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Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

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The post can be a single image, an image gallery, or a link to a specific comic hosted on another site (the author's website, for instance).
The comic must be a complete story.
If it is an external link, it must be to a specific story, not to the root of the site.
You may post comics from others or your own.
If you are posting a comic of your own, a maximum of one per week is allowed (I know, your comics are great, but this rule helps avoid spam).
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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

OK, maybe I missed the memo on that as I keep seeing it as a go to to show that "belief is stupid" , or that "religion is dumb", which there are far better story picks to show.

Cause the comic here making Job's faith about protecting his family is not what Bible Job would pray for. But I'm probably putting too much into a cute little gotcha! comic for anti-thiests.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Except that's literally what the story says that Job would pray for:

Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom. Job 1:5b, NIV

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

His sons used to hold feasts in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5 When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.

Makes it seem more of a following their birthday feast custom than an everyday habit in context.

A response to feared decadence than a main goal of keeping family safe.