omni
Original: omni on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Questioner (off-panel): God is all-good, all-powerful, and all-knowing. How come there's evil?
God (a figure with dark hair): I'm also all-balanced. I can see both sides of every argument, no matter how stupid one side is.
Panel 2:
Questioner: What's the argument in favor of polio?
God: Yes, I hear where you're coming from, but neither of us being an expert, I think we should reserve judgment.
Panel 3:
Questioner: You're an expert! You're omniscient!
God: Well, that's very valid. But I have to recognize my limitations.
Panel 4:
Questioner: So evil happens because God has choice paralysis?
God: All I can say is... probably.
Votey:
A large speech-bubble shape (drawn as a thick black 'C'-like outline filling the panel) contains the text:
"Unless you disagree."
Questioner (off-panel): God is all-good, all-powerful, and all-knowing. How come there's evil?
God (a figure with dark hair): I'm also all-balanced. I can see both sides of every argument, no matter how stupid one side is.
Panel 2:
Questioner: What's the argument in favor of polio?
God: Yes, I hear where you're coming from, but neither of us being an expert, I think we should reserve judgment.
Panel 3:
Questioner: You're an expert! You're omniscient!
God: Well, that's very valid. But I have to recognize my limitations.
Panel 4:
Questioner: So evil happens because God has choice paralysis?
God: All I can say is... probably.
Votey:
A large speech-bubble shape (drawn as a thick black 'C'-like outline filling the panel) contains the text:
"Unless you disagree."
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. A questioner speaks to God, drawn as a calm dark-haired figure. The questioner asks how, if God is all-good, all-powerful, and all-knowing, there can be evil. God replies that He is also all-balanced and can see both sides of every argument no matter how stupid one side is. When asked for the argument in favor of polio, God says He hears the questioner but, neither of them being an expert, they should reserve judgment. The questioner protests that God IS an expert because He's omniscient; God concedes the point is valid but says He must recognize His limitations. Asked if evil happens because God has choice paralysis, God answers, 'All I can say is... probably.' The joke skewers false-balance both-sidesism applied to an omniscient being. The votey (aftercomic) is a single panel: a big curved speech-bubble outline framing the words 'Unless you disagree,' undercutting the previous answer with more wishy-washy non-commitment.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.