Comic #6730: cult

View Original Comic

Description

Here is a transcription of the text from the comic:

Character 1:
“Oh neat, you could be the next big spiritual leader.”

Character 2:
“HM.?”

Character 1:
“I’ve got a complete brain scan and you’re just naturally low on desire, while high on willpower, compassion, and verbal ability.”

Character 2:
“People will try to imitate your sense of contented wholeness but always fall short, never realizing that the ultimate fount of all your inner peace was a quirk of genetics operating in a stochastic environment.”

Character 1:
“Hoping vainly for what you gained unearned, they will become your disciples and message-bearers.”

Character 2:
“After you die, supernatural deeds will be attached to your story. Lifetimes will be sacrificed to your words, and will kill for your symbols! Empires will be consecrated to your name!”

Character 1:
“Hey, what will be is what is.”

Character 2:
“Do you have a newsletter I could hand out on the street, master?”

Footnote at the bottom:
"This bonus comic brought to you by backers of our new Kickstarter for 'The Universe: Abridged Beyond the Point of Usefulness.' Click for info!"