Killing God
“ The immorality of God!” shouts Hobbes. “Why isn’t anyone talking about this?” he demands to know with a condescending tone toward his passive audience who scurry past him like scared mice into the church. Hobbes’s current mission is to protest the existence of the Judeo-Christian deity outside the doors of a local church in the heart of the “Bible Belt.” With that said, however, it would be highly inaccurate to call him an “atheist” for he is deeply religious. He’s not doubting the existence of God per se but the goodness of an all-powerful being. Eventually, the police are called to maintain the city ordinance of “keeping the peace.” Hobbes marches right up to the Jackson peace officer and demands to be heard: “Fear is our greatest weapon against disorder and chaos. You should know that better than anyone! We must fear an absolute Sovereign and abide by a social contract. These Christians,” he lectures, “no longer fear or dread God as they should. They only talk about the love o...