The American God

I am an atheist, and as such I have no belief in a deity. As such I am not really an authority on godly matters, not by a long shot, not the least of which because there seem to be so darn many of them. Even within the Christian population there appears to be a multitude of different god's. I am never sure if there is one or three christian gods what with the holy ghost/spirit thing and all, but even ignoring THAT controversy there is a huge disconnect between the god of the old testament and the new testament. The vengeful god and the forgiving god ... there are many different flavours of god, and therin lies the problem. It's too easy to pick and choose the god that suits your own personality best. That hardly speaks well of the existance of any god imo but I digress ...

What interests me the most and indeed fascinates me in a macabre sort of way is the emergence of a clear winner in the god wars, the American God.

This god is more rooted in the god of the old testament than the new. In fact he is so old testament that he can be embraced by almost everyone including Jewish Americans without too much discussion. That really helps him gain popularity. He is also a kick ass god and that very much appeals to those Amercans who are all swaggering bravado, you know the ones, they are always stalking around sayin things like "we're gonna go kick their asses over there in sawdee araybeea man, damn ayrabs done raised our gaz prices agin. Bubba go git me my shotgun and I'll show em who's da boss." or "Fukin Eye rackees, we should nuke the bastads, fer bomin us on 911" You know the kind. All bluster, no facts.

The god of the old testment hated gays ... convenient ..... seemed to condone incest, murder and adultery .... VERY useful, yes indeed, the powers that be can really USE a god like THAT right now. The god of the old testament was arrogant, demanding, abusive, sadistic and petty.

I have often heard it said that people in a group always seem to gravitate to the lowest common denominator and apparently this new/old American God is that denominator. Knuckle draggers of the world UNITE.

The Republicans have certainly embraced this new/old American god. He is a very useful guy to have around indeed. They don't seem to think it's a bad thing at all to lie, cheat and steal to further their own ends, and they cynically use this new god to beat all opposition to their knees. Especially those pesky Jesus lovin hippy freaks known as the Democrats. Damn Libruls .... The American god HATES Libruls dontcha know?

This new/old American god doesn't let hypocrisy stand in his way either. If it suits him to endorse a culture of life one day, he doesn't even bat an eye the next when he embraces a culture of death. You see it's the ends that matter. Don't you get it? If wailing about the culture of life during a discussion on euthanasia is ok on Monday it is perfectly ok to switch gears on Tuesday and kill untold numbers of people in his culture of death campaign. You know the one .... it's the campaign to rid the world of all opposition to the one TRUE god. The American god. The god of the Republicans, thank you VERY much, no Democrats need apply. Just don't CALL it the culture of death .. THAT doesn't sound NEARLY as good as "the culture of life"

If you need clarification on this god's current state of mind on all things ... just ask George Bush and friends. They apparently have a direct line to the almighty American God. Just don't ask them about the god of the NEW Testament. Apparently the all new American god doesn't like HIM much and he just might throw a hissy fit if he hears about THAT god. That pussy apparently thinks helping the poor and the weak is a GOOD thing! Imagine THAT.

Paise jesus ..umm ...ooops ... I forget thou shalt put no other gods before ME! Hail George ... the NEW AMERICAN GOD. Of course the new/old American god doesn't really mind you invoking Jesus' name as long as you do it to get what you want from the sheeple, just don't get any wierd ideas about actually FOLLOWING that radical's teachings. THAT would be going to far .....

IA