Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for April 27, 2015

OMG….

No, not THEM! You know, THOSE them! The THEM that THEY always warn you about! Yeah, THAT them! The ones who CAPITALIZE words randomly…..and don’t pay their TABS them!…

Just remember, this is not really discrimination ……at least that’s what Governer Pence says.

Some love. God loves everyone Some people need a refresher

And she certainly will be baking cakes for ‘them’!

Those horrid people! They split an infinitive!! In my religion, that is a syn! It’s the 614th commandment to be exact.

hey him…put another lobster on your tab…you may become too big to fail…

All this reminds me of Ram Dass (Richard Alpert); “When I look out there at Them, I only see more of Us!”

We have met the enemy, and he is us….

“If one curses his father or mother, his lamp will go out at the coming of darkness. Proverbs 20:20” ~ Yep, this is a “typical” verse for Christianity. And frankly, considering our Homeland security’s record, I would take that 1,000 cells with a salt block.

Them? No, I’m pretty sure Van Morrison has never set foot in the place..And the same goes for any giant ants.

Social commentary. Why did it have to be social commentary?

If this is another smash on religion, I am seriously canceling my subscription to this comic.

Knock it off.

@Steven YoungYes, it is.

them…all others.

religion ruins everything.

You must have your own version of the Koran. Verse 2:91 in the regular version does not come close to saying what you have posted. Would this be considered bearing false witness?

Read Douglas Adams. The white mice are.

Yes, he does look like one of those Christians. We should deport all of them.

sounds very christian like, hate those different from you. God is a terrible human creation.

Well, deah… we cater to ‘you’; why not ‘them’?

Shouldn’t feed the troll but………“As it turned out, more than 1000 cells were broken in the next three years.”

Only in the minds of the mentally ill………….

“There’s no room to print them all here, but this is a typical verse from the Q’uran:”

Try reading the Bible……..the bit about what they did to the inhabitants of Jherico is very enlightening……….and reading a little history about the crusades and the Middle ages in general show how “peace loving” Christianity can be when it sets it mind on mass murder.

them: pronoun, “anyone who is not like us”

you really want to someone to cherrypick the Bible for offensive verses?

Hey lady you should talk. Eddie may not be perfect but he is funny. Plus do something about your hair. You look like an old Pontiac.

This is a bit of a straw man argument, isn’t it? The big mess that (I assume) this story is based on had to do with one person answer a hypothetical question about a wedding. That is, that person was opposed to an event, not an individual. And I didn’t hear of a single person choosing to go or not go to a particular restaurant based on those decisions, or wishing that a particular group of people didn’t exist, so…this comic is a bunch of garbage.

looks like another attack on Christians from the intolerant.

Well done, Wiley. Those newcomers just don’t understand mixed species marriages.

And this is a typical verse from the Old Testament: "And Moses spoke unto the people, saying: ‘Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute the LORD’S vengeance on Midian. … and they slew every male. … [And Moses said] Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman …’ (Numbers 31)

True, we look on this as a shameful history rather than as a book of etiquette, but still . . .

Oh, wat the hell? N anti-themer. How did they ever get lost and find Flo’s place? And did not know Eddie was a ‘them’? Fact is, never did know for sure who they are anyway. One solution to their problem is to have Danae walk in.

Read this, please. Deuteronomy 13: 6-16

Even God discriminates. No miracle ever cured an amputee. Nary a one. Ever. Skin diseases? No problem. Insanity? No problem. But loss of a limb? Forget it. Perhaps some therapy is in order, to get to the bottom of this hatred of amputees. Although I suppose one ought to be grateful that he got over those fits of ordering mass smitings and genocides in the old days. Or maybe just found out that the orders were superfluous. His followers were sufficiently naturally vicious that murder and torture on a grand scale just came naturally. Maybe God isn’t dead. He’s just retired, having truly made man in his own image.

I don’t know where the verse you are quoting came from – but this is the full passage:

- And when it is said to them, “Believe in what Allah has revealed,” they say, “We believe [only] in what was revealed to us.” And they disbelieve in what came after it, while it is the truth confirming that which is with them. Say, “Then why did you kill the prophets of Allah before, if you are [indeed] believers?”

Not quite the same as yours.

Heh, brings to mind this: http://www.alicegrove.com/post/117221007989/that-explains-it- the one saying “She’s not a demon” calls herself a witch.

“It is not a smash on religion, it is a smash on those who misappropriate religion to justify their hatred and bigotry.”~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Truer words were never spoke.

She’ll cater to “them” – but she’d rather they pay cash.

MeGoNow, like Wiley, speak more than you know. That can be seriously embarrassing. Wiley, caricature is one thing, and a good thing, but you crossed the line in today’s strip.

Hard being illiterate? All the evils mentioned here are actions by humans on other humans. We have been given Reason (OK, to what degree is a different debate) and we have chosen to kill and maim each other in whatever’s or whomever’s name. We picked up the swords, we killed each other. And we have to put them down. No fantasy there, but maybe you should renew your Prozac?

By the way: Which “THEM” is Eddie a member of? There are so many . . .

You can find a lot of smiting and smoting in the bible too-Spanish Inquisiiton ring any bells?

It’s quite interesting that the Christians are taking this as an insult against them & crying “intolerance”.Pretty much every major religion claims to be a “Faith of peace & love”. Some groups in every religion seem to think that anyone who doesn’t share their views, shouldn’t exist.

Strangely enough, sometimes I think of all the sentient beings in all the universes that exist, who are right now thinking of all the other sentient beings who are at this moment thinking of all the other (etc.). I call these sentient beings “Them,” very tenderly. This can be very relaxing. Too bad all of us can’t think of our world’s Them in the same way.

Oh Lordee, give us a break. No one really gives a rip.

People, people, people: we will find out what those two consider Eddie to be (which “them” he happens to belong to, in their perception) later on in the course of this thrilling new arc. Then maybe we can have a fruitful conversation. (Of course I’m not holding my breath…….)

I have no doubt that someone else has done it by now; I haven’t read all the way to the bottom yet. Not going to stop me, so here goes:The Christian Bible, most notably the Old Testament, is load with exactly the same violent, murderous nonsense. Not going to bother quoting it, we all know it’s there. And, from a historical perspective, Christianity is likely way ahead of Islam on the body count.

GOOD JOB TAKIN’ THAT BAT TO THE HORNET’S NEST, WILEY!

The supposed “worst” in the Quran is usually just the Arabic translation of the Aramaic in Leviticus.

But, yes, “Cat Men”, must be shunned.

@QuiteDragon

“Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

and the earth is still flat.

This comic strip isn’t the slightest bit realistic: we all know that there’s no chance whatsoever that Eddie would ever pay his tab! (Besides, as Voltaire didn’t say, “If Eddie didn’t exist, we would have to invent him!”)

Quoting Tom Lehrer: “There are people in this world who do not love their fellow human beings and I hate people like that”.

Unfortunately, there are far too many people whose religion does not allow those of different beliefs to share the planet with them.

Well done Wiley.

(Wish I could find the Hallowe’en series where Danai is going out in her Burka to convince the Jehovah Witnesses to join the Taliban.)

I do hope this continues for a while. Some people need to see how silly they are being!

C’mon, folks! The couple obviously want to find out if the Captain is a … Democrat! Couldn’t bear to share the same air with that despicable species. LOL!

Looks like these two dipsticks need to learn Flo’s house rules:

http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2013/06/30

I really can’t say I’m surprised by the sheer ignorance of certain posters (whom I will decline to name). They’ve earned a reputation for going on sound bites rather than any real attempts at truly researching anything.

*That’s the problem with religion. It’s up to humans to interpret the words of the divine. So what if a man has a cat on his shoulder? Is he not still a human being? …Er, maybe in Cap’n Eddie’s case that’s not the best argument.

I just love the outpouring of love and understanding expressed in today’s comments.

Whereas our faith of peace and love calls on us to have compassion for Them, and even You. Remember, You may be somebody else’s Them. We offer the merit of our training to You, on the grounds that nobody needs it more, except maybe ISIS. Certainly we don’t need to hold onto it. There is plenty more where that came from.

Marriage Equality arguments at the Supreme Court tomorrow will be replayed on C-SPAN at 4 PM, and will be streamed on the Net as soon as the recordings are released. Keep your popcorn dry, and cue the exploding heads.

Diner Shore? (People under the age of at least 40 will probably need to have someone explain the reference to them.)

He makes the sun to shine on the good and evil alike: love.

I don’t know if they preach against it or not, but they are pretty busy instilling homophobia in new Christian nations in Africa. So they can be thanked for the homophobic murders and laws being passed, like in Uganda. It’s so sad.

God does not interfere any more. We’re on our own.

Go to a Muslim establishment and try this. Amazing how noone wants to try to preach “tolerance” to someone who will cut off your head and post it on the internet.

THEM? You mean GIANT ANTS ???

Eddie has personal knowledge of very deep wells that these people might want to explore………

Uh, yeah!

Or is it, Uh yep! Or uh, yup.Never got them Maine dialects right….Or is that downeast…..

"Peace and LovePeace and LoveI want the cheese for breakfast"-Teen Titans Go : Season 1, Episode 38

Completely; I was just expressing appreciation for his responses to the theocrats. I’ve been married for 38 years now, and am straighter than a razor’s edge. But, I didn’t inherit the bigotry gene (which, I gather, is a recessive mutation).As I once commented here: “I’m not gay; this is not self-interest. Just working for justice, like the white folk who supported civil rights, or the men who supported women’s suffrage.”

When you quote scripture please do so in context. The person you quoted was quoting someone else. He was TRYING to usher in a NEW covenant. You might assume by my use of caps that you got my goat. Assume away but know this, I care about you and I don’t know you. Can you say the same about anyone else? honestly? Without bias??

Heidi Baker, you can’t help but love her! :D

1Corinthians 13:12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.

@westny77Plus his ‘hot air’ warmed up the diner when the heat shut down

Concerning God loving everyone see; Romans 9:13. This is in the midst one of the most argued about passages in the Bible. Many gallons of ink has been scribbled trying to “explain” it away. LIke Father, like Son. Luke 14:26..

I’m with you, man.

Tammy speaks from total disregard for humanity

Probably not a record, but still a lot of comments. Good job rousing the rabble, Wiley!

She will probably end up kicking those two out. How ironic.

Like to see a comment against Muslim intolerance…..Christians are easy prey