Monday, February 28, 2005
Theology and Web Comics
This strip from the Filthy Lies! web comic just screams for a commentary. Filthy Lies! is another bit of web addiction I suffer from. The tone is irreverent, and the only real display of religion (that I've read so far) is negative. A bad Christian and an anti-Christian living together for fun. The red blob in the comic was a bit of beefsteak that was given life during an "unholy experiment."
The character of Joel, however, brings up a really good point. The Bible can't really tell us what to do in every circumstance if you're looking for such specific points of advice. The same verse of the Bible was interpreted to support and deny the concept of cloning1. This is the flaw of a literal-factual interpretation of Scriptures.
The advice a true Christian should take from the Bible is best demonstrated in recent strips of GPF where a very evil woman is treated well by a stranger. Generosity, genuine care, and an attempt to heal a person's soul as well as a body is the calling of Christianity in a society full of broken people and a society that breaks them so often it's not even considered broken.
The best web comic I've seen that deals with God and religion is Sinfest. Don't let the name fool you. Check it out.
1 I'm pretty sure I read this in Lee Strobel's book The Case for Christ. The point is that even the poor quality of research Strobel uses demonstrates that conservatives don't find specific answers to specific modern day dilemmas. ¶ 9:02 AM
The character of Joel, however, brings up a really good point. The Bible can't really tell us what to do in every circumstance if you're looking for such specific points of advice. The same verse of the Bible was interpreted to support and deny the concept of cloning1. This is the flaw of a literal-factual interpretation of Scriptures.
The advice a true Christian should take from the Bible is best demonstrated in recent strips of GPF where a very evil woman is treated well by a stranger. Generosity, genuine care, and an attempt to heal a person's soul as well as a body is the calling of Christianity in a society full of broken people and a society that breaks them so often it's not even considered broken.
The best web comic I've seen that deals with God and religion is Sinfest. Don't let the name fool you. Check it out.
1 I'm pretty sure I read this in Lee Strobel's book The Case for Christ. The point is that even the poor quality of research Strobel uses demonstrates that conservatives don't find specific answers to specific modern day dilemmas. ¶ 9:02 AM
