Comic #6169: flood-4

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Panel 1:

• Person: "HEY GOD, HOW CAN YOU RENDER JUDGMENT ON PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR MORAL STATUS ONLY AT DEATH?"
• God: "WHAT?"

Panel 2:

• Person: "LIKE SOME PEOPLE ARE GOOD THEIR WHOLE LIVES THEN TRANSGRESS. OTHERS ARE BAD THEIR WHOLE LIVES THEN RETURN TO YOU. BUT YOU ONLY JUDGE AT A RANDOM INSTANT, SENDING SOME TO ETERNAL PERDITION."
• God: "OH, THAT’S BASIC GAME THEORY."

Panel 3:

• Person: "LOOK AT RANCHERS. THEY SHOOT A GUY FOR STEALING A SINGLE COW. WHY? BECAUSE COWS ROAM A LOT AND IT’S HARD TO POLICE THE WHOLE TERRITORY."

Panel 4:

• God: "THE ONLY WAY TO THWART BAD BEHAVIOR IS EITHER TO MONITOR EVERYTHING OR JUST INFLICT MASSIVELY DISPROPORTIONATE PUNISHMENT ON ANYONE UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO GET CAUGHT."

Panel 5:

• Person: "IF EVERYBODY GOES TO HEAVEN, I GOTTA RUN AROUND STOPPING FORNICATORS AND GLUTTONS AND SLUGGARDS ALL DAY LONG WHICH IS FRANKLY BORING AND DEGRADING."

Panel 6:

• Person: "BUT DON’T YOU EXIST IN A WORLD BEYOND TIME WHERE THE MEASURE OF ETERNITY IS AS A SINGLE MOMENT?"

Panel 7:

• God: "THAAAAAAAAAAAT’S WHY Y’ALL ARE SO CONFUSED DOWN THERE."

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