Because it isn’t a sin. It is a way of life these days. Laugh at them, ignore them, satirize their ignorance for giggles but you don’t have to accept them at all.
I thought they gave up the confessionals years ago for some kind of sit-down with the priest? I wouldn’t know. Haven’t confessed to anything in fifty years.
I could be misinterpreting but it looks like Rat is standing outside the booth. (And it looks like it is indeed a full booth, not the screen-and-kneeler open-air setup that churches built in the last 25 years or so seem to prefer.)
Father O’Shaugnessy had to hear confessions while the Notre Dame vs. Army football game was going. Undaunted, he hit upon the idea of streaming the game on his phone with the ear buds.
One of the parishoners leaving commented “I wonder what the priest was thinking today.”
“Oh? Why is that?” asked another.
“Instead of 10 Hail Marys he gave me a 15-yard penalty!”
BE THIS GUY about 1 month ago
Rat, your penance is to avoid any contact with sentient creatures for the rest of your life (that includes some plants).
Bilan about 1 month ago
His penance is to write “Not everybody is a stupid moron”, 100 times. The Bart Simpson clause.
Wilde Bill about 1 month ago
There is not enough “Hail Mary”s in the world for that.
BasilBruce about 1 month ago
God grant me the serenity to accept those who cannot think, the patience to teach those who can, and the ability to tell them apart.
Firebat about 1 month ago
Boy! That bring back memories I had forgotten for a long time now.
carlsonbob about 1 month ago
Maybe if he offered enough money.
Imagine about 1 month ago
It’s hard to not let them get to you.
Jesy Bertz Premium Member about 1 month ago
Serenity Now!
lavender headgear about 1 month ago
Rat is Catholic? Who was in the confessional, Cardinal RATzinger?
Jml58 about 1 month ago
There has to room for the idiots, otherwise we good people would have nothing to compare ourselves to.
Robin Harwood about 1 month ago
I’d forgive you, Rat. And give you £1 from the poor box.
iggyman about 1 month ago
Rat, I do not think you went there with a contrite spirit!
davidob about 1 month ago
Good luck with that.
rshive about 1 month ago
Rat is overcome with self-justification.
James Wolfenstein about 1 month ago
Because that’s not a sin :D
Count Olaf Premium Member about 1 month ago
Because it isn’t a sin. It is a way of life these days. Laugh at them, ignore them, satirize their ignorance for giggles but you don’t have to accept them at all.
robcarroll1213 about 1 month ago
It’s the idiots that bother me more than the stupid morons. Well, on Thursdays.
jel354 about 1 month ago
At least Rat is trying to turn over a new leaf.
phritzg Premium Member about 1 month ago
Then the priest told Rat to love the poorly educated and sold him a Bible.
Goat from PBS about 1 month ago
That doesn’t seem very Christian… the third panel, that is.
SquidGamerGal about 1 month ago
Sheez… Feels like people are less forgiving and understanding these days.
Ellis97 about 1 month ago
Rat’s sins are being a narcissistic brat, freeloading, putting people down, and just being a terrible rodent being in general.
well-i-never about 1 month ago
I thought they gave up the confessionals years ago for some kind of sit-down with the priest? I wouldn’t know. Haven’t confessed to anything in fifty years.
monya_43 about 1 month ago
We are supposed to pray for our enemies. YIKES!! I fail at that one, but . . . Good Lord have mercy on us all! Bless their heart!
uniquename about 1 month ago
“My son”?!
elgrecousa Premium Member about 1 month ago
I actually sympathize with how Rat feels this time.
DaBump Premium Member about 1 month ago
Eh, it’s a start, right?
Queen of America about 1 month ago
I wouldn’t be, either.
Out of the Past about 1 month ago
The funniest part of this is a rat going to confession. You can fill in your own joke after that.
hoffquotes2 about 1 month ago
Isn’t that against church policy
John Jorgensen about 1 month ago
I could be misinterpreting but it looks like Rat is standing outside the booth. (And it looks like it is indeed a full booth, not the screen-and-kneeler open-air setup that churches built in the last 25 years or so seem to prefer.)
Dapperdan61 Premium Member about 1 month ago
Rat is never getting into Heaven with his attitude
RitaGB about 1 month ago
Go, and sin no more.
Major Matt Mason Premium Member about 1 month ago
“Cast in the name of God Ye not Guilty”
hooglah about 1 month ago
I never thought I would completely identify with a cartoon character but this one I do. I guess I will not be forgiven either, but that’s life.
zeexenon about 1 month ago
Father Mulcahy was mashed, smashed, insulted, and fit to be tied.
curtlyon19 about 1 month ago
I get it. when they were testing atomic bombs in the U.S., the ‘church’ reacted by rescinding the no meat on Fridays rule
Tales of the Boojum Premium Member about 1 month ago
“Nolite te b*stardes carborundorum.” It’s in Latin; it must be in the Bible.
Packratjohn Premium Member about 1 month ago
Now go forth and pun no more…
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member about 1 month ago
That Sure works for me!
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] about 1 month ago
As the woman on a diet once said—“Bless me,Father,for I have thinned”.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] about 1 month ago
Alfred Hitchcock’s I CONFESS was one of his lousiest movies
Scott S about 1 month ago
Father O’Shaugnessy had to hear confessions while the Notre Dame vs. Army football game was going. Undaunted, he hit upon the idea of streaming the game on his phone with the ear buds.
One of the parishoners leaving commented “I wonder what the priest was thinking today.”
“Oh? Why is that?” asked another.
“Instead of 10 Hail Marys he gave me a 15-yard penalty!”
Gordo4ever about 1 month ago
Gordo4ever less than a minute agoThis is my 16 year old grand-daughter, newly minted driver, aka “Road Rage”. : )
pearlyqim about 1 month ago
I forgive you, Rat!
drtodd12 about 1 month ago
Just noticed that Pig is always watching a wooden console TV.
Walter Kocker Premium Member about 1 month ago
Cartoon’s simple: Rat was defenestrated because he interfered with the Church’s scam.
eddi-TBH about 1 month ago
I try to think well of my fellow riders on this rock. But some of them make it harder to do than it should be.
Wizard4168 about 1 month ago
Curse you, Pastis! Stop making me agree with Rat.
Ralph Hapschatt about 1 month ago
So since his sins were not forgiven, the idiots have won…
gmu328 about 1 month ago
surprise rat didn’t say, “of course, he’s an idiot, too”
alantain about 1 month ago
That’s because letting idiots get to you isn’t a sin. It’s a constant.
davemuth about 1 month ago
He will never be able to forgive himself.