Comic #1626: 2009-10-16
Description
Here is the transcription of the text from the comic:
- Panel 1:
- Child: "FATHER, THIS BOOK IS FULL OF GAPS. FOR ONE THING, IF GOD IS ALL GOOD AND ALL POWERFUL, WHY IS THERE SUFFERING?"
- Priest: "HUMAN UNDERSTANDING ON THAT POINT IS IMPERFECT."
- Panel 2:
- Child: "RIGHT. SO SHOULDN'T WE TEACH THE CONTROVERSIES? FOR EXAMPLE, THE SCIENTIFIC VIEW."
- (Child is holding up a sign)
- Panel 3:
- Sign: "NATURE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT HUMANS / HUMANS ARE DICKS TO EACH OTHER / Q.E.D. SUFFERING"
- Priest: "THIS IS BECAUSE OF MY SERMON ON TEACHING THEODICY IN BIOLOGY CLASS."
- Child: "YUP."
- Panel 4:
- Priest: "OKAY, FAIR. BUT WHY'D YOU HAVE TO BRING IT UP IN THE MIDDLE OF CHURCH?"
- Panel 5:
- Child (holding the sign again): "NATURE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT HUMANS / HUMANS ARE DICKS TO EACH OTHER / Q.E.D. SUFFERING"