From this week's Christian snakeoil salesmen:

I have no problem with other people being religious. I don't have a problem with others trying to spread their beliefs. I don't even have a problem with them trying to swindle money for themselves in the name of their gods.
In fact, it can be a regular source of entertainment, as this week's ransom note of 'money-in-exchange-for-prayer' will show:

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"CHOOSE JESUS AND HEAVEN OR..." "SATAN AND ALL ETERNITY IN HELL"

Lyle Lovett as Joseph K. is having a real hard time wrestling with this one. Tough choice, I guess.
Nice suit, though.




This one is absolutely delightful.
—First off, the font used for 'LIFE' and 'DEATH' is clearly the same san-serif one used for LIFE magazine, subtly providing a classic Americana context.
—Secondly, in the first panel Hippy-Jesus is treated like a lowly intern, to be dismissed with a frown and a 'talk to the hand'.
—Thirdly, in the second panel the dialogue between the two is so incongruous, with O. Foolish sounding like a heaving-bossomed heroine from a Harlequin Romance, and Death sounding like a slightly annoyed cube-temp.
—And finally, the overall mix of eras presented is just charming. O. Foolish is clearly a businessman from the 50's (back when smoking at your desk was healthy for you), what with his fountain pen & bow tie , yet he's got a computer with a mouse and stereo speakers (the better for emailing Mrs. O. Foolish Man at home in the kitchen about going out bowling with his fellow Elks?).







This Return Card has a postmark to God, with instructions for him that rank up there at the "affix Extra Savings sticker to Return Card" level.
And I know God is everywhere, but I mean come on, these cards get sorted by the US Post at, like, 30 a second....is He really going to notice this?






And finally, I include the first page of their 4-page rambling only for the salutation. It is wonderfully direct and diffuse at once:

"WE HAVE SOME VERY GOOD NEWS FOR YOU."
"...THE GREATEST AND MOST WONDERFUL MONTHS OF YOUR LIFE."

Followed up with:

"Greetings in Jesus' Name to Someone Connected to this Address."


Heavenly.