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(181 votes, average: 4.28 out of 5)
August 11th, 2008 at 1:23 am
I don’t believe it!
August 11th, 2008 at 2:34 am
Scientology?
August 11th, 2008 at 3:33 am
So that thing is God?
August 11th, 2008 at 5:15 am
All worship the Queen spider…or whatever the heck it is.
August 11th, 2008 at 7:10 am
It’s a Tentacled Beetle, perhaps of the John Lennon variety. The comic is great by the way.
August 11th, 2008 at 9:26 am
I feel kinda sad, the grandson seems kind of young. also, does this mean that whatever it was he believed was just plain wrong, that the tentacled tick goddess is the one true faith, or, even worse, that there are multiple heavens for multiple faiths, and this poor kid has been side tracked into the tick heaven instead of, oh, say, the Swedish Bikini Model heaven??
August 11th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Wait, /what/ did he pull exactly?
..eww
August 11th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
ollie, could you please point me to material which shows how to get into the Swedish Bikini Model heaven? I feel a conversion coming on…
August 11th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
ollie: Read a book that said that whatever you believe is where you’ll end up. (Not that that’s what I believe, but let’s not bring personal feelings into this, eh? Internet is ’serious business’.) So it’s not too far-fetched that this is what this comic is saying.
Although, whether it is or isn’t, I think that’s one of the most hilarious interpretations. (:
August 11th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
“Job: A Comedy of Justice” by Robert Heinlein is a good one.
Also, I see some strong similarities between the tick goddess and the Flying Spaghetti Monster!
August 12th, 2008 at 6:25 am
Was there an intentional pun on “pulled some strings”, particularly with the presence of the spider-like god?
August 12th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
God is a Woman! Do you hear me? A WOMAN!!!
August 12th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
I don’t think that was intended to have any spider in it. It’s a cross between a turtle, an octupus, and a generic insect.
August 13th, 2008 at 4:08 am
Didn’t they have a representation of G-d like this is a South Park episode?
August 13th, 2008 at 6:51 am
Grandpa has a look in his eye that says “reasonable” means “she swings, and I don’t mean on her web”.
August 13th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
I believe in this version of reality we get what ever we believe we deserve from an afterlife.
Hence the sons disbelief, not because he believed it could not happen, but because he believed in something else.
August 13th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
The hapless young man in this comic isn’t necessarily dead.
That first line could have been “Grampa? But you’re _in that crazy alien tick cult_.”
August 14th, 2008 at 3:24 am
Shou – i dont think there’s any other way to interpret this comic other than: clearly there is only ONE god – that strange beast hanging from the last panel. Which clearly refutes the notion that ‘you end up wherever your beliefs lie’.
Fortunately, in this reality, the ‘one true power’ seems either prone to favouritism or not entirely in control of her core business processes.
August 14th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
nrvs – I’m pretty sure that in the comic theres more than 1 god and you end up with the one you believe in. Hence the grandson saying oh no despite getting into some sort of heaven.
August 15th, 2008 at 12:50 am
KaBob – if that was the case, would the grandson’s diversion to another heaven not perhaps require the consent of his god? Perhaps his god is also ‘reasonable about things like that’.
August 16th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
If you take the line “got you in anyway” a little farther than that is not necessarily the case.
Consider: the kid did not make it to the heaven of his choice. His Grandfather “pulled some strings” and at least he is in a heaven. This of course is not a good heaven for the kid.
Just my take on this.
August 17th, 2008 at 2:32 am
I think it favors the “one true god” scenario better. If there were multiple heavens and such, then allowing one to take someone who was destined for another, especially without their consent, would negate the ideal of heaven entirely. I think that the grandson was destined for the realm of the afterlife reserved for non-believers and the grandfather helped him to reach a higher existence.
Both scenarios are feasible, but the “one true god/heaven” makes a lot more sense, and requires a lot less supposition.
August 18th, 2008 at 11:00 am
But why would he say “oh no” about getting into the one true heaven?
August 18th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
because he was wrong, and its not exactly what he expected? seems like he has a bit of an adjustment period to go through.
I like the idea that grandpa, as one of obviously very few adhearants to the tick-god, has a lot of pull, and a good sense of humor! Hope someone is willing to interceed on my behalf if it comes to that!!
August 18th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Woohoo, finally finished the whole archive, in two days! This particular newest comic isn’t necessarily my fav, but it does raise questions about the form of good. btw, the flying spaghetti monster’s website is http://www.venganza.org (kind of the same sentiment)
August 18th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
He’s saying “oh no” because he realizes that he’s dead.
August 25th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Maybe hes saying “oh no” becuase he knows that his grandpa worships a gaint spider-queen, and its kinda of the “oh no” like I really wish my parents hadn’t do that.
August 28th, 2008 at 6:16 am
I dig it. Lots of different interpretations can be made. Take away from it what you will.
August 30th, 2008 at 7:09 am
People that is obvious – it is probably the spider godess Lolth from D&D
August 31st, 2008 at 11:32 pm
The old guy must be a Lovecraftian Cthulhu cultist type.
Athach-Nactla!!!
September 4th, 2008 at 2:33 am
You know, if that were the interpretation of god most people believed in I just might be religious. As a kid the notion of some old white guy with a beard in the clouds seemed silly, but if you’d have told me THAT thing was in the sky watching my every action I’d probably have behaved a lot better.
September 8th, 2008 at 5:22 am
Oooh yeah good one. Kinda like the FSM….
September 9th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
I’m assuming the grandfather is in a crazy tick cult, and the son’s either an atheist or a member of a (non-crazy) religion, which turns out to be complete falsity and the crazy dude was right.
I, for one, lol’d.
September 22nd, 2008 at 1:07 am
That ain’t no God. It has no boobs!
October 5th, 2008 at 12:09 am
Sarah: I couldn’t help but laugh at your comment. Ockham’s Razor applied to a comic about religion? LOL.
November 5th, 2008 at 9:52 am
the beast with the billion backs!
June 16th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
futurama!!!