biblical-literalism
Original: biblical-literalism on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Son: Dad, how can you believe the Bible is completely accurate?
Dad: Easy. Read Mark 11:14.
(Inset Bible text, Mark 11:12-14):
"The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. Then he said to the tree, 'May no one ever eat fruit from you again.' And his disciples heard him say it."
Panel 2:
Son: I don't get it.
Dad: If you were writing a biography of your hero, would you include the part where he yelled at a tree in front of everyone?
Panel 3:
Dad: Only if it were really, really honest!
Caption/label: Proof by mortification.
Votey:
Caption: EARLIER...
A bearded man holding a scroll says: "I'm gonna make it so he only yells at one tree."
Son: Dad, how can you believe the Bible is completely accurate?
Dad: Easy. Read Mark 11:14.
(Inset Bible text, Mark 11:12-14):
"The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. Then he said to the tree, 'May no one ever eat fruit from you again.' And his disciples heard him say it."
Panel 2:
Son: I don't get it.
Dad: If you were writing a biography of your hero, would you include the part where he yelled at a tree in front of everyone?
Panel 3:
Dad: Only if it were really, really honest!
Caption/label: Proof by mortification.
Votey:
Caption: EARLIER...
A bearded man holding a scroll says: "I'm gonna make it so he only yells at one tree."
Alt text
A three-panel black-and-white comic. Panel 1: A young man asks his dad, "Dad, how can you believe the Bible is completely accurate?" The dad replies, "Easy. Read Mark 11:14," beside an inset quoting the Bible passage about Jesus, hungry and finding no figs on a fig tree, cursing it: "May no one ever eat fruit from you again," with his disciples hearing it. Panel 2: The son says, "I don't get it." The dad explains, "If you were writing a biography of your hero, would you include the part where he yelled at a tree in front of everyone?" Panel 3: The dad grins and says, "Only if it were really, really honest!" labeled "Proof by mortification." Votey panel labeled "Earlier...": a bearded man holding a scroll says, "I'm gonna make it so he only yells at one tree," implying an editor toned down an even more embarrassing original.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.