Well, someoe was writing about Christianity and that (s)he takes it seriously,
then the response was: "Why so serious?"

So I dared to suggest that others would think -as I did- that it is logical to consider it was about Christianity.... Taking a webcomic seriously -until is's your job- is at least a problem.

Anyway, I have to re-realize that misunderstanding and vanity is inevitable in any forums...

Fare thee well

I wonder, were people this up in arms when this comic came out?

One thing no one has noticed, Where does their magic come from? If they are priestess generally that means a god has to grant them magical powers... So A) there is a bunny god and thus hilariaty or Whatever the deity/deities that rule the world, they enjoying screwin with these folks.

Maybe the human Sisters are initiates, like converts, and the elf Sisters are the 'true' Bunnists?

And like everyone else, quite bitching about the religion, this is probably one of the most mild probes at any religion I've ever heard, and hell Richard is just pissed about not being the god... and the fact that their creation story ends with "On the seventh day, he had a carrot. It was good." I'm all for putting a bee in a religious person's panties but it's a web comic, c'mon guys. It doesn't matter what they say, funny is funny, and they are justified in saying what ever they damn well want to.

Anyway, yeah... I'm surprised that the Bloodrage look so shocked. You'd think that after years of fighting them they'd have figured some of this out... maybe that's why they attacked the sister's in the first place...

Eh, only reason I popped in and posted a warning is because....well, I've been a mod on another site for longer than some of you have been alive (almost a decade) and I have yet to see a detailed discussion about religion and personal beliefs that didn't end in large amounts of flaming, trolling, and bans.
Sad, but true; religion is one of those subjects that should be discussed, but we don't allow it anymore because of the above reason. It always ends badly.

I also agree about the "micromanaging" comment Jonath made. I find it very hard to believe that any supreme being (who may or may not exist) would take such an extreme personal interest in any of us. As a whole, maybe, but not as individuals. It would be like one of us asking a single ant how its day went and going out of our way to either punish it for not doing its share of colony work or giving it an extra grain of food for being a model citizen.

When you look at a lot of religions objectively, quite a lot of them make you say "WTF?"
Toss in the fact that we're talking about a bunny in this case, and it's just funny.

I'm wondering why anyone is getting up in arms just because of a resemblance to some creation myth to begin with. To paraphrase the MST3K mantra, "It's just a webcomic, I should really just relax."

I would not think so, or they would have made their statues of the Archmage, not the bunny... and no carrots would have been involved. No matter how good they are.

At least with the bunny god you know there will be no silliness about immaculate conception.

THANK YOU! I think we have agreed twice now Jonath.

Lets just take it for what it is. A joke, and move on.

the only thing i wish is that it had the bloodrage laughing and whispering, can you believe that they worship a bunny?! everyone knows the world was created by (insert equally funny bloodrage deity here)...oh, and i too would like to know what's going on with pella...i hope they're not going to replace her with the blue chick...

If my short time on these forums mean anything, then this might very well be a sign of the apocalypse.

I really do wonder how much the archmage has to do with this bunny related religion. You suppose that the religion spawned from his previous meddling? Or does he just use the bunny form to take advantage of their beliefs? I'm sorta thinking the former, considering all of the so called 'mistubishi' symbols that are similair to what we've seen on the felbunny.

Also, I wonder what the archmage's 'true' form is, assuming he has one. It seems to be common belief that it's the archmage form, but who's to say that isn't just another guise. For we know, his bunny form could be the true form.

I wouldn't mind Tahv'raay joining the group...

fine, but not at the expense of pella...i cheer for short chicks...cause i am one...

Not to insult, but you're wrong. In Norse religion/mythology, Odin created the world using his grandfather's corpse.

Grotesque, but it's in the books.

With all the bunny god worship, I just assumed they were a celebate congregation that worshiped the symbol for all the hot passionate kinky bunny sex they would never have.

you know me and my mate made a religion called bunnyism when we were in highschool.
it was spawned from an argument with a religion teacher.
she said because we were catholic we had to attend mass.
we didn't agree.
then we read about how any one could create a religion.
so we decided to make the most ridiculous religion ever and say we followed it to piss of the religion teachers.
we named it bunnyism.
in which the cosmic flea exploded at the dawn of creation [ie the big bang] and went around absorbing solar systems back into himself till he became a singularity.
and the giant bunny would herald the return of the cosmic flea.
don't ask.
we were both really high.
surprisingly we got nearly half the class to follow it. [as a joke]
and we managed to REALLY piss the RE teachers off.
we still had to go to mass tho :/

When I say world I meant it in the philosophical sense. World meaning not just Earth but all of Creation. In Norse Religion the Norse Gods were created after the start of the Universe. I'm a little foggy on the details but I'm fairly certain the first being was either an enormous Frost Giant or a cow.

I'am currently laughing my ass off at the Bloodrage's expressions and I must agree with Richard, needs more epic battles with lots of fwooshing

Just wait a bit till they get to their version of Exodus wherein the Bunny God tells them its okay to slaughter the Bloodrage and Trolls if they try to keep them from their land. Lots of battles there.

Hello there.

So I'm a devout Christian. The, in training to be a pastor, type devout Christian. I'm also a long time reader of Looking For Group.

Today I read the strip and this was my first reaction:

HAH!

It's important to know that not every Christian will be offended by this. In fact, it's my personal belief most won't be. Most will be indifferent. Quite a few will laugh as I did. And then a small minority who for various reasons are insecure in their faith will be offended and scream loudly over it.

The small minority is usually the loudest, and therefore the most visible. This doesn't mean they should represent a group though. No matter what religion, group, organization, or any other gathering of large people you look at, I guarantee there will always be a small portion making the large portion look like idiots.

Today's strip is funny. Honestly it is.

I have no fear that any comment it may or may not be making on any religion has any real worth or threat to said religions. It took a few lines, and changed it slightly for comedic affect. I think it worked nicely too.


I don't even truly believe this is a shot AT any particular religion as being suggested. I believe a joke was scripted, a real world religion was to be used, and sensibly for that joke to actually pay off and the vast majority of the audience who falls into a certain demographic to get it, these particular lines were the obvious choice. If the creation story from a tribal group in africa had been used, it wouldn't have had the same effect. On the other hand, the vast majority of LFG's audience probably has some familiarity with Christianity/Judaism/Islam, and so the joke was further understood.

So I guess my overall point is, the suggestion that religious people will get mad if their faith is criticized isn't necessarily true. And it's hard to find a person who hasn't ever taken criticism over something they care about badly at least once in life.

I just thought I'd use my "Advice for WoW Trade Chat" here:

1. Don't feed the trolls. It only encourages them.
2. Politics, religion, babies, etc are subjects that will only end in pain.

And, well, everyone seems fairly well-spoken, so I'll leave out the Grammar Nazi parts. But those two rules have always served me well in avoiding flame wars. Before anyone gets offended, I'm not saying anyone is trolling specifically. It's just good advice.

Beautifully said canterrain

Except scientology...
The loud and also idiotic percentage of those are still coincidentally the majority...
Heck maybe even the totality.
But they are Probably the exception to the rule

Win. Total.


Again, win. And welcome.

I cannot take any religion seriously that was started by a science fiction author as a lark. That is my personal opinion only, and is not necessarily shared by the majority of the inhabitants of planet Earth.

I think most of us are agreed, the page is funny. I think most of us agree, it is not aimed at any one, specific religion. I think the majority of us also agree that Richard is win (fictional character, with fictional characteristics, in a fictional reality).

I think I'll go check on dinner. TTFN, my droogs.

A religion is only as bad or good as its followers. Unfortunately Scientology is comprised mostly of aimless yuppies seeking some meaning to their existence with too much money and time and Actors and Actresses who just want to use it to gain more power and influence.
While Scientology is obviously wrong in its beliefs the same can be said of almost any religion if you look at it objectively and consider the facts. Scientology just sort of stands out as really, really dumb.

I just want to say thank you. While on the internet, you tend to see a lot of overly zealous idiots. Being agnostic myself, I'll admit I tend to have a negative impression of Christians. And even though I know that not all Christians are like that, it's really good to actually see one come and speak intelligently, especially from a self-referred devout christian. So yeah, you've earned a good deal of respect from me already.

I wonder if its significant that they used "blessed one" instead of God for most of the lines.

how;d i know this become a relgion based topic... anyways.. cant say i liked the update... kinda felt just like a "filler"

Or a beginning. The Archmage may soon be revealed, and we may even see The Great Bunny take some action, too.

Perhaps. But it was filler with purpose. A Richard joke+plot bits, if you will. Pella is missing, we have confirmed human sisters left, and a pretty good idea they don't worship the AM directly.

The last three pages have been filler. At least this filler is entertaining.

Its all been entertaining in my opinion.

Oh, and Canterrain: Thank you very much for reminding that most religious people are very reasonable. Really. Good to see some reason +1 experience point.

So... the bunny... does it know he's a god for the sisters?

mhm thts true. the words he soon will speak should prove entertaining

I'm an extremely serious Christian too, and I see where you're coming from, but... nonetheless, this instant conclusion that Sohmer is mocking Christianity seems far-fetched to me. Genesis is a well-known creation story and so he saw fit to pay homage to it, just as he has done with other well-known works like LOTR and Star Wars on multiple occasions. If you think that the other homages were all due to a lack of talent and were clearly mocking the original works in a pejorative sense, then I can sort of understand your angle, but I doubt that this was his intent.

I didn't get the idea that Richard was mocking the cult because their creation story is Genesis-esque, just that he was mocking the cult because--well, because they worship a rabbit.

And also, he's probably still just irritated that they're not worshiping HIM.

Re: canterrain.
That is awesome; rock on, amen, and preach on, my brother!
My sentiments exactly. *applause*

XD AT EVERYONE'S FACE IN THE SECOND TO LAST PANEL!!! HAHAHHAHAHAH!!!!!

(and now I am tempt to turn parts of it into a icon...oy.)

All I have to say is: You get a cookie.


I was really expecting trouble over this page. Thanks for proving me wrong, everyone.
I love this forum and all who inhabit it.

Except the spammers. Spammers need to DIE.

Ah Richard always one to lighten my mood =w=.

I appluade this forum for not exploding the moment this comic came out.
Tolanrence is so hard to find on the web, regarding certain matters.
AND FINALLY I FOUND A CHRISTIAN ON THE WEB THAT IS ISNT TOUCHY AT ALL. Starting to think there were none on the web, glad you proved me wrong.
Respect to you Canterrain.
Also love the Wtf faces of everyone XD!

Hold on,

supremely powerful individual posing as a god to prepare people for a massive war that is to come...


... are we in Babylon 5 suddenly?

I like how everyone except cale looks kinda shocked.
Cale's just like "Yup, shoulda seen it comming." He's getting used to Richard's ways, lol.

LMAO!!!


That is very awesome, and I'm very glad you shared it. I love learning interesting things like this.
(EDIT: This also reminds though... How many people have seen the South Park Easter episode? LMAO!!!)


The below quote was in response to canterrain:

Kudos from my Atheist self to DFlame and to canterrain and anyone who agrees with them.

See, not all Atheists are a-holes who go and insult people just because they believe in whatever religion.
(Well except Scientology, I reserve the right to poke fun at that anytime with or without reason. lol)

Like DFlame, I respect people for who they are and how they present themselves, not based on what they believe or don't believe. I may have strong opinions about religion and have strong reasons for not having religion, but I'm not going to go hate someone just for being religious, just the same as canterrain isn't hating this page because it could be construed as an insult to his(?) faith.

And just in case anyone is curious, I don't mind sharing (even if its unwelcome), I just believe in humanity and the good that is in each person, even if that goodness is dormant and hidden beneath pain, hate and sorrow. I have faith in my own willpower and strength of mind and body and if there is something I cannot achieve alone then I know that there is help to be found from good people. And that as long as there is goodness in this world then life is worth living.

Now back to levity! I still think Richard should be god... Even Richard has some good in him, we've already seen the proof of that. Yay to the hidden inner goodness that is Di-- ... um... Richard... hehehe.

go Arch Bunny if he did create the world though.
When i first read da page i was freeked out by the mother i thought she was looking at my mouse cursor... untill i moved it that was XD
btw can i join that religion i rekon its part of the religion to have a carrot on da sundays lmao i luv carrots.
am just an athiest exept i say oh my god and i do pray-ish like oh god give me the strength but non-the-less i would join freelancersif i wasnt a female.

I did not notice until you pointed it out! That is friggin' cute!

i swear, matron needs to stop reading richards chat bubbles.

and move back away from him unless she plan to steal bunny from him..

K so this page made ma an official Richard fan girl lol, and I love the bunny!!!!!!!!!

Welcome to the forum Elle.
I think the Matron's magical perception abilities allows her to see speech bubbles, its the only way to explain her weird cross-eyed look.

Maybe she's blind, and thinks Richard is taller than he really is.

Or she's just a senile Old Blue Hag.

oh thanks for not notacing what i wrote

im also surpised he didnt freak out about the bunny...

Ah, so the sisters in the old version of the robes did not change. Interesting, very interesting indeed.
I wonder if the short yoda-like male mages turned into the tall female mages... But why did they become/was changed into males for/in the exile if that's the case?

If it's not, did some of the pink-skinned sisters change into blue-skinned and some did not?
Does skin colour reflect a role, or a caste?
Or do they simply have different species or ethnic groups among them?

Heh, this page answered one question I had - and set off a dozen new ones.


Hmm, I wonder if Koyata Iwasaki was the Matron's mate and co-ruler long ago...



I still think Jade Rabbit/Great Hare (or whatever he's called in the LFG-verse) is the true form of Felbunny/the archmage btw.