God and Comics
Feb 5th, 2006 at 10:24 pm by Susie
As Fafnir points out, God doesn’t read the funnies:
“What if it’s not really a picture of Mohammed,” says me, “just a picture of a picture of Mohammed?”
“Metablasphemy!” says Giblets. “It is sacrilegious and pretentious!”
“What if it just looks like a picture a Mohammed but it’s really a picture a Jesus wearin a real good Mohammed costume?” says me.
“Then it is pretend blasphemy,” says Giblets. “God can’t tell the difference. He has to smite you just to make sure.”
“What if Mohammed’s goin on a trip an hasta get a new passport picture?” says me.
“Then God smites the DMV,” says Giblets. “If Mohammed wants to fly on a plane he can be checked at the baggage counter or safely stowed in the overhead compartment like all the other prophets.”
“When Mohammed goes missin his mom can’t put his face on a milk carton,” says me.
“Instead of a photo she gives the police a collection of ornate arabesques,” says Giblets. “The resulting tri-county search for lost and wayward calligraphy is slow and inefficient at best.”
you know… i’m thinking… if a hundred thousand people riot and destroy over a cartoon, maybe the issue isn’t the cartoon. maybe it’s the psychology of the hundred thousand people.
For many of us in the postmodern West, it’s difficult to remotely fathom people who actually believe in something. Not ‘appreciate’ or ‘love’, but really believe.
I’m not condoning or excusing: I’m just saying that belief is a powerful thing not to be dismissed as mere stupidity or backwardness.
Our own government has killed tens of thousands in Iraq — and for what?