Somebody Goofed

Remember that last article about a Christian booklet? Well I found another one. To give you some back story about them, they're religious recruitment pieces that are designed to bring people to Christ. There seems to be no particular religion that Christ is associated with though, and individual worship is just not good enough. It seems that the Bible is what this guy likes, and that's why you're religion is wrong-- it's been tainted by human beings. Then again, humans did have to write the Bible, right? But maybe it was God working through them? Nevermind-- I can't wrap my mind around this guy's logic. Without further adeu, from the man who brought you "Allah Had No Son," "Love the Jewish People," and "The Death Cookie," I give you the much weaker, "Somebody Goofed."

We start out with a dead Bobby. According to page one, Bobby OD-ed on speed. It's sad, but if the speed didn't catch up to him, the huffing would have. Our main character is the boy next to the priest. Who's the priest? Duh, the guy in the black jacket. Anyway, there's an old guy coming up who talks about how Bobby will be judged by God and if he wasn't saved he'll be lost for all eternity. That's long.

Our priestly man is here to set the old guy straight though. He contends that God's more loving than vengeful, but we'll see who's right. Our man in black starts yelling at the old guy, who graciously concedes the fight and gives the kid a book.

The dude in black, after this frame, pushes the old guy and rips up the book. The kid needs to calm him down. They both settle that the man was "a little off" and that they should move on. Ironically, we come to this next frame:

Now who gives in to this? The kid is driving, despite looking very young early on. The man in black says "Go ahead, you can make it!" And, in this region, where they have no railroad blocks to protect their citizens, they speed up and get smashed by a train. Where do you think they're heading?

Yep! Hell. The kid sure wishes he would've accepted Christ, despite the fact that he never got instructions on how to actually do that, and now he's in hell. He is so bold as to actually try to accept Jesus now, but the man in black reveals that it's just too late. And in case you didn't get it from me calling him the man in black-- not Johnny Cash--

The kid was tricked by the devil! How anticlimactic. If you're the devil one would think that you'd take more pleasure in tricking the righetous than a little kid who happens to know how to drive. And I really don't understand the definition of "personal savior," and how that differs from savior, but hey, more power to this guy. There's a nice little prayer in the back that we should pray now too. What more can I say? This guy provides tons of fun. 'Til next book...

 

 

 

 

 
 
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