Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for February 22, 2023

Now that’s ruff……

Does the priest have a dog with the same hat?

As others have put it, it’s a choice between accepting questions without answers, or answers that can’t be questioned.

So…it’s a church.

One Christmas my sister accompanied her Catholic friend to a Christmas service to join in the carol singing. Father Frank, the priest, spotted her while he was delivering his sermon, came down from his pulpit to point at her and thundered,

“Do you believe that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Saviour?”

She replied “No!” and walked out.

I could have warned her about Father Frank. My Catholic neighbour had been terrorized by him for years.

Get them in as young as possible. Training is to keep them on a very tight leash and to maintain strict control at all times by using anger, threats, fear and punishment.

Been there, done that and when got that taste of freedom said F*** THIS.

On the whole, the priests I had growing up were nice. But I only saw them on Sundays. It was around the time of the Second Vatican council, so that may have had an impact.

Wiley’s digging in…

Yeah – like the Canary Islands have nothing to do with birds …

And remember God spelled backwards is……

You start asking questions and that whole institution falls apart.

I’m guessing he doesn’t want to play fetch with that ruler in his hand.

I thought it was the Nuns who had the rulers? (Whack)

As George Carlin said: “I used to be a catholic…until I reached the age of Reason!”

We weren’t RC and my father wasn’t a minister, but that was my childhood. Dad was God and I couldn’t question a thing.

The real question is “Obey WHAT”.

For the Catholic Church it is the “Catechism of the Catholic Church”. The Bishops who serve the Teachings of the church as for us to follow THAT, no them. The others are a danger to the path of Jesus.

https://www.scborromeo2.org/catechism-of-the-catholic-church

If you can’t question, you’re doing it wrong.

Recycled version from 1995: https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/1995/03/13?ct=v&cti=2041805

You all have “free will”, but WE don’t permit you to use it in any way or which WE don’t approve. Imagine a community where one was forced to observe a specific religious doctrine. Well, a lot of people you know do exactly that. [“Hillary is a witch.”]

Thats the reason I quite that BS and now pray where ever I please

If you went to a Parochial school the phrase “It’s not nice to mess with Mother Superior.” , complete with ominous lightning and thunder, might come to mind.

For me, the best part of this one is the pup. He’s a trip to watch and to imagine what he’s like to own.

Over the generations, most of us have learned that unquestioning obedience to a single mind is likely to leave many conflicts between seeing and believing.

I was raised in the Episcopal church and went to school there for eight years. Fortunate that they really encouraged us to learn and understand, not just accept. There was no “this is the only right way” garbage. So I never felt guilty about leaving Xtianity.

Sounds like the WOKE mentality.

Not evoking good thoughts. Get the poor dog out of there before they beat on him!!

In Sunday school class, when I was about thirteen, I said that I thought it was unfair of Jesus to curse the fig tree for not having any figs when he wanted some. Wrong thing to say.

I didn’t realize the classroom priests of human-induced climate change had actually started wearing a miter.

When I was around 8 or so, the Mother Superior at the convent I went to school at told my parents I was going to h – e – l – l because I asked too many questions.

I thought Dogma was the one with the puppies.

A better edict might have been either “Believe without question” or “Believe without a reason.” Those are part of the reason I stopped believing in junior high (middle school nowadays).

I don’t understand why a church official is shown instead of Chuck and Nancy.

In reality questing your faith is biblical (1 Thessalonians 5:21). Questions are healthy in all aspects of life. The problem is that people think that asking the question is the answer, it is not. Ask yourself the question, then look into yourself and find the answer.

My main point is do not let the fact that you are asking a question be the only reason why you start or stop believing something.

It should be a nun. Nuns are the ones that rap you on the knuckles, not priests. I know.

Out of curiosity, why not use an imam or Buddhist monk? Lazy Christian stereotypes suck.

We may question… bot not get the answer we would prefer!

Cats have their own dogma.

I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

Metric or English?

Ahh, like Climate Change !!!!

The Pope rules.

Religion is an evil superstition. —Lucretius

Love the dog! I saw a pup behave like that as she entered a grooming business. She cheerfully looked around, apparently realized where she was, turned on a dime and desperately scratched on the door to get out.

A perfect description of the Church of Global Warming.

Is this SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY???? Another FAIL by Wiley.

You could just as easily have a secular Communist or fascist dictator in place of the cleric.