Tom the Dancing Bug - Friday January 2, 2015 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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news of the times oregon woman gives birth to hindu baby mr. and mrs. john mccracken of lake oswego, ore. have a brand-new set of twins -- identical in every way, except that while baby lauren, like her parents, is presbyterian, baby samantha is hindu! lauren: believes in jesus christ as the son of god and in a church organization governed by clerical and lay presbyters. samantha: believes in the transmigration of souls and in the divine trinity of brahma the creator, vishnu the preserver and shiva the destroyer. how this adorable tot became hindu is a mystery. dr. doyle pierce, a neonatal theologist: doyle: we aren't sure if she was conceived hindu or somehow converted in utero. the proud but baffled parents are concerned. john: it will be difficult for samantha growing up a normal white child in an affluent portland suburb ... yet hindu. it's impossible to tell what type of hindu samantha is, and she's not giving any clues -- her brain's synapses aren't fully formed, her eyes can't focus... she can't even sit up! a similar case occurred in 1987 on the island of borneo: followers of the dayak traditional animist religion gave birth to a deconstructional relativist. doyle: since religion obviously is not genetic, it's actually surprising that this sort of thing doesn't happen all the time. just lucky, i guess. john: you can't be mad at her -- she's so darn cute! mother: we'll try to convert her the minute she's old enough. it won't be the same, though...

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