anyway AFAIK.)Am I missing something?

a lot of americans are going to vote for these candidates, what does that tell you about the electorate ?!

Grainbelt, that reminds me that in England they’re celebrating the 400th birthday of the King James Bible.

“If Elizabethan English is good enough for God, it’s good enough for me!”

(OK, technically that would be Jacobean English, but the language in the KJV was already old-fashioned when the book came out…)

God said to Abraham “Kill me a son,”Abraham said “God, you must be puttin’ me on!”God said “Abe,”Abe said “What?”God said “You can do what you want to, butThe next time you see me comin’ you better run…For U.S. Representative from District 61!”

fritz, HA! Great one!

A pollster once asked me if I would find it possible to vote for an atheist. I said, “Sure. It’s the Christians I have a problem with.”

Two possible scenarios:

“God told me He wants me to run for President.”“Did He say He wants you to win?”“…now that you mention it…”

GOD: “Hey, do that thing…”Candidate: “What thing?”GOD: “You know, that thing you do.”Candidate: “You mean run for President?”GOD: “Yeah, that cracks me up.”

The scale doesn’t go low enough to show “Telling Republicans to run for office”.

Atheism makes so much sense!!

The King James Version is the BEST version, because that’s the one where God gives a birthday shout-out to William Shakespeare.

Psalm 46God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.

(Count 46 words in from the beginning, and 46 words back from the end. Shakespeare was 46 years old in 1610-1611.)

Gotta love religious logic.

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Evolution is a myth.

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But creating a world in 6 days, talking snakes, magic apples, magical talking bushes, immaculate conception, walking on water, turning water into wine, curing blindness with a single touch, and resurrection…

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…those are perfectly normal everyday occurrences…

I always get a kick out of every NASCAR race of the "faithful’ that 43 drivers all say “God is on our side”, and at the end of the race ONE dude says, "God gave me the win.’- well, do the other 42 become atheists?

Hilarious

Could be Pittsburg, CA…

Competitors, invoke your deities! You have nothing to lose but your credibility. And there wasn’t much to begin with.

Political cartoonists have been saying for much of my life that reality has gotten so weird that it is increasingly difficult to satirize it. I’m glad to see you rising to the occasion, Mr. Rall.

grayhares: something we AGREE on!

Keep religion out of politics, politics give reigion a bad name. Real faith is too intimate, too important to use it as another political asset.