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Truth For Youth - Pluralism. Comic #13. Art by Tim Todd - © 2004 Revival Fire
Pluralism - Truth For Youth #13 (PLUR)
Art by Tim Todd - © 2004 Revival Fire Ministries
Tommy, Angelique and Rashad are attending the funeral of the recently departed friend Dylan. They are greatly troubled by the plethora of different religions they see on display at the service and use the opportunity to attempt to correct Chill and their science teacher Mr. Witski.
First Published: January 29th, 2018
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Religious tolerance will make your child a drug addict. Got it. But, wait...what about Tim Todd's alleged life of debauchery? Who the fuck are these dudes? "Big Bro-ster in the sky, bro!" Tim Todd is clearly down with his fellow kids. Guys, how about you save the trash-talk for after the funeral? |
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It would have been far less offensive if they had set this at a regular old church service instead of a funeral. But I suppose they needed a reason for all of our "heroes" to be present at such a secular function in the first place. |
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As much as Tim Todd clearly wants us to hate this "Bro" character, I hate Tim Todd even more for inflicting him on us. |
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"Oh, hey, it's our science teacher..." What a completely non-plussed way of introducing a character out of the blue. |
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Oh dear God, I just realized: This is supposed to be some sort of reunion comic. We have Angelique from "Born That Way," Tommy and Mr. Witski from "Bibles Not Bullets," and Rashad from "Someone's Making A Monkey Out of You." Why? Was there really a demand for this? I'm kind of disappointed the dead kid isn't Benny, corrupted forever from attending that Madonna Dahmer concert... |
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So, one religion says one thing, another religion says this other thing...why should I buy one over the other? And also, a yam is probably more enlightened than these eejits. |
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I'll say, so now Yoga is one of the "teachings of demons?" Is this 1690's Salem or something? |
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Actually, at least in the south, you get a fair number of people worried that yoga is “unchristian,” if not in the demonic realm of, say, Ouiji Boards (or D&D…) Actually, some people seem to worry about that for anything “Eastern”- I pass a “Christian Martial Arts” place on my way to school. It’s weird. |
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I think she's turning into one of the Greys... |
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The art style has taken a serious dip in quality compared to the other Truth for Youth comics. That may explain why it took you so long to recognize the characters from the other comics. They look almost nothing like themselves. |
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So Lewis' Trilemma can be thoroughly disregarded - see here - but let's ignore that for a moment and just focus on how utterly brainwashed everyone looks. Any second now they're going to start speaking in unison. |
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Yes, all of this religious babble and talk about demons and having these kids staring at me with those faces would send me running for the hills. |
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This tract pissed me off. How did Tim Todd and Co. think that anything in here would make Christianity look appealing? I mean, even if you believe that any deviation from fundie Christianity is a one way ticket to the Lake-O-Fire, surely most people would have enough sense and empathy to not spout off at the funeral of a person who clearly did not share those beliefs. So if the point of this comic was to portray Christians as insensitive asshats - well done, Tim Todd. Well done. |
Further Reading ⇑
- Product page at Revival Fire Ministries
- ⚜ Vintage Page
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