2011-05-07

A six-panel comic. A bald, bespectacled priest in a black cassock reads from a book to a young girl with dark hair and a purple shirt. He says, "And that's the story of Noah's ark." The girl says, "Wait." She continues, "So, after every rain, the rainbow is God saying 'I won't kill everyone with another flood?'" The priest replies, "Yep." The girl, looking troubled, says, "How is that comforting? It's like there's a guy who comes by a couple times a month, strokes a loaded gun for six hours, says 'Not gonna kill everyone again.' Then leaves." The priest answers, "Well, would you rather he shoot you?" The girl says flatly, "I'd rather he didn't come by at all." In the final panel the priest scowls furiously and shouts, "Atheist!" Votey: a crude black-and-white sketch of a wild-eyed child grinning maniacally, hair sticking out in jagged lightning-bolt shapes.