Monty by Jim Meddick for November 25, 2014

That third panel is priceless.

A zombie PSA.This is their brains.This is their brains on Thanksgiving.

See, Pilsner? Your hysteria has some value, after all.Chortle.

Mmmmmm… Thanksgiving brains….

and don’t foget the Nuts, and cranberries yum yum!

@GaijinrabbitIt amazes how quickly people forget the first thing God gave humanity, free will. As long as there is free will there will be consequences for actions and those consequences are not always easy to see. Tell me, if God were to suddenly take away all free will and make the world a perfect place would anyone love Him for it? Just because someone has the power to stop something does not make them responsible for it happening, nor does it mean they caused it. We all celebrate the day giving thanks for the same stuff, the question is who are you giving thanks too.

If you have your freedom, every day should be Thanksgiving. Don’t take it for granted.

For those of us not too versed in Merkin art history, the third panel is based on Freedom from Want, the third of the Four Freedoms_ by Norman Rockwell.Meddick’s adaptation is, of course superb and hilarious.

@hispaladin

I’m thankful that no one in my family believes any longer in those silly fairy tales from the Bronze Age i.e. the bible.

I’ll play a devilish advocate and suggest free will includes the will to refuse God’s benevolence and therefore you suffer the consequences. So your suffering is you own damned fault. According to the Bible.

Free will, to believe or not as you wish on one hand or a day to get together with friends and family be thankful for what you do have on the other.Just think all this came out of a parrot talking about a zombie feast!

I thought I’d clear up a some misconceptions you have about Christianity. First, you have to understand that Christians believe that Man chose to part with God, and therefore we live in a fallen world. God does not cause the disasters, he simply allows us to live with the consequences of our choice. Next, we don’t have to “do as God tells us”. Some religions have those types of constraints, but Christianity allows a broad range of free will, so long as you follow some general guidelines, and accept him as your savior.

Finally, it is important to realize that if we believe in God, and he does not actually exist, our belief does not make him exist. Similarly, if you choose not to believe in him, but he does actually exist, your beliefs do not make him go away. In the end what is true is true, and our beliefs can not change it. Now, to everyone, have a great Thanksgiving, and whether you believe in God or not, be thankful for the good things in life.

they don’t eat PARROT, they eat an entirely different species of bird. Birds even eat each other in the wild, heck I’ve seen hawks eating pigeons right in my neighborhood!

Well, I thought the strip was hilarious…Happy Thanksgiving, and may God bless all of you whether you believe or choose not to believe…

We need a strip in which Moondog comes home from his trip to find Pilsner out back, pecking away at a dead pigeon behind the garbage cans.

“…This isn’t what it looks like.”

Re this week’s great controversy: I’ll always remember that “Family Circus” strip in which Billy’s prayers for God to watch over Daddy inspire the Big G to reach down His giant invisible hand and keep Daddy from getting plowed under by a red-light runner.

God doesn’t stop the bad driver, He just intervenes on behalf of this particular victim. The moral of the tale? If someone YOU loved has died, YOU didn’t pray hard enough. It’s all YOUR fault. God can’t be watching everything 24/7 you know, he’s busy assisting Tim Tebow (note to self: don’t forget to update this before posting).

Hey, it’s “traditional”.

Like the way Moondog thinks.