October 1st, 2008
#98: a progressive church
Claire and Lydia’s parents make them wear matching dresses to church, it’s pretty humiliating.
Claire and Lydia’s parents make them wear matching dresses to church, it’s pretty humiliating.
October 1st, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Is that supposed to be a smiley face above the church door?
October 1st, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Uuuuurrrgh… @ lydia’s mom. Now I know what Claire and Lydia would look like if they both ate a healthy diet of babies
October 1st, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Well their religious architecture & concept are certainly intriguing.
October 1st, 2008 at 4:11 pm
I can’t remember if it’s Lydia’s or Cass’s parents that are hippies.
Also, they may be humiliating in the fact they’re matching, but I like the dresses the twins are wearing.
October 1st, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Cyber: That would appear to be the disk of Aten, whose presence is a bit surprising in the company of any other gods. The Pharaoh Ankhesenaten raised what was hitherto a minor aspect of Ra, the Sun God, to what amounted to a monotheistic religion — long before (for example) the God of the Hebrews had that privilege. The rest of Khemitian society was so scandalized by this that after his death (probably by assassination), nearly all mention of both Ankhesenaten and his god Aten were excised, and the rest of the pantheon returned to its correct prominence.
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:52 am
Hooray for fat elves!!
…Boo to intolerance.
October 2nd, 2008 at 1:08 am
The sun disc I showed, with the serpent, is more identified with Wadjet, yet another solar deity, this one frequently seen perched on top of Ra’s head.
Not that it really matters, since these guys are to the ancient Khemitian religion what a bunch of people in a Christian megachurch in Texas are to first century Pharisees.
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:13 am
*bow*
My apologies for misleading.
October 2nd, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Interesting. I got the impression that Khemitian Lucianism was kind of like this but I didn’t quite think it’d be THAT close to being like a modern megachurch.
October 3rd, 2008 at 4:42 am
If that megachurch preacher says the word ‘donate’ I will reach into the comic through my monitor and punch him. Such an accurate portrayal of the people I wish I could smack through the TV screen.
October 4th, 2008 at 12:26 am
Wow… amazing how well the comic captures the feel of a moment like that. Stoked my enduring hatred of organized religion back up full force very effectively.