Frazz by Jef Mallett for October 08, 2006
October 07, 2006
October 09, 2006
Transcript:
Caulfield: I guess some people don't think school should teach us about evolution. Frazz: Yeah. Apparently they're suspicious of science. Caulfied: How curious. Do they feel the same way about gravity? Do our bodies still run on blood, phlegm and two colors of bile? Math is a science. Maybe all we know about multiplying fractions is speculation. Frazz: You make an eloquent case for evolution. Caulfield: I was trying to make a case for not teaching anything hard. Frazz: It's not that hard if you do your homework.
Teaching religion is hard too:“Well, yes, that was probably a mistranslation.”“How were the Apocrypha chosen? Who told you about the Apocrypha?”“Was Jesus the Son of God or a prophet? Well, er, that depends on who is in this room at the moment.”“Is celebrating saint days the same as worshipping false gods? Well, er, …”“Is this really Jesus’s flesh and blood? Well, er,…”“Were the Jews right about Jesus? Well, er,…”“Yes, more than half the world does not believe in the Abrahamic religions. So why are we teaching you about them? Well, er…”“Why are some foods banned by God? Sensible health and safety rules in a pre-refrigerator hot countries. So does this mean the other rules are out-dated? Well, er, …”“Is it true there are more non-believers and atheists than Christians? Well, yes. Non-belief is the world’s largest belief system.”“Just because Protestants killed Catholics for being wrong, and Catholics killed Protestants for being wrong, that doesn’t mean they’re both wrong. Nor does Muslims killing Christians and Christians killing Moslems make them both wrong. And no, that does not mean killing is OK. They were just wrong, OK.”“Never mind the facts. Just follow the scripture.”“No, it is not important the Gospels contradict one another, and yes, they are still the Word of God.”“Stop taking the scriptures literally, they need to be interpreted and they don’t mean what they say. They mean what I say they mean.”“Look, just stop asking questions and believe what I tell to believe in … or else!”