“If prayer actually worked, everyone would be a millionaire, nobody would ever get sick and die, and both football teams would always win.” ~ Ethan Winer
“Cryin’ won’t help you, prayin’ won’t do you no good, Now, cryin’ won’t help you, prayin’ won’t do you no good, When Miss Wormwood calls, Calvin you got to move.” - Shamelessly stolen from Led Zeppelin
“The most preposterous notion that humankind has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of all the Universes, wants the saccharine adoation of His creatures, can be swayed by their prayers, and becomes petulant if He does not receive this flattery. Yet this absurd fantasy, without a shred of evidence to bolster it, pays all the expenses of the oldest, largest and least productive industry in all history.”
The only problem I have with the above quote is that assigning a gender to the Lord God of Creation, etc. is ridiculous to the extreme.
BE THIS GUY almost 8 years ago
God wants to see how this thing plays out.
Masterskrain almost 8 years ago
Yeah, Calvin, like THAT was ever gonna happen!
Professor W almost 8 years ago
Miss Wormwood should get the award for “Worst Timing”
jackhs almost 8 years ago
Aw come on. We’ve all seen Calvin’s rear end
orinoco womble almost 8 years ago
Teachers have a sixth sense that leads them to call on the one student who really doesn’t want them to!
Alexander the Good Enough almost 8 years ago
“If prayer actually worked, everyone would be a millionaire, nobody would ever get sick and die, and both football teams would always win.” ~ Ethan Winer
Gent almost 8 years ago
Is this when Calvin embraced atheism?
Troglodyte almost 8 years ago
Methinks the clergy had a narrow escape back there!
uniquename almost 8 years ago
At least he’s paying attention in class for a change.
A Hip loving Canadian... almost 8 years ago
“Cryin’ won’t help you, prayin’ won’t do you no good, Now, cryin’ won’t help you, prayin’ won’t do you no good, When Miss Wormwood calls, Calvin you got to move.” - Shamelessly stolen from Led Zeppelin
StratmanRon almost 8 years ago
Foxhole religion. ;-)
BiggerNate91 almost 8 years ago
Calvin in the second panel looks like he’s saying “please don’t kill me”
BiathlonNut almost 8 years ago
As Robert A. Heinlein puts it:
“The most preposterous notion that humankind has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of all the Universes, wants the saccharine adoation of His creatures, can be swayed by their prayers, and becomes petulant if He does not receive this flattery. Yet this absurd fantasy, without a shred of evidence to bolster it, pays all the expenses of the oldest, largest and least productive industry in all history.”
The only problem I have with the above quote is that assigning a gender to the Lord God of Creation, etc. is ridiculous to the extreme.
Stephen Gilberg almost 8 years ago
Of course, where Calvin is concerned, God is a frigging cartoonist.
Guilty Bystander almost 8 years ago
Like the song says, “Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers,” and Calvin’s classmates are about to receive one of those gifts.
Dennett Premium Member almost 8 years ago
When you are six, the problem is ripped pants. When you are twelve, the problem is an involuntary bodily reaction to attractive girls seated near you.
Number Three almost 8 years ago
Clergy?
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MrsSnape almost 8 years ago
The problem Calvin, is that you are praying to someone who doesn’t exist.
markmoss1 almost 8 years ago
God heard his prayer, but God remembers him.