dna
Explanation
This comic imagines a scenario in which scientists have obtained Jesus Christ's genome. One scientist excitedly says: "OK, we have Jesus Christ's genome. But must we go further? It would be hubris to bring him back."
The other scientist responds practically: "Why are you treating this like it's a binary, alive or dead thing? We can put portions of the DNA in modified yeast, for example." This suggests a pragmatic, partial-use approach to sacred genetic material.
The caption delivers the punchline: "The subsequent popularity of Jesus-hair fiber sweaters was second only to Jesus-oil moisturizer."
The humor comes from the bathetic collision of the sacred and the commercial. The setup frames the discovery of Jesus's DNA as a profound theological and ethical dilemma -- should humanity dare to resurrect the Son of God? But instead of cloning Jesus or grappling with the cosmic implications, scientists do what capitalism always does: they find a way to monetize it through consumer products. Splicing Jesus DNA into yeast to produce novelty sweaters and moisturizer is the ultimate trivialization of the sacred.
The comic also satirizes the biotech industry's tendency to find commercial applications for every scientific breakthrough, no matter how momentous. It plays on the real science of expressing proteins in yeast (a standard biotechnology technique), making the absurd premise feel grounded in actual laboratory practice.