Forget that. She wants a man who won’t stare at another woman’s breasts. Therefore she’s in every right. I know my special lady harmed me when I even said hello to my cousin….. All I did was hug her!
Has Joyce ever read the New Testament? Like, ever?
George
Given how extreme her beliefs are, I’d wager her minister’s the only one who even skimmed it. “Judge not” is kinda the red-headed stepchild of Jesus’ teachings among fundies.
I’d say pretty much anything from New Testament apart from “Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior” is unknown to fundies, but I don’t want to start a flame war.
Rayri
All I know is wear a hat in church, be quiet, and tear out your eyes if you feel lust! 😀
/flamewarbegins
Nah, both testaments are very…skimmed over, to say the least.
Is Hell actually in the Bible? I thought it just appeared in the supplementary material.
Andy
Jesus mentions it.
Bill M.
Not really. There’s a place of torment (Hades in the original Latin) in Jesus’ parable about Lazarus and the Nameless Rich Man (although it’s the only time someone in one of Jesus’ parables was named, so scholars debate whether it’s officially a parable). There’s also the pit in which The Beast and his False Prophet are going to be imprisoned in Revelation. Finally, there’s the Lake of Fire, with the capacity to destroy body and soul (you are a soul, you have a body).
Hell and Heaven is mentioned all throughout the Old and New testament, but in the Old testament it’s more accepted than explained. It’s hinted, but they generally assume you already know it’s around.
@TheSoundDefense
The Bible is very specific with judging people, who you can judge and how.
Christian people cannot judge outsiders, even though letting people know what you believe and why is completely acceptable. It is practically ground into you that you MUST judge your brothers and sisters in faith. Not publicly at first. You take them aside and talk to them privately. If they don’t listen, then you get a friend and face them again. If they still brush you off, you get a group of three people to tell him that what he/she is doing is wrong. If they still continue to do it, you meet him/her with the whole church, and if they still refuse you, they are kicked out. Churches are supposed to watch each other as well, to make sure they don’t stray. Unfortunately people don’t do this often anymore.
I dunno if anyone else is having this issue, but for me the homepage seems to be changing later and later. I got to this page through the Twitter link, and the homepage still shows “Drinks” to me.
Click T Campbell’s name, it’s the one on the upper left. A webcomic called Penny&Aggie. Fairly good story, but the cast is overlarge and some of the character design is less distinctive than it should be, IMO.
arjay2813
alicemacher’s avatar is the character lisa, and she’s awesome
The babies they make grow to be 50 feet tall and made of pure angst. Their fists? Skeleton armies. Their feet? Cheap Transfyrmers Knockoff Toys made of pure lead.
Grr, role reversal! Mike’s no longer a bastard, he’s just a violent guy. Where’s the cold, heartless soul-destroying? All he’s doing is breaking faces!
How so? I actually like this: it shows that, while she is still trying to hold onto what she learned at home, she is beginning to develop her own person. She may be a good religious girl, but she’s still a girl; Joe’s lucky she didn’t start punching him when he started talking about lust and staring at Connie.
Yeeeah, because allowing some guy to beat the hell out of another is a perfectly religious thing to do. How would she react if he punched out Mike in self defence? Get all preachy and self righteous? Nah, this really makes Joyce unlikable to me, and has huge double standards.
Wait, she’s still a girl and this makes wanting to beat someone up totally justifiable because them womens are just like that when they feel jealous? Thinking it’s acceptable to violently assault someone for looking at another woman isn’t some kind of malfunction in Joyce that she needs to get over before someone presses charges, but just part and parcel of being female and nobody should expect any better from her?
Wow.
Doom Shepherd
I believe the PC thing to say is “you just have to understand the roots of ‘Female Rage.'”
That phrase gets tossed around a lot during riots and looting, so I figure it must be acceptable in these circumstances as well.
Joyce was cute and interesting initially, but yeah… she’s just getting psycho. Honestly, best way to resolve this all is to have Sal drag her out for a crash course in modern social standards.
Or do they have an AA (“Amish Anonymous”) group on campus?
143 thoughts on “Bliss”
Rognik
No, Joyce! Stay good!
Lan Mikoto
Forget that. She wants a man who won’t stare at another woman’s breasts. Therefore she’s in every right. I know my special lady harmed me when I even said hello to my cousin….. All I did was hug her!
Crimson Magic
Sounds like a very healthy relationship!
Tristan J
Your avatar makes that even funnier.
The E-man
Lan, here’s a website you might be interested in:
http://theabusedhusband.com/
MJ
Your special lady is in the wrong and you are encouraging her.
David Herbert
But Joe getting punched for leering is good.
XMD
Has Joyce ever read the New Testament? Like, ever?
George
Given how extreme her beliefs are, I’d wager her minister’s the only one who even skimmed it. “Judge not” is kinda the red-headed stepchild of Jesus’ teachings among fundies.
ADHadh
I’d say pretty much anything from New Testament apart from “Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior” is unknown to fundies, but I don’t want to start a flame war.
Rayri
All I know is wear a hat in church, be quiet, and tear out your eyes if you feel lust! 😀
/flamewarbegins
Nah, both testaments are very…skimmed over, to say the least.
Pooga
What, you mean this New Testament?
captainswift
Walky really is having the best day ever.
Mkvenner
At least two people are have a good evening.
Ragnal
Yeah, that reminds me: I could only eat forty five McNuggest last week when I ordered those.
It did NOT help I ordered a double cheeseburgers and fries. BLEH…gonna be a while before I order nuggets again…
TC Internet
Daggone… I’m not sure why, but I’ve never laughed harder at anything you’ve drawn. Best punchline ever.
Jon
Was there PUNch intended there?
Jimmy Suzuki
Punchline in the FAAAACE
alicemacher
It appears the strength of Mike’s punches is directly proportional to the amount of lust Joe is feeling.
Teowulf
Walky’s night reminds me of so many of my college nights.
arjay2813
Yessss Joyce. use the power of the dark side. >=D
valis_kr3
She’s very fickle.
Scott
Joyce: tough on lust, light on assault.
The E-man
if we’re going with sins it probably should be:
“tough on lust, light on wrath”
addude
Lucky Walky when I ordered 40 mcnuggets I got home to find they only gave me 20
Schornforce
You should have specified that you wanted them all at once!
TheSoundDefense
Remember, punishing sinners with physical violence isn’t a sin!
…that’s how it works, right?
maggiemarmalade
For the Bible tells me so.
Malph
That reminds me, I need to play Bioshock again.
Seraph
Three words: Sodom and Gomorrah. Two words: The Flood. Last word: Hell.
Rowen Morland
Is Hell actually in the Bible? I thought it just appeared in the supplementary material.
Andy
Jesus mentions it.
Bill M.
Not really. There’s a place of torment (Hades in the original Latin) in Jesus’ parable about Lazarus and the Nameless Rich Man (although it’s the only time someone in one of Jesus’ parables was named, so scholars debate whether it’s officially a parable). There’s also the pit in which The Beast and his False Prophet are going to be imprisoned in Revelation. Finally, there’s the Lake of Fire, with the capacity to destroy body and soul (you are a soul, you have a body).
Madness
@Bill M.
Hell and Heaven is mentioned all throughout the Old and New testament, but in the Old testament it’s more accepted than explained. It’s hinted, but they generally assume you already know it’s around.
@TheSoundDefense
The Bible is very specific with judging people, who you can judge and how.
Christian people cannot judge outsiders, even though letting people know what you believe and why is completely acceptable. It is practically ground into you that you MUST judge your brothers and sisters in faith. Not publicly at first. You take them aside and talk to them privately. If they don’t listen, then you get a friend and face them again. If they still brush you off, you get a group of three people to tell him that what he/she is doing is wrong. If they still continue to do it, you meet him/her with the whole church, and if they still refuse you, they are kicked out. Churches are supposed to watch each other as well, to make sure they don’t stray. Unfortunately people don’t do this often anymore.
Wolf
Wow, I never knew Joyce could be so malicious. Poor Joe may be a manwhore, but I still feel bad for him right now!
MJ
I’m hoping he gets to make out with a sympathetic conquest as a result. Poor Joe.
T Campbell
I dunno if anyone else is having this issue, but for me the homepage seems to be changing later and later. I got to this page through the Twitter link, and the homepage still shows “Drinks” to me.
Kamino Neko
It’s the universe balancing it out for the people who have that problem on P&A. >_>
Coppermouth
My friend and I have had that problem too, in increasing amounts lately.
T Campbell
Who knows if all this trouble will make Joe give up on Joyce, or want her more.
alicemacher
I think we both know the answer to that. XD
Mirenheart
What is your avatar from?
Viktoria
Click T Campbell’s name, it’s the one on the upper left. A webcomic called Penny&Aggie. Fairly good story, but the cast is overlarge and some of the character design is less distinctive than it should be, IMO.
arjay2813
alicemacher’s avatar is the character lisa, and she’s awesome
Black Bumblebee
…and in a strange twist of fate, Joyce’s trip to dark side ends with her falling in love with Mike lol
Nei
That fourth panel really makes them look like a couple, doesn’t it?
XMD
The babies they make grow to be 50 feet tall and made of pure angst. Their fists? Skeleton armies. Their feet? Cheap Transfyrmers Knockoff Toys made of pure lead.
MercyDispensorMan
Joe should’ve listened to Optimus Prime and just gotten McNuggets. Booyah!
Jeff K
This is really making Joyce totally unlikable. Grrr, what a jerk.
XMD
Grr, role reversal! Mike’s no longer a bastard, he’s just a violent guy. Where’s the cold, heartless soul-destroying? All he’s doing is breaking faces!
Xartarin
I think Mike has precedent for beating up people because a girl wants him to, actually.
Jason
This Mike is young. He hasn’t yet mastered the fine art of soul-destroying. That’s why he’s in college. His major is Soul Destruction.
JackNapier
How so? I actually like this: it shows that, while she is still trying to hold onto what she learned at home, she is beginning to develop her own person. She may be a good religious girl, but she’s still a girl; Joe’s lucky she didn’t start punching him when he started talking about lust and staring at Connie.
Jeff K
Yeeeah, because allowing some guy to beat the hell out of another is a perfectly religious thing to do. How would she react if he punched out Mike in self defence? Get all preachy and self righteous? Nah, this really makes Joyce unlikable to me, and has huge double standards.
laila
Wait, she’s still a girl and this makes wanting to beat someone up totally justifiable because them womens are just like that when they feel jealous? Thinking it’s acceptable to violently assault someone for looking at another woman isn’t some kind of malfunction in Joyce that she needs to get over before someone presses charges, but just part and parcel of being female and nobody should expect any better from her?
Wow.
Doom Shepherd
I believe the PC thing to say is “you just have to understand the roots of ‘Female Rage.'”
That phrase gets tossed around a lot during riots and looting, so I figure it must be acceptable in these circumstances as well.
MJ
Not seconded…
MJ
Seconded!
Crimson Magic
Joe hasn’t stared at anyone’s breasts. Mike just said that so he could punch Joe some more.
Crimson Magic
Also, the lust? Joyce brought that up.
Kavonde
I was initially kind of surprised at Joyce, and then I remembered the time she blew her clone’s brains out for being a little slutty.
NF
I’m trying to imagine what Joe and Sarah will say to each other the next time they meet.
“Why didn’t you warn me about Joyce!?!”
“I did warn you!”
“You didn’t tell me she is insane!”
JackNapier
Yeesh. Joe’s face is going to be a bloody mess before the evening’s over, isn’t it?
Oh, I’m sorry. I meant Joe’s FAAACE.
TheAlucinaut
This strip is perfect.
ScytheAkse
joyce is freaking vindictive!!! and totally agree with the new testament comment above me somewhere. some christian.
goatman95111
Joyce was cute and interesting initially, but yeah… she’s just getting psycho. Honestly, best way to resolve this all is to have Sal drag her out for a crash course in modern social standards.
Or do they have an AA (“Amish Anonymous”) group on campus?
Björn
Sal needs to jump in through the window RIGHT NOW. 🙂
ScytheAkse
sal?
brasca1
I’m curious about Mike’s strength. Joe’s a big guy and Mike doesn’t have any super powers so I chalk it up to one too many sucker punches.
Malph
Mike’s powers are multiversal.
Pagannerd