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   wndrwrthg said, 4 months ago

   And he thought they smelled bad on the outside.

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   pbarnrob said, 4 months ago

   I can hardly wait ‘til he gets to (and perhaps ruins) the punchline!

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   axe-grinder said, 4 months ago

   Fantastic art, and actually quite nice to hear an ancient story.

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   Macushlalondra said, 4 months ago

   Every time I hear this story or tell it we always comment on how disgusting it must’ve been to spend 3 days and 3 nights in the great fish’s belly. No wonder he prayed like he did.

   As for you augh, it’s time to grow up!

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   kab2rb said, 4 months ago

   I’m waiting for the real pastor to show up and run the phony.

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   g6793 said, 4 months ago

   I’ve been thinking that for about a week, marktrail…though I think when he finally does show up, Upton will have had a change of heart about thievery…

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   nighthawks said, 4 months ago

   NO ! NO! DON”T SAY IT!*

   *voice of Mel Blanc (from warner brothers cartoons)

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   whmIII said, 4 months ago

   Waiting with “baited breath”…

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   Joe Allen Doty said, 4 months ago

   Well, Upton Peacegood stuck to the story of Jonah and the big fish pretty well.

   Jonah actually volunteered to be thrown overboard because he claimed responsibility for the storm in the Mediterranean Sea.

   If Pastor Present shows up at his own church, he might end up hearing sinner Upton preaching a salvation message to himself.

   One of my New Testament Theology professors said, “A good sermon is a testimony twice told.”

   One time, I sat through a pastor’s Sunday Morning sermon and when he finished talking, I realized that sermon which the Holy Spirit gave him the day before was not for the congregation but for the pastor himself.

   Sometimes God tells a minister to do something himself and then the minister tells his congregation to do it instead.

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    big G 3469 said, 4 months ago

    Imagine how Geppetto & Pinocchio must of felt after bewing swallowed by a whale too!

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    Alley_Oop said, 4 months ago

    I think Upton will come to the end of his sermon, confess the wrong he has done and ask for prayer, just in time for Pastor Present AND the real Reverend Peacegood to BOTH show up!!

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    HectorPriam said, 4 months ago

    Speaking of smells, Reverend, I sacrificed a bull and burned its carcass on an altar in my backyard because it “creates a pleasing odor for the Lord.” (Leviticus 1:9). My neighbors, including the one I tried to execute for working on the Sabbath, called the cops again because they claimed the black smoke and odor “was not pleasing to them.” When the cops showed up I asked them, “What’s more important, pleasing the Lord or pleasing your neighbors?” Incredibly, they sided with my neighbors. I suspect that Satan has invaded and possessed the cops and all of my neighbors. Do you do exorcisms, Reverend?

    I’m surrounded by pagans and heathens who have never read the Holy Bible. What’s a true believer to do?

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    John Rieth said, 4 months ago

    Smite them, HectorPriam!

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    OldManMountain said, 4 months ago

    I think the guy with glasses in the front row is asleep.

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    3hourtour said, 4 months ago

    ..and I thought a 3 hour tour was bad…

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    HectorPriam said, 4 months ago

    John Rieth said, about 6 hours ago

    Smite them, HectorPriam!

    I did try to smite them…the guy who works on the Sabbath and the neighborhood witch. I was even nice enough to read the scriptures to them before I carried out the executions. “Whosoever doeth any work on the Sabbath shall surely be put to death” (Exodus 35:2) and “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.” (Exodus 22:18). Instead of being grateful they both freaked out and took the Lord’s name in vain (another violation of the Ten Commandments)…but what can you expect from infidels?

    I’ve had to bond out of jail three different times now but I’m sticking to my beliefs. I’m trying to live by God’s laws…just trying to get along.

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    channce said, 4 months ago

    Great material HectorPriam. Yours is the kind of material that keeps me coming to the comic strips. The strips themselves just set the stage for the added wit.

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    Noreen Klose said, 4 months ago

    @HectorPriam

    You sacrificed a bull and burned its carcass in your backyard? Wouldn’t it smell like a barbecue? It creates an odor pleasing to the Lord…How could it smell any different than barbecued beef, or pit roasted beef?

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    HectorPriam said, 4 months ago

    Noreen Klose said, 25 minutes ago

    How could it smell any different than barbecued beef, or pit roasted beef?

    If I could have turned the sacrifice into a barbecue most of my neighbors would have lined up with styrofoam plates and beer coolers and I would have been considered a hero instead of the neighborhood wacko religious fanatic.

    Unfortunately, according to the scriptures, for an offering to be acceptable to the Lord it must be burnt and turned to ashes. A tragic waste of good beef, I know; but it was a longhorn so it might have been pretty tough anyway.

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    dwbryant said, 4 months ago

    It’s my understanding that whales have very small throats. So it’s good that the dialogue says “a big fish” which could be several species.

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    elgancho said, 4 months ago

    Much of what I bar B Q ends up burnt offerings, so it must be very pleasing to the Lord. Those eating it object sometimes. I think we have a reformed thief. Now what will Ramona Lisa do? Married to a man of the cloth when her outfits contain very little cloth might be difficult.

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    elgancho said, 4 months ago

    Strange, the last comment failed to save, but there it is.