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Don’t Tell Lies

don't tell lies

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Con: Nim, buddy! Look at you! You've lost all your extra weight!

Con: That church diet plan really did the job!
Nim: I know! I lost 75 pounds!

Con: 75 pounds? That sounds like a whopper.

Nim: Nope. Whoppers aren't allowed on this diet.

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Diet Is Working

diet comic strip

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Con: Have you been going to the diet classes at church?
Nim: Yep, for about a week.

Con: Well, I can tell it's working.
Nim: REALLY??!!!

Nim: I must look fantastic!!! I knew the diet was working, but I had no idea you'd see such a big difference in so short a time. Look at you, you can't keep your eyes off me! I must really be fabulous!

Con: A little compliment goes a long way with Nim.
Nim: Who's got a camera? Someon needs to get a picture of me...quick!

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Is Being Overweight A Sin?

diet comic

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Nim: Why am I on this stupid diet? It's not like it's a sin or anything to be fat!

Abby: No, it's not a sin, but it might show ingratitude to God for his sacred gift of life.

Abby: Plus, our bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit and should be kept as pure as possible.

Nim: Don't argue with me today, fuzzball! I may be small, but I'm hungry!

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Getting Serious About A Diet

diet cartoon

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Nim: I've been kidding myself, but now I'm serious about my diet.

Nim: I don't want others judging me and thinking I'm just a fatso.

Con: And they shouldn't. Jesus teaches us in the Parable of the Weeds that we shouldn't judge the "Good Seed" from the "Weeds." All judgment should be left to God.

Nim: That might be helpful if I was eating seeds. But what I need is a diet food that doesn't taste like feet!

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Starting A Diet

starting a diet

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Abby: Looks like you have to diet, Nim.
Nim: Way ahead of you. I already started.

Abby: Really? That's great! What have you given up?

Nim: Tons of things! Broccoli...zucchini...cabbage...beets...

Abby: But you don't eat any of those...
Nim: I can't wait for the pounds to start melting away!

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No Calories

calorie free food

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Con: I hear you told Nim food has no calories if eaten in church.
Amos: That's right!

Con: No, that's wrong. Food always has calories.
Amos: Really? Oh, well. No harm, no foul.

Con: Then I guess you haven't seen him?
Amos: Seen who?

Nim: Hi guys, what's shaking?

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Church Dinner

church dinner cartoon

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Amos: I can't wait for the church dinner this week!

Amos: I'm going to have 2 hamburgers, a giant plate of fries, some of those big pickles, a couple of chocolate milks and two...no...three desserts!

Nim: Hon on, Amos...I thought you were on a diet. That's a lot of calories.

Amos: I am. But food you eat in church doesn't have any calories.
Nim: Hot dog!

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Forbidden Fruit

forbidden fruit

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Amos: This diet has me thinking about the forbidden fruit.

Con: Wow! That's a great way to relate your experience to the Bible, Amos. You know, no one knows what fruit it really was. The idea of it being an apple is just legend. Some scholars even say it's a fruit that no longer exists.

Con: What kind of fruit do you think it might have been?

Amos: I'll bet it was chocolate fruit.

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The Christian Diet

christian diet

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Amos: The vet made my master put me on a diet.
Nim: How's that going?

Amos: I realized that being on a diet is lot like our journey as Christians. Every morning, we have to wake up and make a decision to be faithful or not.

Nim: Yeah, but at least with a diet, you don't have the devil whispering in your ear to be bad.

Amos: I don't know. I've always thought the devil might come dressed as a cupcake.

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