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In the {{w|Book of Exodus}} in the {{w|Hebrew Bible}}, God announces his presence to {{w|Moses}} by way of a {{w|burning bush}}. The quotation in this comic is a combination of [https://www.bibleref.com/Exodus/3/Exodus-3-14.html Exodus 3:14] - "I am that I am", and [https://www.bibleref.com/Exodus/3/Exodus-3-16.html Exodus 3:16] - "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob." | In the {{w|Book of Exodus}} in the {{w|Hebrew Bible}}, God announces his presence to {{w|Moses}} by way of a {{w|burning bush}}. The quotation in this comic is a combination of [https://www.bibleref.com/Exodus/3/Exodus-3-14.html Exodus 3:14] - "I am that I am", and [https://www.bibleref.com/Exodus/3/Exodus-3-16.html Exodus 3:16] - "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob." | ||
| β | The punchline comes when God introduces his "counterpart, {{w|R2-D2}}", implying that the "god" in this case is not actually the {{w|God of the Jews}} as expected, but rather {{w|C-3PO}}, a {{w|Droid (Star Wars)|droid}} from the ''{{w|Star Wars}}'' universe; theoretically, in the mind of the reader, God's voice might humorously go from [https://youtu.be/zUm6rC0o7Po?t=24 booming and sepulchral] in the first frame, to [https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/8d7dcc54-fb0f-4068-a741-c86259cd5112 snooty and British] in the second frame. It could be a reference to a plot point from ''{{w|Return of the Jedi}}'', in which the [https://youtu.be/rk_HB2Pdk2M Ewoks believe C-3PO is a god]. (In the movie, C-3PO states that it's against his programming to "impersonate a {{w|deity}}", but he does so anyway; whether it's actually a violation of his programming is [https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/110974/how-did-c3po-manage-to-impersonate-a-deity-if-it-was-against-his-progamming debatable].) | + | The punchline comes when God{{Citation needed}} introduces his "counterpart, {{w|R2-D2}}", implying that the "god" in this case is not actually the {{w|God of the Jews}} as expected, but rather {{w|C-3PO}}, a {{w|Droid (Star Wars)|droid}} from the ''{{w|Star Wars}}'' universe; theoretically, in the mind of the reader, God's voice might humorously go from [https://youtu.be/zUm6rC0o7Po?t=24 booming and sepulchral] in the first frame, to [https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/8d7dcc54-fb0f-4068-a741-c86259cd5112 snooty and British] in the second frame. It could be a reference to a plot point from ''{{w|Return of the Jedi}}'', in which the [https://youtu.be/rk_HB2Pdk2M Ewoks believe C-3PO is a god]. (In the movie, C-3PO states that it's against his programming to "impersonate a {{w|deity}}", but he does so anyway; whether it's actually a violation of his programming is [https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/110974/how-did-c3po-manage-to-impersonate-a-deity-if-it-was-against-his-progamming debatable].) |
The joke is that "I AM", the name of God in the Bible, is represented in {{w|Hebrew}} by the {{w|Tetragrammaton}}, YHWH. This abbreviation coincidentally{{Citation needed}} follows the 4-character naming convention of ''Star Wars'' droid characters such as C-3PO and R2-D2 and, like the latter, contains identical characters in the 2nd and 4th positions. (In English translations of the text, this is the part rendered as "LORD" in capitals.) | The joke is that "I AM", the name of God in the Bible, is represented in {{w|Hebrew}} by the {{w|Tetragrammaton}}, YHWH. This abbreviation coincidentally{{Citation needed}} follows the 4-character naming convention of ''Star Wars'' droid characters such as C-3PO and R2-D2 and, like the latter, contains identical characters in the 2nd and 4th positions. (In English translations of the text, this is the part rendered as "LORD" in capitals.) | ||
