Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 05, 2017
Transcript:
Angel: Welcome to heaven, Rat. Rat: This is heaven? And I made it in? Angel: Yep. You died suddenly. But you did just enough good things to get in. Rat: Great...so whoa whoa whoa...what is Murray doing here? Angel: He made it into heaven also. Rat: But he was a co-worker of mine. And he was a jerk. I thought for sure he'd be in hell. Angel: Whoa whoa...we don't use language like that here. Murray: Yeah, so stop being such an @##. Rat: Did you just call me an @###? Murray: Yeah, I called you an - Happy? Rat: Not you again.
Reality makes cowards cry. That’s why they hope for a magical 2nd life, aka the heaven fantasy. It’s not a harmless belief because it makes terrorism possible.