All this guff about what "God" wants us to do totally misses the point that it presupposes this "God" is real in the first place. What happens if you get to whatever passes for the other side and the first thing you see is Ganesha's trunk sticking in your face? Have you xtians ever given a thought as to what you'll say then?
Of course, you could fake it and say you'll believe in whatever god confronts you out of convenience, but is that really going to work? Personally, I'm not a god - I know, shocker - yet I can tell when someone's not being entirely honest with me. My Princess was always amazed that I seemed to be able to read her mind but it was down to simple human empathy. Imagine if I really was a god with all that goes with the job:
"Ooh yes, my Lord, I've always been your biggest fan..."
"Ok, 'off' is the direction I would like you to fuck now. And don't grovel; if there's one thing I can't stand, it's people grovelling."
Of course, you could fake it and say you'll believe in whatever god confronts you out of convenience, but is that really going to work? Personally, I'm not a god - I know, shocker - yet I can tell when someone's not being entirely honest with me. My Princess was always amazed that I seemed to be able to read her mind but it was down to simple human empathy. Imagine if I really was a god with all that goes with the job:
"Ooh yes, my Lord, I've always been your biggest fan..."
"Ok, 'off' is the direction I would like you to fuck now. And don't grovel; if there's one thing I can't stand, it's people grovelling."
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
