Twitter God: ‘Insult The Hell Out Of Me.’


“Twitter God” – a social media account that tweets messages as though they come from the Christian God (or at least, from one depiction of him, as a sarcastic guy who doesn’t seem to be a fan of discrimination or, actually, religion) has been controversial more than once. In the light of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, though, he’s responding to the notion of violence in the name of religious beliefs.

The attacks on Charlie Hebdo, a satirical newspaper in Paris, are presumed to be related to that publication’s comics that satirize religious extremism. It’s widely believed that the attack came from Muslim extremists, as a response to cartoons insulting the Prophet Muhammad, and as a result, much of the backlash has been anti-Islam. There has been an outcry defending the right to insult religions, and about the difference between attacking ideas or beliefs, and attacking people.

The response from Twitter’s God reflected this, inviting people to insult him. He also declared that, as God, he is above being harmed by people speaking ill of him.

Twitter God: I am omniscient, omnipotent, and can take a joke.

Of course, whether the “God” of Twitter is representative of Christian views varies from denomination to denomination, and individual to individual, but there’s no question that his assertion that an all-powerful being can take being the center of a joke – and doesn’t need anyone to kill others over it – caught some eyes.

Twitter God also directly addressed the logic of killing people to prevent them from speaking ill of a belief system.

The series of tweets from “God” resulted in some small blowback – a few comments about whether the attack in Paris should be construed to represent all Muslims, an assertion that insulting the Twitter God wouldn’t undo the attacks, and the usual minor religious debates, but for the most part, the tweets were well-received, and the sentiment – that murder in the name of religion is a misguided application of belief – was well-received.

It should be noted that there is more than one Twitter account by the name of God, and that other popular ones also condemned the attacks, and any belief system that would encourage them.

While the Twitter God never explicitly said that his statements were in reference to extremists and murderers only, it’s important to note that he did not attack Islam (or any religion) in general, only the subset that would commit murder in response to perceived blasphemy.

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