Sinfest

Zorlond · Joined: 16 Jul 2006 Posts: 167

After all, stupid people are far easier to yank around and tend not to wander... :/

However, one should always note the vast differences between church (mortal) and deity (divine)...

Natashabi · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 390 Location: Tejas

Today's link

I think it's great.

Certain groups of people thrive on repressing information by portraying knowledge as evil. They are afraid of the repercussions of an educated populace.

thewaitersitsondown · Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 7:00 am Post subject:

And that, my friends, is why I love Sinfest.
Tat is back. Oh yeah.

Ekim · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 17 Location: Romania

Knowledge is power . Power corrupts . Study hard , be evil .
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Idlethought · Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 12:09 pm Post subject:

Seems to me like Tat has alot of issues with religion
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WheelsOfConfusion · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 11145 Location: Unknown Kaddath

Because we all know that Seymour is representative of religion instead of loony fanboys.

Idlethought · Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 1:13 pm Post subject:

Well religion and loony fanboys
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Fhqwhgads · Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 1337 Location: sfcaus

rafaelvva · Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Posts: 33

somehow I liked the strip better when it didn't had all this anti-church stuff so strong in it.... when it was simply designed to be funny....

I don't know... I hate political\religious\etc stuff I guess...

Sojobo · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 2393

I do not think Tat has issues with religion, at least no more or larger issues than most reasonable people should have.

The last few strips lambasted religious leaders who demand payment from their flocks in exchange for a bill of salvation. I think we would have a near-consensus that such practices are bad.

This strip mocks people who deliberately choose ignorance. For Seymour this is because his zeal blinds and deafens him, but it applies to non-religious people as well.

In both cases, it is clear Tat has problems with specific kinds of people who are often linked with religion, not with religion itself. I think his very respectful and often insightful treatment of the God character makes this quite clear.
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PsycoMonkey · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 447

i think tat reads the forums for ideas...cuz didnt we say something about knowledge being something special or whatever in one of these threads or something?

shekron · Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 6

Seymore is meant to ridicule the hypocricy, corruption and general faults of what we see in religion. The comic is not saying that religion is corrupted, it is saying that people (and the devil for that matter) are corrupt and take advantage of religion for their own benefit and glory, or are just too obsessed and criticaly zealous to see what's really supposed to be done (Seymore)
It is these guys who twist things to their own liking or abuse their power, disregarding the truth of faith; which makes God's way look really bad to everyone who sees it.
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Drui · Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 541 Location: 'Jersey :}

I don't think Tatsuya's against religion. Two of his coolest characters are deities. I think Tatsuya does not like all the dogma... In which case, I strongly agree with him. Smile

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The Victim Here · Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 4:15 pm Post subject:

WANT SOME KNOWLEDGE!?
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PsycoMonkey · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 447