Personally, I'd rather have not had Christ thrown into the script. It's too religiously specific. Faith is good and all, but I'd rather not read anything that even *remotely* resembles christian propaganda
From what I have been able to tell from his strips and writings Ralph's mentions of Christ in his works stem from a deep and sincere personal belief. Although I do not agree with him on every issue, he does have the right to express those views and beliefs in his writings and works. (As long as he is not preaching 'Death to the Unbeliever'.)
If you look at all of the Under the Lemon Tree strips there is a very strong undercurrent of Ralph's moral beliefs. While it is a comedy strip it has never been competely without this bedrock. Honestly, while the strip is very occasionally a little preachy I have never found it to be in anything other than good taste and low key in its religious aspect. The Shlockverse/Clown story arc has lead me to think about aspects of the spirit that I have not thought about before. While I am not yet ready to become a Christian, Episcopalian, or Catholic, Raph's works have made me think more about these sorts of things in the last two years than in the previous 38 of my life. Threads that I have been involved with in this forum and the Nip and Tuck forum have exposed me to a great bunch of people. And while these threads are normally fairly earth bound the few that have gone into the relm of the spirit have been interesting, engaging, and most of all civil.
I dunno, maybe I'm just too sensitive to it after being exposed to Jack Chick tracts.
As for Jack Chick. Please.. The guy is nothing more than a hatemonger pretending that he is a Christian. As best I can tell he no more represents the beliefs of the majority of Christians than Stalin does. Anyway there are Liberals that make ashamed of being a little left of center. They don't call it the lunatic fringe for nothing.
