Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for June 09, 2019

Thank you, Wiley. I’ve always wondered where giraffes come from. They are clearly not Earthly.

Loved that! Thank you!

Well, considering how little good his previous smitings have been, I’d say he needs a new approach.

Considering the big brave “huntress” catching it now was bold enough to shoot a giraffe, perhaps Wiley bears a broader message?

Maybe he could prevent war through smiting. He seems late to the party every time.

Well, giraffes are kosher.

About 9 years ago, I got the entire Old Testament on my iPod (remember those) and listened to it. And I realized 90% of the OT is as follows:

God tells the people “Don’t tick me off.”

The people tick God off.

God punishes the people.

The people repent.

God forgives the people.

God tells the people “Don’t tick me off again.”

The people tick God off again.

God punishes the people again.

The people repent again.

God forgives the people again.

Etc, etc, etc.

Al that without an opposable thumb.

Um whatever makes people think giraffes are peaceful – https://youtu.be/fKVYAqtKBVI?t=30

That is His circus and those are His monkeys!

S-o-o-o-, if everyone was the same as everyone else, there would be no conflict?

Free will means free choice, and it requires responsibility and accountability.

I wonder if Wiley is at all aware of the irony of this strip being on the internet.

Do the giraffes have cats?

I’ve often thought the same scenario as this cartoon depicts!

Sad to think how much more advanced today’s society would be if religion hadn’t basically banned science for centuries.

Passages of godly jealousy, anger, revenge, smiting, etc., together with Divinely inspired passages of faithful, sacrificial, life-giving and eternal love: it is for creatures to critically discern their own dirty (projected) fingerprints on their own Sacred Scriptures.

“All idols, by disarming pertinent forms of criticism, distracted their worshipers from more problematic but interesting desires.” – Adam Phillips.

God created man for comic relief. Yet, we seemed to be able to produce more tragedies than comedies.

As that get philosopher Walt Kelly said, ’We have met the enemy and he is us."

Dear God. Please feel free to Smite as many liars, adulterers, and overall jerks as you want in Washington D.C.

Wash, rinse, repeat….

I was expecting dogs, but giraffes are cool.

Reminds me of this comic: https://www.webtoons.com/en/comedy/adventures-of-god/list?title_no=853

Actually, if there was no sapient life on Earth, things would probably be going along just fine barring natural disasters and such. But then again, there would be no cartoonists to comment on it.

Our author seems to have forgotten their research on giraffes. They most certainly get violent with each other.

We are stuck in an endless cycle. Generation after generation we repeat the same mistakes as the generation before us. Poverty, war, hunger, inequality. We learn intellectually, but don’t apply it, we gripe, complain, and go about out own way, thinking of only us until the next crises created by us comes along.

I have to admit, they are cute.

Were the Wiley Bears smitten,too?

You’d think an omniscient being would have enough sense not to get married to an annoying “I told you so” type……..or to get married!

And what a wonderful GOD we serve, societies again and again!

Forgives…

If we didn’t waste so many resources killing each other we’d be in our way to Alpha Centauri from our Mars base by no

Well, God tried the whole reptile experiment and it was going great until he decided to end it with a rock. I am sure he will tire of us and throw another rock so he can start over again.

I don’t care how cute they are, those necks are gonna get so sore slaving over a hot computer screen. Or. Oh. Wow.

Mmmmm…what do u get out of the New Testament?

Giraffes. Who would have thought it would be Giraffes?

This is why I think the Rapture and Armageddon and whatever end of the world war already happened. God had enough, took those who were of good souls back then and left the jackasses here on Earth when it was all over, closing his doors once and for all. The jackasses were hoping to appeal to God to take them too and taught their kids NOT to be like them. Didn’t work. That’s why prayers are never answered and why we still have good people and jackasses.

Giraffes are quite fierce with their horns so maybe they aren’t the best example, platypus would have been better.

The only species that kills each other for fun.

Except many of the advancements come as a result of conflict.

This must be a Farside inspired strip.

The difference between smited and smitten?