God won’t save us

‘God’ is not going to save us, so save your breath

REALITY IN THE AGE OF COVID

We, the people on this mote of dust in an infinite universe of endless galaxies, need help.

Beowulf is dead and the Silver Surfer has his hands full in the galaxy MACSO647 more than 13 billion light-years away.

So, who’s going to help us?

God?

Dream on.

Thousands of Christians are still crowding together in megachurch services and praying to God to save them from Covid-19.

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I cannot think of anything more irresponsible and “unChristian.”

Yo, Christians, you’re supposed to care about humankind and yet you’re doing the worst thing possible to further spread the disease.

Besides which, benighted brethren, you’re wasting your time.

This invisible entity, super power, Supreme Being, whatever you want to call it, may well be (Oh, Heavens, no!) a figment of your fearful and fervent imaginations, an illusion, a delusion, a stubborn holdover from a primitive era.

And even if “He” does exist, He is the God of the entire universe, and since there are two trillion galaxies in the universe, he’s too damn busy.

Forget “God,” dear delusional dreamers. Get it through your heads, our only “salvation” in this crisis, as in any crisis — world wars, global depressions, plagues, 9/11 — is Ourselves, you and me, and most of all the doctors and nurses and all the brave people on the front lines, from health workers to grocery clerks.

The only power we have to survive this microbe hell is our own personal courage and strength and the will to survive. To hell with death and “eternal life.”

The next time some Christian fantatic talks to me about “God’s will” and the “Glory of God” and “Eternal Life,” I will remind them that people in New York City are dying of the virus every three minutes — and going to eternal death.

So, “Glory of God” expounders, stop congregating in primitive prayer marathons — and criminally spreading the virus — and do something actually “Christian” like try and save lives.

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15 thoughts on “‘God’ is not going to save us, so save your breath”

  2. Billy, you are sharp-minded and silver-tongued (not in the conventional sense). I enjoy everything you ever wrote, write, and will write 🍑 Happy to see you still kicking around (in both literal and figurative senses). Keep writing, Billy, be a warrior 🐢 And don’t forget to do squats, eat proteins, and get sunbaths …

  3. Comon Bill. You may be partly correct. But you’d be better off to avoid mocking God. He hear’s you weather you know it or not. And it’s not a great idea to mock him.

  4. Well, Bill. I enjoy you writing and this one is a piece I really enjoyed. Still, people don’t know you are not mocking God but human stupidity that leads to believe in an entity that will help us from our own stupidity. Hope you are staying safe. I like your writing for sure. Thank you!

  7. Dot, yep, still kicking and doing some exercises, eating eggs (lots of protein, right?) and going out in the sun — when it deigns to shine on my narrow corner of the earth. Stay well, dear Dot. Billy.

  9. No, please, I really think your point is good. Don’t clarify anything. I like it as it is. Thank you.

  11. Thanks. Yeah, the doctors, nurses, medical workers, delivery people, grocery clerks and everyone at the front are the real gods in this crazy time of covid.

  14. Thank you! But nothing must happen to you!
    I too would miss you. We must fight the enemy and survive!

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