Catholic priest tries to hire a hitman to kill the teen he molested? Puleeeze. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101124/ap_on_re_us/us_texas_church_abuse
Okay, this is off topic. Sorry. Great strip, Author. Interesting that I’m feeling sorry for J & M. They have a certain sweet innocence to them.
“Interesting that I’m feeling sorry for J & M. They have a certain sweet innocence to them.”
That’s definitely a big part of what makes the strip work. J & M, Moses and possibly latest addition Joe Smith, are presented as convincingly human. They have the tragic innocence of the sincerely devout.
2 grand isn’t a bad price for a mormon. glenn beck costs much more than that and he’s quite cheap. greta van susteren probably costs less and she’s a scientologist.
of course, none of them can compare to the richness of someone who spends their life holding up the Balls of Allah (by which, i mean the thing about allah looking like balls and a droopy penis).
@NBH….
Actually, christians are the better deal, at least in California. You can’t swing a cross around here without hitting one, a dime a dozen sounds about right.
@Ketil….
2 grand seems like a very high price to pay for a device that has a life span that can usually be measured in days on this site.
As an ex-mormon, I’ve loved this Joe Smith series. I especially have loved the artistic choice of having Smith’s face permanently buried in a hat. Good work!
Joe took the two grand so he could start a genealogical database for Jesus and Mo to baptize them to make them and their ancestors retroactive Mormons!
@kev-s yes indeed. Good call. I haven’t seen a mangle, or heard that word, for at least forty years. Most people under thirty wouldn’t have a clue what one is, or what it is used for.
@Nassar you seem to have overlooked that economics relies on supply and demand. Value is decreased when you flood the marketplace of ideas. Informed consumers return any product of religion that doesn’t do what it says on the box.
@Blamer “consumers return any product of religion that doesn’t do what it says on the box.”
Some might, but I’m pretty sure most of them look for a belief patch from their local religious supplier, in the erroneous conviction that they can catechise their way out of doubt.
I’m liking Joe – I think he has plans to get J & M partying. He knows one or two ladies, after all…
You know, they don’t really ever have to admit they were duped, because they can just keep on saying “I’m sure he’ll be here tomorrow” forever. That’s pretty much how the con works, after all.
The cargo cultists of papua new guinea await the return of John Frum (sometimes “Brum”) and build airstrips out of bamboo to encourage this. Attenborough interviewed one of the priests and said- “You have been waiting for forty years- do you think that’s enough?”
The priest (with a radio backpack and earphones made of wicker) looked him square in the eye and said “you have been waiting 2000 years for your saviour”
Video link to the same guy, 20 years later http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMkVxry-YJI&feature=related
BTW- any Jews, Christians or Mohammedans out there who think that they look more sophisticated than this guy, just because you don’t have bones through your noses- don’t give yourselves airs. I’m looking at you, NBH
An apologetic? Let’s try to adapt the trilemma popularised by C.S. Lewis: lunatic, liar, or loan. Since J&M are prophets of the one true God, they have access to all that is knowable. Anyone fraudulently asking them for money would be a lunatic or a liar. It follows that since they can detect loonies and liars, this is a loan! Their dosh is as safe as a LibDem election promise.
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I’m sure this is how the Catholics feel…..
Now, where did they get the 2 grand from? Did they raid the collection box?
Mo can’t have… sold their Xbox?!?
Gone for the traditional 3 days? Seems Joe should be resurrecting any old time now if he follows the standard religious paradigm.
Laugh?! We nearly shat!
We had not laughed so much since Grandma died
Or Auntie Mabel caught her left tit in the mangle.
Joe obviously sent the money along with the magical gold plates back to heaven.
Catholic priest tries to hire a hitman to kill the teen he molested? Puleeeze.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101124/ap_on_re_us/us_texas_church_abuse
Okay, this is off topic. Sorry. Great strip, Author. Interesting that I’m feeling sorry for J & M. They have a certain sweet innocence to them.
If he calls, offer him some more money. It shows we were right to trust him and that we’re generous to a fault.
Darwin Harmless:
“Interesting that I’m feeling sorry for J & M. They have a certain sweet innocence to them.”
That’s definitely a big part of what makes the strip work. J & M, Moses and possibly latest addition Joe Smith, are presented as convincingly human. They have the tragic innocence of the sincerely devout.
2 grand for a Mormon? Atheist’s are a better deal, could have bough half a dozen for that, would have to clean them, but still a good price.
heeh i maybe think jesus and mo have sold irony meeter. and get 2 grand for it. So jesus gave the 2 grand to Joe, and have never seen joe again. hehe
nassar ben houdja:
2 grand isn’t a bad price for a mormon. glenn beck costs much more than that and he’s quite cheap. greta van susteren probably costs less and she’s a scientologist.
of course, none of them can compare to the richness of someone who spends their life holding up the Balls of Allah (by which, i mean the thing about allah looking like balls and a droopy penis).
@NBH….
Actually, christians are the better deal, at least in California. You can’t swing a cross around here without hitting one, a dime a dozen sounds about right.
@Ketil….
2 grand seems like a very high price to pay for a device that has a life span that can usually be measured in days on this site.
As an ex-mormon, I’ve loved this Joe Smith series. I especially have loved the artistic choice of having Smith’s face permanently buried in a hat. Good work!
heeh i like this song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRNImHEK980
Joe took the two grand so he could start a genealogical database for Jesus and Mo to baptize them to make them and their ancestors retroactive Mormons!
@YHWY Showing your age and very bad taste in humour! 🙂
Festinger all over again….
@kev-s yes indeed. Good call. I haven’t seen a mangle, or heard that word, for at least forty years. Most people under thirty wouldn’t have a clue what one is, or what it is used for.
J & M are acting mormonic. Like absolute mormons.
@Nassar you seem to have overlooked that economics relies on supply and demand. Value is decreased when you flood the marketplace of ideas. Informed consumers return any product of religion that doesn’t do what it says on the box.
@Nassar Ben Houdja you disappoint me. I had hopes for you.
@Blamer “consumers return any product of religion that doesn’t do what it says on the box.”
Some might, but I’m pretty sure most of them look for a belief patch from their local religious supplier, in the erroneous conviction that they can catechise their way out of doubt.
I’m liking Joe – I think he has plans to get J & M partying. He knows one or two ladies, after all…
So Joe found the treasure after all.
You know, they don’t really ever have to admit they were duped, because they can just keep on saying “I’m sure he’ll be here tomorrow” forever. That’s pretty much how the con works, after all.
@Ophelia Benson
Which would leave Jesus in the interesting position of waiting on the second coming.*
*This was not intended as a double-entendre, but I’m perfectly happy if anyone wants to insert one.**
**Neither was this…
The cargo cultists of papua new guinea await the return of John Frum (sometimes “Brum”) and build airstrips out of bamboo to encourage this. Attenborough interviewed one of the priests and said- “You have been waiting for forty years- do you think that’s enough?”
The priest (with a radio backpack and earphones made of wicker) looked him square in the eye and said “you have been waiting 2000 years for your saviour”
Video link to the same guy, 20 years later
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMkVxry-YJI&feature=related
BTW- any Jews, Christians or Mohammedans out there who think that they look more sophisticated than this guy, just because you don’t have bones through your noses- don’t give yourselves airs. I’m looking at you, NBH
@NBH 2 grand for a Mormon? Atheist?s are a better deal, could have bough half a dozen for that, would have to clean them, but still a good price.
Well, the great thing about faith heads is that there are no messy brains to remove.
An apologetic? Let’s try to adapt the trilemma popularised by C.S. Lewis: lunatic, liar, or loan. Since J&M are prophets of the one true God, they have access to all that is knowable. Anyone fraudulently asking them for money would be a lunatic or a liar. It follows that since they can detect loonies and liars, this is a loan! Their dosh is as safe as a LibDem election promise.
Oh.
Oh, oh, oh.
Ho ho ho!
How cheep are mormons? Americans paid millions to get one, but he got away.