Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for June 22, 2012
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Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling God-Man Human-Man Team-Up GOD-MAN: Absolute control over every single atom in the Universe! HUMAN-MAN: Largest neocortex among all primates; Somewhat lactose tolerant; Nondivergent big toe. TOGETHER, they form the greatest fighting team in all of Mid-Central City! Woman: ...and that's when I realized my Jasper was missing! Police Officer: Here's the dognapper's ransom note! Human-Man: Hmm...do I detect the odor of SAWDUST? Police Officer: The abandoned sawmill? Human-Man: I've got another hunch. Police Officer: By the way, where's your partner, GOD-MAN? Human-Man: God-Man? Why, he's EVERYWHERE, Chief! LATER - O'Bannons Wharf Bar Human-Man: Just as I thought! There's Jasper! Man: Boss, we found Human-Man snoopin' around! BONK Human-Man: Oof! Man: Isn't his crime-fighting partner GOD-MAN? Man #2: Yeah, we better be careful! Man: Nah, I don't see no God-Man here, do you? Human-Man: Oww! Everywhere... Human-Man: Long-term... ...theological... ARGH!! POW Man: Hey, he had an iPhone! Man #2: Ron, take the coats outta the trunk of my car. Next: Human-Man: Not literally here...but... ...presence...
Linguist over 12 years ago
Reality defeats Theology every time. Presence beats Omnipresence anytime.
jnik23260 over 12 years ago
Worst sidekick ever!
Donaldo Premium Member over 12 years ago
but the bible is proof he exists
Simon Seamount over 12 years ago
And while riding in that trunk, bleeding to death, Human-Man became an atheist.
crlinder over 12 years ago
You can wait an awful long time waiting for God-man to show up. Dude’s just got too much on his plate and needs to scale back his commitments.
dupa123 over 12 years ago
All dognappers drive 7-Series beemers.
Stephen Post over 12 years ago
No worries, Human. You’ll get your reward in heaven!
Nebulous Premium Member over 12 years ago
But if you mention the wrong type of people getting married and He’ll be RIGHT THERE!
ed anger over 12 years ago
GreggW, i don’t think you get God-Man then. Try reading more of the series, it’s pretty clear.
Tommy1733 over 12 years ago
GreggW is quite correct. In all the God-man episodes I have had the pleasure of reading, all I see is satire of human perspectives on religion and God. Never any argument directly made favoring atheism. Such a strip would not be nearly as funny as mocking the foolishness of human religious beliefs anyway.
ermaltwo over 12 years ago
there are no foxes in an atheist’s hole
ickymungmung over 12 years ago
The assertion that the alpha and omega of the All in All is a patriarchal, transcendent personality creator god, omnipotent and omnipresent, though outside of nature, has all the tangible heft of a sparrow fart in a hurricane.*
*An average sized sparrow, whose diet has not been altered dramatically in the previous 48 hour period, nor has any super-sparrow gastric powers.
steverinoCT over 12 years ago
@icky mung-mung …and not carrying any cocoanuts: those are swallows
@AtherActually the Bible is fascinating reading as history; in it is mentioned (by another name: Asasuerus) Xerxes (Ezra 4:6) and Darius and so forth, but nary a mention of the Peloponnesian War— it didn’t affect the Jews. There’s also an Assyrian(?) tablet telling of an Israeli king paying tribute. Check out “Asimov’s Guide To The Bible” for a readable secular breakdown of the historical Bible.
pbarnrob over 12 years ago
Reminds me vividly of Mark Twain’s Letters From The Earth, especially the description of the humans’ creation of a Deity (in their own image) with all the attributes of a spoiled child…
jpozenel over 12 years ago
I can’t understand why he never talks to me.
It can’t be that it’s all that difficult for him. Does he just not like me? I was told he loves all of us. I’m so confused.
Steve Bartholomew over 12 years ago
As Mark Twain once remarked, Faith is believing things you know are not true.
tototiti over 12 years ago
C’mon, Human-Man must know that this is just a test of his faith.
mercmarc over 12 years ago
james caans ghost is everywhere