snake

Main comic: A single panel set in the Garden of Eden. A long-haired woman (Eve) stands at left looking blankly forward while a green serpent coiled around a branch leans toward her, saying in a large speech bubble: "If God is omniscient, the future is pre-determined. If the future is pre-determined, there is no such thing as sin. So, you have two choices: sinless apple or sinless lack of apple." A caption beneath reads, "Fun Fact: The first philosopher was a talking snake." The joke casts the Eden serpent as humanity's first philosopher, talking Eve into the apple with deterministic logic. Votey (aftercomic): A handwritten speech bubble reading "He's right. Go right for it!" floats above and points toward a hand-drawn sun (a circle ringed with rays), implying an offscreen voice egging Eve on to take the apple.