2010-03-11
Original: 2010-03-11 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title (above the comic): THE TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT FOR GOD:
Panel 1 (banner header): IN THEORY:
A man with reddish hair stands at a lectern, speaking.
Man: It seems like something of some kind must've designed physics. Such a being might well be called "God."
Panel 2 (banner header): IN PRACTICE:
A man with blond hair stands at a lectern, speaking, gesturing.
Man (first speech bubble): It seems like something of some kind must've designed physics.
Man (second speech bubble): Long story short, the Southern Methodist Episcopalian Wesleyan Church is exactly right.
Votey:
Caption above the panel: THIS IS HOW EXCITING I AM WHILE KELLY'S AWAY:
A roughly sketched man strikes a triumphant pose, pointing.
Man: In yo FACE, teleological proof!
Panel 1 (banner header): IN THEORY:
A man with reddish hair stands at a lectern, speaking.
Man: It seems like something of some kind must've designed physics. Such a being might well be called "God."
Panel 2 (banner header): IN PRACTICE:
A man with blond hair stands at a lectern, speaking, gesturing.
Man (first speech bubble): It seems like something of some kind must've designed physics.
Man (second speech bubble): Long story short, the Southern Methodist Episcopalian Wesleyan Church is exactly right.
Votey:
Caption above the panel: THIS IS HOW EXCITING I AM WHILE KELLY'S AWAY:
A roughly sketched man strikes a triumphant pose, pointing.
Man: In yo FACE, teleological proof!
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic titled "The teleological argument for God." Panel 1, labeled "In theory," shows a red-haired man at a lectern saying, "It seems like something of some kind must've designed physics. Such a being might well be called 'God.'" Panel 2, labeled "In practice," shows a blond man at a lectern who starts the same way — "It seems like something of some kind must've designed physics" — then leaps to an absurdly specific conclusion: "Long story short, the Southern Methodist Episcopalian Wesleyan Church is exactly right." The joke is that the abstract argument for a vague designer gets smuggled into endorsing one hyper-specific denomination. Votey (bonus panel): captioned "This is how exciting I am while Kelly's away," a crudely sketched man strikes a triumphant pointing pose and shouts, "In yo FACE, teleological proof!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.