God
as serial killer
If we had only behaved differently God
would not have unleashed that volcano, earthquake, flood, tsunami,
hurricane, plague, etc., on us, so they say
A.S.
Mostafanejad September 7, 2005
iranian.com
After having listened to various religious leaders
and spokesmen for God in times of calamity, I have come to the
conclusion that
God is a serial killer.
Following the 9/11 tragedy the Reverend
(i.e. deserving to be shown respect) Jerry Falwell stated clearly
that this was God’s
retribution for New York having been pro gay. After Hurricane
Katrina a “Christian” web site, juxtaposing a photo
of the hurricane with one of a fetus, claimed that this was God’s
revenge on abortionists.
It seems that while the common man may
be dazed and befuddled in dealing with catastrophes and their
after effects, there is
no
doubt in the minds of some religious leaders that God has struck
yet again and should be feared. Throughout history God’s
serial killings have been attributed to payment for one sin or
another or support of one faction and hate of the other.
In the
minds of medieval men a tragedy had to have a cause, much as
the cause of seeding and irrigating was the eventual harvest,
a calamity was the harvest of some bad seeding and tending. God
or Gods were angry at us for some sin we had knowingly or unknowingly
committed. Perhaps we engaged in sex for enjoyment and not procreation,
or ate the wrong diet, or didn’t contribute enough, etc.
If we had only behaved differently God would not
have unleashed that volcano, earthquake, flood, tsunami, hurricane,
plague,
etc., on us. What we had to do to convince God not to kill us
and our
offspring in the future was to figure out what sin had caused
his ire, avoid committing that sin again and make amends to keep
him
happy. These beliefs were eventually codified and became the “gospel
truth”.
God usually kills alone as in Ancient Egypt, Pompeii,
Krakatoa , San Francisco, or New Orleans but some times he is
too busy
killing or preoccupied with other matters and needs agents or
accomplices
to act on his behalf. Here a Fatwa from a Khomeini to the faithful
that “God wants Rushdie dead, so get busy”, or an
edict from a Robertson for the offing of President Chavez, is
needed. These agents are simply saving God all that work
and worry needed in judging these miscreants. Sometimes it is
not enough to pray
for the demise of the enemies of God. This is where a suicide
mission in London, Baghdad or Bali, or a well placed bomb in
Atlanta, Madrid
or at an abortion clinic will drive God’s point home and
bring his agent rewards in heaven.
At other times God can’t
make up his mind as to who is right and who is wrong, as in the
Iran-Iraq war, W.W.I or W.W.II. Both
sides beseeched Him to bring them victory. Both sides had martyrs
and both sides knew they were the “true believers”.
In this case why not kill them all and sort it out later at an
eventual “Judgment Day” or “Ghiamat”. So,
what is a believer of any Faith to do? Who can you turn to for
the latest prayer, verse, invocation and flagellation, circumambulation,
burning of the Rue, etc., that will do the trick and keep God
happy? I am sorry to say that there seems to be no clear answer
to this
dilemma in the current scenario.
Since we are taught that we are
created in the image of God, perhaps the next time one of your
offspring misbehaves, try His
example.
Why limit yourself to counseling or physical or psychological
torture of the scoundrel? Try a more final solution, a killing.
In this
way you will not only “save” the infidel of further
error and damnation but you will also set a clear example to
the rest of the children, those potential malefactors as to the
limits
of Godly tolerance and ungodly behavior.
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