Comic #4164: exegesis

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Panel 1: Lady 1: Dear Lord… Lady 2: Yes, my child?

Panel 2: Lady 2: When Barak was pursuing Sisera's routed army to Harosheth, and Jael took Sisera into her tent, why did she feed him and comfort him, then kill him violently?

Panel 3: Lady 1: Christ, that's obscure. What book was that? Was it one of the weird ones? Lady 2: Book of Judges.

Panel 4: Lady 1: Okay, well, I dunno. I guess maybe she was a mean lady? And you shouldn't be mean to people?

Panel 5: Lady 2: But nothing bad happens to her, and then there's a song verse about how great she is for killing him, and then there's forty years of peace.

Panel 6: Lady 1: Like it's a cautionary tale? Lady 2: Sure, yeah.

Panel 7: Lady 1: Actually, that whole section… that’s not supposed to be taken literally.

Panel 8: Lady 1: But it's written like history. How can you derive a moral from it? Lady 2: It's a MYysteryyyy. WOOOOOOOOH!

Panel 9: Lady 2: I'm gonna go worship Moloch.

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