theodicy-2
Original: theodicy-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man with flame-like red hair (praying, hand raised): Dear God, why do bad things happen to good people?
Panel 2:
God (yellow speech bubble): I'm having trouble parsing "good people." Like, is a rock bad if it's used for a bad purpose? Or good if it's used for a good purpose? No, it's just a dumb rock.
Panel 3:
Man: Huh. Hmmm.
Panel 4:
Man (excited, smiling): So you're saying we have purpose?!
God (yellow speech bubble): I said ROCKS have purpose.
Votey:
God (handwritten text in a speech bubble): They can do valuable stuff like trapping humans or killing humans.
Man with flame-like red hair (praying, hand raised): Dear God, why do bad things happen to good people?
Panel 2:
God (yellow speech bubble): I'm having trouble parsing "good people." Like, is a rock bad if it's used for a bad purpose? Or good if it's used for a good purpose? No, it's just a dumb rock.
Panel 3:
Man: Huh. Hmmm.
Panel 4:
Man (excited, smiling): So you're saying we have purpose?!
God (yellow speech bubble): I said ROCKS have purpose.
Votey:
God (handwritten text in a speech bubble): They can do valuable stuff like trapping humans or killing humans.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. A red-haired man prays, asking God why bad things happen to good people. God (in a yellow speech bubble) replies that he's having trouble parsing "good people," comparing it to a rock: a rock isn't bad if used for a bad purpose or good if used for a good purpose, it's just a dumb rock. The man muses, "Huh. Hmmm," then brightens and asks, "So you're saying we have purpose?!" God deflates the moment: "I said ROCKS have purpose." Votey (aftercomic): a single drawing of a speech bubble with handwritten text where God continues, "They can do valuable stuff like trapping humans or killing humans."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.