Comments on: God Can™

By: Bartlett

Bartlett — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:59:14 +0000

I was going to say it’s playing upon people’s idiocy to market such an easily reproducible non-consumable but whatever. Anyone dumb enough to buy this should probably have wads of cash, coins and other small items taken away in any case so they don’t choke themselves to death.

By: Maria

Maria — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:24:06 +0000

Ollie is correct. I know the displays are not illegal, just looked redundant when the bank next door has a nativity display, and every other house has a wire frame, animatronic, chiristmas light nativity display. Now, if people around Springfield would stop driving like there was an afterlife, and if they were in a crash, they’d be zapped straight up to heaven, THAT would be progress!

LOL I figured I just wanted to check. It’s the same way in southern va……it’s as if there are no holidays other than Xmas……..

By: Claire

Claire — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:42:22 +0000

Should, that is one funny cartoon! I love my piggies, cartoon or real. And while they are always amusing, if the cartoon had had a point, for or against evolution, guinea pigs would have been a poor choice. They have been domesticated for thousands of years and no longer exist in the wild, so what we see is a product of selective breeding more than evolution. The cartoon is still funny, though.

Jared, I have been laughing about your posting for a whole day. Unfortunately, I now have the tune stuck in my head…

The God Can? Profiting from fear and other people’s stupidity may be the real oldest profession.

By: Jonas

Jonas — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:49:14 +0000

As an atheist and fan of the Dilbert cartoon, I must comment that my first thought on seeing the cartoon was a roll of toilet paper on which to write your prayer, followed by dropping the prayer into the tube inside the roll.

By: Bjorn Watland

Bjorn Watland — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:42:30 +0000

Ollie is correct. I know the displays are not illegal, just looked redundant when the bank next door has a nativity display, and every other house has a wire frame, animatronic, chiristmas light nativity display. Now, if people around Springfield would stop driving like there was an afterlife, and if they were in a crash, they’d be zapped straight up to heaven, THAT would be progress!

By: ollie

ollie — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:55:41 +0000

Bjorn wasn’t saying that the McDonalds Nativity display and banner was illegal; he was (accurately) reporting how openly pious parts of Southern Missouri are (e. g., around Springfield).

I do know that I wouldn’t patronize a business that wore Christianity on it’s sleeve, but if I lived in that area, I’d be doing lots of mail order business!

By: Randall

Randall — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:51:39 +0000

Should:

As an atheist and recovering Guinea Pig fan, that cartoon is hilarious.

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:10:45 +0000

I saw billboards for God Can while on a road trip through Missouri. I did have to get pretty south in Missouri to see the signs, and noticed I was around a couple of Bible Colleges. Also to note, the McDonald’s in the area all had Nativity displays and a banner which reads, “Jesus, the Reason for the Season..”

Isn’t McDonald’s on private property?

By: Joel Sax

Joel Sax — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:06:56 +0000

kaleena: After having been raised Catholic — a tradition in which you buy candles to heat up your prayers (hot prayers rise?) — I can.

Shall we can it for now?

By: Siamang

Siamang — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:40:06 +0000

Jared and Should both made me laugh today.

That’s a great cartoon, Should!