Tag: God

On God Part XI- God Kicks Satan out of Heaven

This one is real cute, you guys. I realize making Satan an endearing character is probably somewhere on the blasphemy scale but after seeing these drawings I don’t think God could be mad.

Today I want to talk about that one time Satan got kicked out of heaven. It was a big deal. Satan’s like the worst person ever and God is the best person, so it makes a lot of sense that the two couldn’t be roommates forever. But… Continue reading “On God Part XI- God Kicks Satan out of Heaven”

On God Part X- What if Fundamentalist Christians are Right?!

I recently put two and two together that this whole On God series is just me working through a lot of deep-seated religion-induced trauma. So, don’t mind me. I’ll just be over here making cartoons as a coping mechanism.

This is essentially my form of therapy and it’s just more fun when other people can get some enjoyment out of it. But also, I think a lot of people have similar mixed feelings about religion. Yeah, it’s a good thing in many ways, but man, there are some real negatives. Anyway. I hope you enjoy.

The Age of the Earth, colorized

Christians hold a lot of beliefs that non-Christians don’t. Many of them are mundane and don’t garner a lot of attention. One of these discrepancies is how differently scientists and Christians estimate the age of the Earth.

Science says the Earth is 4.543 billion years old. Christians say it’s around 7,000 years old.

Someone is wrong, right?

I had this sudden thought occur to me while thinking about just how wrong one camp has to be:

What if the fundamentalist Christians are right?

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On God Part IX- How many Worlds Did God Create?

Happy New Year! Unanswerable questions are going to be really in style in 2020 so let’s get a jump on things by talking about what lies beyond our home planet. I’m small-child-at-Disney-world levels of excited about Space. Space is both huge and great. It’s so vast that if Earth was the size of a grain of sand Space would still be really big. I’m not very good with words. Let’s draw some pictures.

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Santa Claus- How to Make Poor Kids Feel Like Shit

Today I want to briefly discuss gift-giving through Santa Claus. You know the drill. It’s Christmas time. That means breakable ornaments, questionable music, and Santa. Also Jesus, but we’ll get to that in the next post. This post is about Santa. Continue reading “Santa Claus- How to Make Poor Kids Feel Like Shit”

On God Part VI-Does Prayer have the Power

I’m genuinely undecided on the idea of prayer. Much like the existence of God, there is no direct proof that prayer helps those we’re praying for. There’s anecdotal evidence up the wazoo- someone, somewhere knows someone who was near death but someone prayed for them and they were healed- but there’s no direct evidence.

Many of us are tempted to call the example above direct evidence, but it’s not a fair comparison because the opposite is not also true. When someone is near death and we pray for them and they aren’t healed, we don’t count that as evidence that prayer doesn’t work. This sets up a situation where any positive evidence is counted while all negative evidence is thrown out.

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On God Part V.II- Heaven, Hell and the Mind-numbing Prospect of Eternity

This is On God Part V.II, confusingly enough. Initially, Part V was just one mega-post, but considering nobody gives a shit about this blog, it felt too long. That being said, it’s now broken up into two only semi-long posts. This one is mostly about eternity. I think eternity is real fun in a bizarre and horrifying type of way. Forever will happen whether we’re around for it or not.

So, for On God Part V.II, I want to explore eternity. Remember from Part V.I, for this post, the Bible is 100% true. Typically people argue the individual points in the Bible- “Jesus walked on water!” “No, he didn’t!” But today I just want to accept the puzzle pieces laid out by mainstream Christianity and put them together from there. Then we can think about eternity for a few minutes.

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On God Part V.I- Heaven, Hell and the Mind-Numbing Prospect of Eternity

Today I want to talk about what happens after we die. You might be wondering why I’m even talking about what happens after we die since On God Part III is all about the afterlife. Your question is noted and ignored. This post is ALSO about the afterlife, but totally different. Here I’ll concentrate on who makes it into heaven, who gets sent to hell, and the mind-numbing prospect of eternity.

The mind-numbing prospect of eternity section will have to wait for On God Part V.II because this post ballooned to over 5,000 words, so I decided to break it up. This is Part I of a two-part post, which is already Part V of a larger rabbit hole I’m taking from my usual topics, which already can best be described as rabbit holes. Thanks for being readers of my financial blog, you guys. Continue reading “On God Part V.I- Heaven, Hell and the Mind-Numbing Prospect of Eternity”

On God Part IV- God Sends Jesus to Die for Our Sins

I always have mixed feelings when I put something out there about my faith. I come from a long line of Christian men and women. For a lot of the people in my family faith isn’t just one aspect of life, it’s the only thing that matters. I grew up attending countless church services and always had a close relationship with Jesus. As I grew up I started to have questions about some of the stories in the Bible. I didn’t so much doubt THAT they happened, but I questioned WHY they happened. 

One of my favorite things in life is contemplating the religion I grew up with. I can’t emphasize enough how large of a focus Christianity was to my upbringing. This series is fun and cathartic for me, but I also can’t help but feel a little guilty for how it might make some people feel. I’m not purposefully being a smug little shit with the way I depict the characters. But, I don’t want to tiptoe around some of my doubts. I aim to hold a light up to them. If there’s no monster in the closet, that’s not on me. 

Please note: If the below cartoons are likely to offend you please consider not being offended by cartoons. This is meant to be funny and thought-provoking, not disrespectful and offensive.

Several years ago God looked down on the world and was super not into what he saw. People were sinning and killing animals to pay for the sins and it was all a bit much. He had already promised to not flood the world again so he had to think of a better way to get people to start behaving. Long story short, Jesus came to Earth to pay for our sins, and I have a lot of thoughts about that. Continue reading “On God Part IV- God Sends Jesus to Die for Our Sins”