No child's behind left

And thanks again for bringing these old comics here, brings back memories of thumbing through them on snow days when I was a kid.

My brother was a collector and my dad brought bags of comic books home - nothing religious though, we were an evil atheist family.

And I never had any idea that "CCD" stood for Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. <shudder>

Were they really being impartial, or do they mean Catholic doctrine?

...but I'm pretty sure it was specifically the Catholic take on Christianity.

Yes, yes of course they are.

I mean, theirs is truly a model democratic organization with all Catholics voting for their pope, for instance.

...Truly Christian™ world are completely democratic."



Where?...just where... do you insert the smiley?

The guy in the blue suit and red bow tie (bottom panel, second last page) even seems to be able to keep a straight face while he utters this tripe.

What do they think "completely democratic" means?
What are we supposed to understand what it means, as it is used above?

I'm not going to ask what they might mean by Truly Christian™. I have heard enough stories about sad choirboys and blind bishops.

And WTF, talk about a brobdingnagian bureaucracy...

Congregation of Indulgences...
National Catholic Rural Life Conference...
National Center of Confraternity...
Parish Parent-Educator Club...
'The Fishers'...
'Discussion Club'...
National Catholic Welfare Conference...

Not to mention where it all this started...

The Confraternity of Christine Doctrine...

And this is just a list from a few pages of a cartoon!

Why do I get the feeling that Confraternity = Conformity, in the way it is presented above?

A Catholic shorthand to get all the Baptists out of the water and on their knees?

Or something more sinister? Maybe to create a "Truly Christian™ world"? Whatever that might mean.


Oh, and note to Jury, insert standard Safe Haven Disclaimer.... <here>

what a load!

"It's certainly working to put Catholic social principles into practice."



Yeah it's working GREAT as long as you're straight, cis, and opposed to all forms of contraception!

As Mark Twain wrote long ago, in the context of slavery: the Church has bitterly fought, or kept quiet, on just about every attempt to advance human social progress. Then, when society finally decides in favor of progress, the Church tries to hog the credit for it. And pretends it was in favor of that progress all along.

A hundred years from now, I'd guess the RCC will be trying to take credit for the women's rights movements, the gay rights movement, etc.

But probably not the New/Old Atheist Movement. Because we're just a bunch of abrasive assholes.

"One of Us, One of U, One of Us, One of Us"

I have to wonder how effective these were in indoctrinating kids, though. I was a Catholic altar boy who loved comics at one time, and if somebody gave me this comic book it would have quickly found its way into the nearest trash can.

Those comics are un-american