“High in the North in a land called Svithjod there is a mountain. It is a hundred miles long and a hundred miles high and once every thousand years a little bird comes to this mountain to sharpen its beak. When the mountain has thus been worn away a single day of eternity will have passed.”― Hendrik Willem Van Loon, The Story of Mankind
But the creation was perfect. Man chose to not believe God, and it was spoiled from that time on. But he sent Jesus to make it possible for man to be made right with God, and he will remake a new heaven and a new earth where there will be perfection that Gene Roddenbury has not even imagined.
A man got to meet God and asked her how long eternity was to her. She answered “Only a second in time as you know it” The man though for a bit and asked what wealth was to her. She answered that all the wealth in his world was but a penny to her. The man thought for another bit and asked God for a penny. She said “Sure… Just give me a second or 2 to find it”
And humans are arrogant enough to think that the earth is only 6,000 years old. God took more time. She likes to get thinks fairly neat before she lets the humans screw things up and turn the place into a dump bit by bit. Just like children it takes them a long time to realize that things are better if you take care of them well. It takes a lot longer for some folks to realize that it applies to other humans as well. Just treating a few of them very very well will never make all of them lead better lives
My mother, bless her soul, went to Heaven and gave GOD a hard time about lack of ambition since He’d been in the current job for a while….. and what was He doing about it… Wagging her finger as she chastised..
The way I figure it, it was about 8:30 on a Sunday night when God’s mother asked, “God, how is your ‘heaven and earth’ project coming for school? It’s due tomorrow morning.” Of course, God hadn’t even started it yet. Thus….
Well, he could have saved a heap of time by creating several hundred thousand fewer beetle species, thousands of ants, surely 200 kinds of bat would have been enough, and don’t get me started on bacteria!
rmremail over 1 year ago
‘It doesn’t need to be perfect’ = why men have nipples.
Scorpio Premium Member over 1 year ago
That does explain why some of the bugs were never patched
lalapalooza Premium Member over 1 year ago
I didn’t realise that was the reason.. I thought it was an excuse.
GreasyOldTam over 1 year ago
What is this, a reality TV show? It’ll be rubbish if you only allow 6 days.
wallylm over 1 year ago
Now there’s another reason why there are no unicorns.
Erse IS better over 1 year ago
I always thought that God just couldn’t manage to pull an EIGHT day all-nighter. Despite being omnipotent and all those other omnis.
SHIVA over 1 year ago
Maybe someday I can apply for the Copy Boy position in that office!!!
LeslieBark over 1 year ago
“High in the North in a land called Svithjod there is a mountain. It is a hundred miles long and a hundred miles high and once every thousand years a little bird comes to this mountain to sharpen its beak. When the mountain has thus been worn away a single day of eternity will have passed.”― Hendrik Willem Van Loon, The Story of Mankind
cdward over 1 year ago
I often wondered if God ever said, “I know this isn’t exactly what I’m looking for, but I just can’t figure out how to make it better.”
shanen0 over 1 year ago
Actually this one reminds me of ChatGPT and humans trying to compete for writing or editing… Not perfect, but done quickly.
LawrenceS over 1 year ago
There was a deadline to meet? Hey, who (besides the editor) is going to know the difference if you take a lucky thirteen days to do it?
jbordzol over 1 year ago
That just tickles my funny bone!
Chalres over 1 year ago
Fast, cheap and good – you can have any two…
Yakety Sax over 1 year ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1×3RRrqJWKA&pp=ygUmY2dpIGFuaW1hdGVkIHNob3J0IGZpbG0gcGxhbmV0IHVua25vd24%3D
PoochFan over 1 year ago
But the creation was perfect. Man chose to not believe God, and it was spoiled from that time on. But he sent Jesus to make it possible for man to be made right with God, and he will remake a new heaven and a new earth where there will be perfection that Gene Roddenbury has not even imagined.
Skeptical Meg over 1 year ago
It’s called תִּיקּוּן עוֹלָם
Skeptical Meg over 1 year ago
What did G-d do on the eighth day? He worked for 6 and rested for a day. And then….?
WickWire64 over 1 year ago
A man got to meet God and asked her how long eternity was to her. She answered “Only a second in time as you know it” The man though for a bit and asked what wealth was to her. She answered that all the wealth in his world was but a penny to her. The man thought for another bit and asked God for a penny. She said “Sure… Just give me a second or 2 to find it”
And humans are arrogant enough to think that the earth is only 6,000 years old. God took more time. She likes to get thinks fairly neat before she lets the humans screw things up and turn the place into a dump bit by bit. Just like children it takes them a long time to realize that things are better if you take care of them well. It takes a lot longer for some folks to realize that it applies to other humans as well. Just treating a few of them very very well will never make all of them lead better lives
Gen.Flashman over 1 year ago
And then he wiped out everything (save a pair of every animal) about 3,500 years later (about 1,500 years ago)
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
If only he had one more day…he could have fixed some mistakes he made….
Scott S Nelson over 1 year ago
God’s PM would fit, too
Ignatz Premium Member over 1 year ago
“Man, now I have all these spare parts left over. I guess I’ll throw together a platypus.”
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 1 year ago
God did indeed make everything perfect. Then he handed it off to users. …sigh. The only thing to do now is reboot.
Linguist over 1 year ago
God’s editor must have gone to the same school as my editor.
mindjob over 1 year ago
He did make avocado pits too big, for a start
petermerck over 1 year ago
Was there a totally made up, useless contest with other gods, like cooking and home building shows?
pheets over 1 year ago
My mother, bless her soul, went to Heaven and gave GOD a hard time about lack of ambition since He’d been in the current job for a while….. and what was He doing about it… Wagging her finger as she chastised..
princesshickory Premium Member over 1 year ago
Ah…that explains so much.
bugznbunnies over 1 year ago
One of Wiley’s all-time best — made my entire week!
Sir Ruddy Blighter, Jr. over 1 year ago
“OK…well, I can get it done in six days, fine, but I won’t have time to filter out the conservatives.” “Eh, whatever…what harm can they do…?”
anomaly over 1 year ago
Just figure out the mass and spin problems and everything else will take care of itself.
Jml58 over 1 year ago
There is never time to do it right. There is always time to do it over.
Flatworm over 1 year ago
Didja ever wonder what a “day” was before there was an Earth to rotate?
artjohn42 over 1 year ago
Wait. The Supreme Being is NOT the Supreme Being?An EDITOR is the Supreme Being? I can quit the Zen class. I have achieved enlightenment.
jimboklein over 1 year ago
The way I figure it, it was about 8:30 on a Sunday night when God’s mother asked, “God, how is your ‘heaven and earth’ project coming for school? It’s due tomorrow morning.” Of course, God hadn’t even started it yet. Thus….
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 1 year ago
There’s a truly excellent take on the whole idea of creating universes in today’s Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal:
smbc-comics.com/comic/bang
"Doon the Watter" on the Waverley over 1 year ago
Ignore him next time and strive for perfect.
Stan McSerr over 1 year ago
The truth is the earth is just half baked. He truly needed to take his time.
PaulGoes over 1 year ago
After dividing it into light and dark, he decided to call it a day
leemorse9777 over 1 year ago
So “god” isn’t the boss ?? Sort of questions everything about him doesn’t it ?
AndrewSihler over 1 year ago
Well, he could have saved a heap of time by creating several hundred thousand fewer beetle species, thousands of ants, surely 200 kinds of bat would have been enough, and don’t get me started on bacteria!
AZCoyote over 1 year ago
The bible is full of ridiculous stories.
Enter.Name.Here over 1 year ago
Definitely not prefect. Seems like even God is only human. ;-)
rugeirn over 1 year ago
It’s a real problem getting things done when you have to wait for human beings to evolve enough to imagine you.
sufamelico over 1 year ago
I might unlock the ire of many in here GoComicsLand, but I am an " Omninonbeliever "
eddi-TBH over 1 year ago
Deadlines over quality every time. He just xeroxed the beetle design until the paper tray ran dry and called it good.
paullp Premium Member over 1 year ago
Looks like there’s going to be some conflict over who gets creative control.
keenanthelibrarian over 1 year ago
Six Jupiter days? Or tidal-locked Venus?
Len W. Premium Member over 1 year ago
Which god? Either there’s no god named God, or all gods are, but in the language of the worshippers (eg Jehovah)
bakana over 1 year ago
I always liked the answer provided in Heinlein’s “Job: A Comedy of Justice”
God and Lucifer are rival Platoon Sergeants in a huge Celestial Army.