2012-05-23
Original: 2012-05-23 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A priest stands at a pulpit with an open book, preaching.
Priest: "GOD EXISTS BEYOND OUR CONCEPTION OF TIME. IN A THOUSAND EPOCHS, HE MAY EXPERIENCE ONLY A FLEETING MOMENT. IN TWO SECONDS OF YOUR LIFE HE MAY EXPERIENCE UNCOUNTABLE AGES."
Panel 2:
Caption banner: "NAZARETH, ABOUT 2,000 YEARS AGO..."
A woman (Mary) lies in bed, sheet pulled up, looking back over her shoulder. A glowing yellow oval/egg-like figure floats beside the bed.
Mary: "WAS THAT IT?"
Glowing figure: "MARY, BABY, THAT WAS LIKE 50 YEARS TO ME."
Votey:
The glowing yellow oval figure (now resembling a potato/peanut shape with a small foot at the bottom), with a thought bubble.
Thought: "OH SHIT."
A priest stands at a pulpit with an open book, preaching.
Priest: "GOD EXISTS BEYOND OUR CONCEPTION OF TIME. IN A THOUSAND EPOCHS, HE MAY EXPERIENCE ONLY A FLEETING MOMENT. IN TWO SECONDS OF YOUR LIFE HE MAY EXPERIENCE UNCOUNTABLE AGES."
Panel 2:
Caption banner: "NAZARETH, ABOUT 2,000 YEARS AGO..."
A woman (Mary) lies in bed, sheet pulled up, looking back over her shoulder. A glowing yellow oval/egg-like figure floats beside the bed.
Mary: "WAS THAT IT?"
Glowing figure: "MARY, BABY, THAT WAS LIKE 50 YEARS TO ME."
Votey:
The glowing yellow oval figure (now resembling a potato/peanut shape with a small foot at the bottom), with a thought bubble.
Thought: "OH SHIT."
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A priest at a pulpit with an open book preaches: "God exists beyond our conception of time. In a thousand epochs, he may experience only a fleeting moment. In two seconds of your life he may experience uncountable ages." Panel 2: A caption reads "Nazareth, about 2,000 years ago..." A woman, Mary, lies in bed pulling a sheet up, looking over her shoulder, and asks "Was that it?" A glowing yellow oval figure floating beside the bed replies, "Mary, baby, that was like 50 years to me" -- implying God, experiencing time differently, found the encounter long-lasting while it was brief for her. Votey: The same glowing yellow blob figure has a thought bubble reading "Oh shit," as it realizes the implication of the moment that conceived Jesus.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.