Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 27, 2022

In a rational religion, (with an afterlife and judgment) you’d be judged on your whole life. But of course “rational religion” is an oxymoron.

Rat’s next test location is Capitol Hill.

He’s considering knocking sense into all 500+ members of Congress.

Call it an indulgence fee to get into the box. It worked for the Catholic church for hundreds of years.

I thought by the last panel it was going to be the box of hiding the bodies. A perfect crime means never having to say you’re sorry.

“When I was young, I prayed for a bicycle. Then I learned that God doesn’t work that way. So I stole one and prayed for forgiveness.” ~ Emo Phillips

justification takes a moment but sanctification takes a lifetime…

Obviously Rat has great political connections. Ever notice how he never arrested for his dangerously violent behaviours?

I must confess, Rat has a good idea.

Shovels are the perfect murder weapon, if used properly. He has not yet finished using it, though.

Wham! Dig, dig, dig….

Does that make Neighbor Bob a crackhead?

Doesn’t help much with tolerance, does it Rat?

Any system can be abused by Rat, right?

It’s a Good Thing Neighbor Bobs are expendable and replaceable….

hey, do I smell a whiff of complaint from Martin Luther objecting to all those monetary indulgences? Next it’ll be some fat king wanting to bed legally all the women in his kingdom.

I like how no one is calling 911 in the last panel for an ambulance, or anything like that.

Anything can be abused, especially by Rat.

Did he keep the shovel in the box o’ redemption?

♪ Livin’ in a box… livin’ in a cardboard box… ♫

Don’t look now, but I think Rat stole Box O Redemption from Norman Mainway’s kid’s toy “Bag O Glass”.

If one repents, they covenant to do the sin no more. If you break that promise, then you loose that. There is some leeway, but you have to try and one way of trying is to get help and distance yourself from the temptation

Rat better be careful. Cats like to hide in boxes.

Bob, you are cursed to do infinite Hail Mary’s and Our Fathers.

Can I get a Box o’Redemption for all the coupons I never got around to bringing to the supermarket?

RAMEN!!

Wow, Its always Bob!