2010-04-21
Original: 2010-04-21 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A red-haired person kneels at the side of a bed, hands clasped in prayer.
Person (praying): GOD... WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE AND GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO BAD PEOPLE?
God (replying from above, in a yellow speech bubble): HOLY CRAP! YOU HUMANS CAN THINK? OH MAN... YOU GUYS MUST BE PISSED.
Votey:
A person (drawn in a simpler sketch style) speaks.
Person: WE HAVE ELABORATE PHILOSOPHICAL SYSTEMS TO JUSTIFY A LOVING GOD WHO PRESIDES OVER THE SUFFERING OF-
God (interrupting): WAIT, WHAT? SORRY, I WAS LAUNCHING A TSUNAMI. WHOOSH!
A red-haired person kneels at the side of a bed, hands clasped in prayer.
Person (praying): GOD... WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE AND GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO BAD PEOPLE?
God (replying from above, in a yellow speech bubble): HOLY CRAP! YOU HUMANS CAN THINK? OH MAN... YOU GUYS MUST BE PISSED.
Votey:
A person (drawn in a simpler sketch style) speaks.
Person: WE HAVE ELABORATE PHILOSOPHICAL SYSTEMS TO JUSTIFY A LOVING GOD WHO PRESIDES OVER THE SUFFERING OF-
God (interrupting): WAIT, WHAT? SORRY, I WAS LAUNCHING A TSUNAMI. WHOOSH!
Alt text
Main comic: A red-haired person kneels in prayer at the side of a bed, hands clasped, asking, "God... why do bad things happen to good people and good things happen to bad people?" God replies from above in a yellow speech bubble, sounding genuinely surprised: "Holy crap! You humans can think? Oh man... you guys must be PISSED." The joke is that God had no idea humans were even capable of noticing the unfairness of the world.
Votey: A person (sketched in a rougher style) earnestly begins, "We have elaborate philosophical systems to justify a loving God who presides over the suffering of-" but God cuts them off, distracted: "Wait, what? Sorry, I was launching a tsunami. Whoosh!" The punchline is that while humans build careful theology to excuse God, God isn't even paying attention and is busy causing the very suffering being discussed.
Votey: A person (sketched in a rougher style) earnestly begins, "We have elaborate philosophical systems to justify a loving God who presides over the suffering of-" but God cuts them off, distracted: "Wait, what? Sorry, I was launching a tsunami. Whoosh!" The punchline is that while humans build careful theology to excuse God, God isn't even paying attention and is busy causing the very suffering being discussed.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.