Comic #5878: start

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Panel 1:

• Character 1: "I’m thinking of starting a religion."
• Character 2: "That’s easy."

Panel 2:

• Character 2: "Run around making confusing but charismatic speeches. Be a bit contradictory, for mystery’s sake, but more or less straightforwardly promote an uplifting vision of the good life."
• Character 1: (Internal thought bubble) "Then die and have someone else simultaneously promote you as perfected while packaging your message in simplified form for popular consumption."

Panel 3:

• Character 1: "Do I have to do the die part?"
• Character 2: "It’s easier, for sure. Jesus has Paul. Socrates has Plato. Confucius has Mencius."

Panel 4:

• Character 2: "Look, you can’t be a straight shooting advertiser if you’re promoting yourself."

Panel 5:

• Character 1: "I was hoping to take advantage of my followers during my own lifetime."
• Character 2: "That’s called a cult."