Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for March 15, 2010

I am not surprised at Oliver’s shocked reaction in panel 3! On the other hand, the teddybear seems unperturbed…. (BTW, the recipe sounds intriguing–might be good!)

Mmmmm…. sour cream!

What is the nature of God?”

Best answer——“Perceived’.

Beats sour cream, etc…..

Before we can know the nature of God we must first know just what the heck is God anyway. While we all have our unproven opinions, none of us really have a clue to the actual answer to that question.

When Moses asked him his name, God answered, “I AM.” Could be a clue!

@Ray C.: Not really. Those who believe in the OT take it on faith with no real succinct proof any of it ever actually happened. Christians claim the OT is the word of God. Jews claim the Torah is the word of God. Muslims claim the Koran is the word of God. Hindus claim the Vedas are the word of God. Everyone claims their “book” is the only and absolute world of God. In the end we can neither prove or disprove any of it. Someone comes up with what they think is God, then a few embellishments are added to it and the next thing you know you have a religion. In the end, all of the worlds religions break down to be the opinion of one man or another. There may or may not be that which we call God, but whatever that is it is too absolute and too abstract for the human mind to comprehend. Ergo, we have no clue for an answer to that question.

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jrbj: This is a comic strip! Nobody is impressed by your…whatever.

BTW: Ray C. is correct.

Hey jaroyan, you are close. However, that is actually the answer to the question, “What is the meaning of life, the universe, and everything.” But then again, maybe that does sum up the nature of G_d.

What do you expect from a 16 bit processor?

Who was it that said “If god didnt exsist we would have to invent him”?

You never know when the never spell the name if they are being sacred or just scared. :)

More like, “WE didn’t exist until God invented us. Now we try to reinvent him.”

jr: When HE finds YOU, he’ll let you know. :)

jrbj: The funny thing is that all the major religions (in their true and original forms) agree on the same core principles for people making nice and getting along. The rest is just the decor or packaging or “gang colours” and that’s what people squabble about. Silly, isn’t it?

As Ramakrishna said, there are many paths to enlightenment. What is required is that you follow your chosen path carefully and with conviction.

^But only one true light!

Is the computer saying that God is just a dip? If so, how well does it go with Communion wafers and wine?

Asking a computer about God is like having a philosophical conversation with a calculator, or waiting for Rush Limbaugh to sound sober; it’s just not a good idea.

BTW, check out Oliver’s diskettes; when was the last time anyone has actually seen a 5-inch floppy? (Let the dirty puns begin!)

hey, gaebie, are you positive Ray C is right? You sound so positive about a question no one knows the answer. Just wonderin’

Okay, there was obviously a mis-translation, somewhere around the mid-6th century, probably during the conversion from Greek to Latin.

That should be one cup of kraut and 3 tablespoons of sour cream.

@jrbj - you are projecting your religious (or former religious) beliefs/traditions on all other religions. Think about it.

I recently saw a complete set of 5’ floppies at the home of a customer. I asked her if she had her Windows XP install disc and she pulled these old black squares out and asked .. is this them?

They were actually a complete set for Turbo tax 90 or some such year .. I was amazed any were still around.

jaroyan – 42 – I got it. Perfect.

No objective proof of God exists else there would be no reason for faith. That is, as long as you accept that unbelievably complicated molecules organized themselves against all possible odds and survived the incredibly hostile environments present back then, and oh yes, they somehow defeated entropy at the same time. Just because a nonbeliever cannot wrap his/her mind around the possibility that we exist solely because a higher being wanted us for fellowship does not validate the assertion that there is no God. I wouldn’t attempt to proselytize here but you should seek your path. The God I serve desires fellowship - so much so that He gave His Son to open the door back to Him even though I was running away.

The Google of the 1980’s.

Now and days, “click, click, whirrrr, click” means you’re about to spend another chunk of money on the computer.

Gillbill, my former boss put everything onto (drive A) floppies, including pictures, but every time he had to insert the diskette into his tower, he’d forget where the drive slot was, and he’d call me in and ask if his computer had one, because he couldn’t find it.

I got paid a lot of money to stay there as long as I did. He’s probably calling the poor computer guy at all hours, and making him come to find the drive slot now.

God once talked to me, and told me all about it, in considerable detail.

The next day, I promised myself I’d never buy rye bread from that store again!

(And it was Voltaire who considered we’d have to invent Him.)