Comments on: The Almost All-Encompassing Holiday Hymn

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:11:02 +0000

7 principles is Unitarian Universalist.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:56:23 +0000

Perhaps acknowledging the oneness is pantheism.

(The zombie made me think it was Christianity, but then I realized that the characters don’t have anything to do with what they’re saying.)

By: Santiago

Santiago — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:31:25 +0000

Could the candles be Wicca or something like it? It could just be a general thing common to all religions though, all the other panels are much more specific, and candles are practically a universal in religious worship.

I’m pretty sure Sikhs have 7 principles to follow (although a reference to a dagger would have made it easier), so I’m guessing 3rd panel is indeed Sikhism.

By: Ubi Dubium

Ubi Dubium — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:38:26 +0000

Well, maybe the candles are not referring to a “religion” so much as a “holiday. So maybe that’s Kwanzaa.

By: nullifidian

nullifidian — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:42:59 +0000

@Rat Bastard: I think it’s supposed to be a lemon.

By: FrodoSaves

FrodoSaves — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:02:48 +0000

I thought the candles were a reference to the menorah, until it mentioned Moses. So I’m stumped.

Unless of course it’s referring to the One True Faith, Frodology. I mean, candles don’t have a place in our religion yet, but they could do, maybe at some point in the future.

By: Michel S.

Michel S. — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:27:29 +0000

Nguzo Saba sounds more African than Indic — I’d guess one of the Afro-Carribean syncretic religions.

Oneness could be any pantheistic religion — or even Kabbalistic Judaism; the image of a broken God and the healing process that all of us needs to engage in.

Cycle of rebirth is surely Buddhism — while the Hindus believe in reincarnation, the emphasis on achieving Nirvana is more of a Buddhist trait. I think.

(Not using Wikipedia / Google is a hard challenge )

By: Loren Petrich

Loren Petrich — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:02:59 +0000

The candles one I can’t place, but the others:

Nguzo Saba — Sikhism?
4 Noble Truths, 8-fold Path – Buddhism
5 Pillars – Islam
5 Books of Moses – Judaism
Oneness of the Universe — Taoism?
Free those who trust in him – Xianity
Break out of the cycle of rebirth – Hinduism?

By: Brooks

Brooks — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:40:07 +0000

Linus is a Christian!

By: noodleguy

noodleguy — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:33:22 +0000

I know what religion it’s missing.
Pastafarianism.
I am deeply offended, and hurt.