- God (As portrayed by Lewis Black)
God is a funny subject.
He's an immense being with His finger put on all cells; full of wrath, full of love (and generally just full of His High, Almighty Self). But I am not here to dwell on Him (or for that matter, a lack of Him).
He's especially queer (i.e. weird) when used as a tool, in particular when used as an ineffable avenger. I find it a fascinating behavior of the believer – when to their benefit or against something they stand against, the religious mind will go from this:
Above: Jesus
To this:
Above: Thor, aka NOT Jesus
It’s really amazing that the inveterate believer will depart so far from the their teachings, in a measly fuck instant. As soon as they are confronted with something they're confused into rejecting or basically something they just really hate…you know...with forgiveness and shit, the switch goes on.
Here are some (crazy) examples:
“I defy any of my co-religionists to tell me that do not laugh at the idea of Dawkins burning in hell."
- Ann Coulter (Devout Believer) on Richard Dawkins (Devout Atheist)
“Thank God for the tsunami, and thank God that two thousand dead Swedes are fertilizing the ground over there [in Asia]. How many of these two thousand, do you suppose, were fags and dykes? This is how the Lord deals with His enemies. And the Lord has got some enemies. And Sweden heads the list. You filthy Swedes. You filthy Swedes!"
- Fred Phelps, founder of GodHatesFags.com, on the 2004 Tsunami
“God told me to end the tyranny in Iraq”
- George Bush, Jr. on the war in Iraq
"It may be a blessing in disguise…”
- Pat Robertson, Evangelical Christian and Presidential Candidate, on Haiti’s earthquake
It's deranged in a way that would make crazy people run for cover. God has been summoned so many times as an Almighty, Righteous (albeit Extremely Biased) Avenger in the support of wars, murder, hate crime, prejudice, and other more succulent and creative items on God's Cosmic Menu of Everlasting Love.
It's the ultimate, ineffable, incredible, infallible, and just outright ridiculous trump card.
Let me be clear: I am not posing a question of whether God exists. That's a question for another day. I'm simply asking: should (insert favorite deity here) be used as a support for immoral causes (e.g. gay-bashing, racism, murder, etc.)? Shouldn't a worthy deity, a grand being be left out of petty human affairs?
My point is the following: a god should be attributed the caring personality of Mother Nature, and not the vindictive persona of Galactus, Devourer of Planets.
Above: NOT God. But pretty kickass
"On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning of the world to this day, have been quarreling, fighting, burning and torturing one another, for abstractions unintelligible to themselves and to all others, and absolutely beyond the comprehension of the human mind."
Thomas Jefferson
