Atheists & Agnostics
Related: About this forumLittle Nemo In Religion Land
Here is one of the greatest comic strips ever. It's Little nemo In Slumberland. The full size image is too large to link to, but if you go here you can view it in full size by clicking on it: http://www.gocomics.com/little-nemo/2014/11/22
Here's the copy in the last panel: You'd better if you want to go to church with us. Come hurry, Nemo.
Here's a comment posted by davidf42: Several times now, the strip has mentioned Little Nemo going to Sunday School or Church. I appreciate an age when people could talk about such things without fear of reprisal from such devil inspired organizations as the Freedom From Religion Foundation and a few others.
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I'm going to go out on a limb here and call this person deluded. There is no law preventing a cartoonist from inserting religious elements in their comic strips. And if they did, the FRFF wouldn't give a shit. The following discussion was similar to what you get in the other group.
http://assets.amuniversal.com/f2d4db404d1a0132ad6e005056a9545d
Edit: I don't know why the image doesn't appear.
Hoppy
(3,595 posts)Wizard of Id was dropped from several papers for proselytizing.
Response to Hoppy (Reply #1)
Warren DeMontague This message was self-deleted by its author.
Cartoonist
(7,323 posts)As Johnny Hart became senile, his strips became unreadable. They were practically bible verses. This is hardly the same as Little Nemo going to church or Sunday school. The strip appeared on Sunday, so it had topical references. The FFRF or any similar organization at the time didn't call for newspapers to drop B.C., newspapers weren't published by the government. The editors of some papers found Hart's strips to be over the top, and as they weren't a religious group, made decisions that they thought were best for their readership.
Family Circus and Dennis the Menace also began introducing religious platitudes as their creators reached old age, but they weren't as obnoxious as Hart. The poster I quoted just wanted to spout some nonsense and direct some hate at the FFRF. Religious freedom in this country has quite a struggle when even the comics page is made a battlefield by these nincompoops.
Response to Cartoonist (Reply #4)
Warren DeMontague This message was self-deleted by its author.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)Don't you get it? These days, no Christian is safe from the devil inspired atheists. We are brutal. We persecute the believers to the point of tears. Get with the program, Cartoonist.
Cartoonist
(7,323 posts)And this is just onel panel from the strip.
Edit: I intended this a reply to Warren, but anyone can enjoy.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)I loved the BS post in the comments over there about how FFRF is unconstitutional because they are somehow preventing the "free exercise thereof" of religion by getting the FFRF message out there.
Of course, churches and temples and synagogues, and mosques getting their message out there while getting tax breaks and Faith Based Initiative subsidies is completely constitutional....because that's, y'know, different!