Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith for May 04, 2021
May 03, 2021
May 05, 2021
Transcript:
And then, every night, Sun-God descends to do battle with Jesus, the Moon King. A thousand years from now, modern religions will be virtually unrecognizable. So, I decided to give my son a head start.
A glimpse from the future (and other planets) is given by the tour guide in the Doctor Who Christmas Special (2007): “Now human beings worship the great god Santa, a creature with fearsome claws and his wife Mary. And every Christmas Eve, the people of UK go to war with the country of Turkey. They then eat the Turkey people for Christmas dinner, like savages!”
Has anyone written any stories about a post apocalyptic future that features a religion based on a currently known work of fiction? I’ve toyed with the idea of writing one about a future where the dominant religion is based on surviving fragments of Tolkien’s work, but I am too lazy to actually do it.
As a small child, it seemed everyone pointed straight up to where God and heaven were located. I remember going to school on Monday, after some thing in Sunday School the previous day about heaven. We were shown that model of the solar system, with a crank that spun the planets around the sun and spun the moon around the little ball of Earth. I started thinking about “so, where is heaven?” If we look up, that direction is spinning all around. I never wanted to go to Sunday School ever again.
Why Are Both Jesus and Satan Referred to as the Morning Star?
The alternative is to be like Satan; a fallen star. Jesus is the Morning Star, but not a star that comes and goes according to the cycle of a day or a year. His star will be the immovable, immutable center of our lives.
Algolei I over 3 years ago
Ahem! I believe it’s spelt “J-E-E-B-U-S”?
Ida No over 3 years ago
I prefer to promulgate the Apple-Microsoft Wars mythology.
gawkface over 3 years ago
pfft thats not how religion works…
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NobodyAwesome Premium Member over 3 years ago
So were the religions different a thousand years ago than today?
hmofo813 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Yeah, Star Trek TNG did a terrible episode on the sun-moon mythology thing.
Pickled Pete over 3 years ago
Maybe god will have a grandson by then.
seismic-2 Premium Member over 3 years ago
A glimpse from the future (and other planets) is given by the tour guide in the Doctor Who Christmas Special (2007): “Now human beings worship the great god Santa, a creature with fearsome claws and his wife Mary. And every Christmas Eve, the people of UK go to war with the country of Turkey. They then eat the Turkey people for Christmas dinner, like savages!”
tom.amitai over 3 years ago
Has anyone written any stories about a post apocalyptic future that features a religion based on a currently known work of fiction? I’ve toyed with the idea of writing one about a future where the dominant religion is based on surviving fragments of Tolkien’s work, but I am too lazy to actually do it.
pumaman over 3 years ago
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Livin’ life in peace
drycurt over 3 years ago
As a small child, it seemed everyone pointed straight up to where God and heaven were located. I remember going to school on Monday, after some thing in Sunday School the previous day about heaven. We were shown that model of the solar system, with a crank that spun the planets around the sun and spun the moon around the little ball of Earth. I started thinking about “so, where is heaven?” If we look up, that direction is spinning all around. I never wanted to go to Sunday School ever again.
tims145 over 3 years ago
I wonder if polytheism will make a comeback. Monotheistic religions seem to have become dominant the last few centuries.
Radish... over 3 years ago
Why Are Both Jesus and Satan Referred to as the Morning Star?
The alternative is to be like Satan; a fallen star. Jesus is the Morning Star, but not a star that comes and goes according to the cycle of a day or a year. His star will be the immovable, immutable center of our lives.
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