Author Topic: The Oatmeal takes on religion (Read 7834 times)

MillCreek · « **on:** August 16, 2012, 02:04:49 PM »

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/religion

Oh, that Matthew Inman.....

Nick1911 · « **Reply #1 on:** August 16, 2012, 02:14:02 PM »

TommyGunn · « **Reply #2 on:** August 16, 2012, 02:43:27 PM »

brimic · « **Reply #3 on:** August 16, 2012, 02:49:25 PM »

The only thing funny is the irony...
The cartoonist loathes the proselytizing by religeous people so much that he spends several hours drawing a cartoon to post on mass media to tell everyone how stupid their religeon is.

Live and let live? Nyet.

makattak · « **Reply #4 on:** August 16, 2012, 02:51:36 PM »

I especially like his analogizing the fate of one's eternal soul to what color little Jenny likes.

"Daddy! I want to drink poison!"

"Well, honey, some people think that will kill you, while other people think that it will make you stronger. What do you think?"

How dare we push our radical beliefs about poison on a little child. We should allow them to experience it themselves and make their own decisions.

The sex "analogy" fits here, too.

Or, to sum up:

Quote from: TommyGunn on August 16, 2012, 02:43:27 PM

roo_ster · « **Reply #5 on:** August 16, 2012, 02:53:40 PM »

He tried for eschatological humor, but could only manage the scatological kind.

Balog · « **Reply #6 on:** August 16, 2012, 03:20:59 PM »

A while back he pointed out all the folks killed in the name of Christianity and Islam, and contrasted it with the absolute lack of people killed by atheism. He never answered my question as to whether he was aware of the official religious policy of Communism.

ArfinGreebly · « **Reply #7 on:** August 16, 2012, 03:23:53 PM »

Unimpressed.

Self-indulgent sophistry.

He should stick to the Edison/Tesla debates.

Balog · « **Reply #8 on:** August 16, 2012, 03:28:30 PM »

It is a nice example of how when folks say "No H8!" what they really mean is "Hate the right people."

roo_ster · « **Reply #9 on:** August 16, 2012, 03:41:55 PM »

In his defense, I think his "How to use a semicolon" comic was well-researched.
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/semicolon

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #10 on:** August 16, 2012, 03:43:28 PM »

Wow. Somebody wrote up a puerile rant against religion that only show-cases the shallow, ill-informed, illogic of their own mind? Color me astounded.

AJ Dual · « **Reply #11 on:** August 16, 2012, 04:52:59 PM »

Not even...

Jamisjockey · « **Reply #12 on:** August 16, 2012, 06:02:59 PM »

Quote from: brimic on August 16, 2012, 02:49:25 PM

The only thing funny is the irony...
The cartoonist loathes the proselytizing by religeous people so much that he spends several hours drawing a cartoon to post on mass media to tell everyone how stupid their religeon is.

Live and let live? Nyet.

Seconded.
Oh, and he didn't have the balls to draw a caricature of Mohammed.

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #13 on:** August 16, 2012, 06:15:01 PM »

Quote from: Nick1911 on August 16, 2012, 02:14:02 PM

Me too. *gigglesnort*

Hawkmoon · « **Reply #14 on:** August 16, 2012, 06:40:52 PM »

Quote from: fistful on August 16, 2012, 03:43:28 PM

Wow. Somebody wrote up a puerile rant against religion that only show-cases the shallow, ill-informed, illogic of their own mind? Color me astounded.

I can't find that one in my 48-piece box of Crayolas. Is that color in the 64-piece set, or the 120-piece set?

bedlamite · « **Reply #15 on:** August 16, 2012, 06:45:33 PM »

Quote from: Jamisjockey on August 16, 2012, 06:02:59 PM

Seconded.
Oh, and he didn't have the balls to draw a caricature of Mohammed.

And yet he did make a valid point without getting on a hit list.

If someone gets their nose out of joint over a cartoon like this, that means it's probably not too far off the mark.

Tallpine · « **Reply #16 on:** August 16, 2012, 07:30:52 PM »

Quote from: bedlamite on August 16, 2012, 06:45:33 PM

And yet he did make a valid point without getting on a hit list.

If someone gets their nose out of joint over a cartoon like this, that means it's probably not too far off the mark.

As a recovering christian, I found it hilarious

Lee · « **Reply #17 on:** August 16, 2012, 09:40:01 PM »

Me too. I am still a believer, but organized religion can be quite wacko. The world has about 60 quadrillion Muslim males running around, who believe that God punishes them for thinking about sex, yet rewards them with sex if they kill infidels. I 'm guessing that God thinks that's oddly humorous, as he flings the little bastards into purgatory, or wherever he recycles broken toys.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #18 on:** August 16, 2012, 11:14:08 PM »

Quote from: bedlamite on August 16, 2012, 06:45:33 PM

If someone gets their nose out of joint over a cartoon like this, that means it's probably not too far off the mark.

'Cause nobody's ever offended by ill-informed, sophomoric individuals spreading disinformation about them.

MicroBalrog · « **Reply #19 on:** August 17, 2012, 06:12:30 AM »

This isn't satire.

It's flattire.

It exists so people of like beliefs could read it, see it repeat the arguments they've heard so many times, and feel smart.

"Oh LOL! God is like an imaginary friend! LAWL! Look how smart and mature I am not believing in imaginary friends!"

I'm sorry, as a non-theist I'd have to say this got boring a few years ago.

Ben · « **Reply #20 on:** August 17, 2012, 09:46:14 AM »

Meh, I'm with Micro. It came off as the typical progressive, smug, "smart", "I'm just so cleverly funny proving that I'm intellectually superior to you" attitude that I too often see where I live. Not unlike why I stopped watching Family Guy after the creator got a case of BDS. He was original and funny when he was making fun of everyone. Not so much when he was only making fun of things or people he didn't like or approve of.

Actually, the first thing I thought of when I read the comic was that it reminded me of the dbag at the Chic-Fil-A drivethru.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #21 on:** August 17, 2012, 10:24:19 AM »

Quote from: MicroBalrog on August 17, 2012, 06:12:30 AM

This isn't satire.

It's flattire.

Ok, now that's funny.

If the cartoonist were on my side of things, I'd be grimacing while he recycled old saws about a tornado in a junkyard producing a 747; or how God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.

BryanP · « **Reply #22 on:** August 17, 2012, 10:32:59 AM »

I laughed, but then my ox isn't getting gored here.

I thought this was funnier:

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2703#comic

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #23 on:** August 17, 2012, 10:59:44 AM »

Funnier, sure. Even there, when critics of creationism drag out the old thing about God fooling people with fossils, they just look like they're only capable of plucking the low-hanging fruit. And you have to wonder if they're so ignorant of the belief system they're criticizing that they don't know creationism disavowed that idea long ago, or are they intentionally setting up a straw man? Or would that be a straw fruit? Oh dear, my metaphors are all mixed up.

MicroBalrog · « **Reply #24 on:** August 18, 2012, 06:28:26 PM »

Quote from: BryanP on August 17, 2012, 10:32:59 AM

I laughed, but then my ox isn't getting gored here.

I thought this was funnier:

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2703#comic

Given I actually know people, studying graduate school history, who actually argue against the concept of historical truth...

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Author Topic: The Oatmeal takes on religion (Read 7834 times)