Dear God

@bigdoggproblem said
Poor God. It used to be so easy for him. If he kept the tornadoes, volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis away, people accepted that as proof that he loved them.

Now they surged from 1 to 7 billion people in a mere 100 years; they conquered most of the plagues that used to kill large swaths of them, and they're still not happy. Now, it is that no one must suffer, perio ...[text shortened]... e it all better, all the time, for all of them.

Can even omnipotence manage such a hopeless task?

@bigdoggproblem said
Poor God. It used to be so easy for him. If he kept the tornadoes, volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis away, people accepted that as proof that he loved them.

Now they surged from 1 to 7 billion people in a mere 100 years; they conquered most of the plagues that used to kill large swaths of them, and they're still not happy. Now, it is that no one must suffer, perio ...[text shortened]... e it all better, all the time, for all of them.

Can even omnipotence manage such a hopeless task?

@FMF
Here's another 'Dear God' song, I like this one better than XTC's
https://vimeo.com/8452017

@divegeester said
7.9 billion and still on an exponential curve.
We’re all doomed, religious or not.

@indonesia-phil said
From any subjective viewpoint, tens of thousands of people lying in hospital beds on respirators trying to breathe right now is an horrific thought. From an objective perspective, the population of homo sapiens can't keep on growing exponentially, there won't be enough resources to support it, and there will be checks, be they viral, genocidal or otherwise. If we can't ...[text shortened]... sciously or otherwise.
As you say, if things go on as they are we're doomed, Captain Mainwaring...

@rajk999 said
I think it is a fact that these doom and gloom predictions have been around for centuries ... .. if we continue to do this, that and the other we are doomed etc etc .. These things never come to pass. Mankind is resilient and things continue to be fixed. Even right now there is enough finished goods to feed, clothe and house everyone on the planet. The problem is ...[text shortened]... while one group waste and squander, another does without. All these things will be fixed over time.

@bigdoggproblem said
It only takes one true 'doom' prophecy to end a species. Just ask the dinosaurs.

@fmf said
Who made what prophecy about the dinosaurs?

@bigdoggproblem said
"These things never come to pass" ... until they do.

It only takes one true 'doom' prophecy to end a species. Just ask the dinosaurs.

@rajk999 said
These things never come to pass .. until God is ready to do it. Man is incapable of self destruction, neither is he capable of destroying this planet. That is wishful thinking. Man can bomb the entire planet with all the firepower at his disposal but the species will survive and so will the planet. A doom and gloom person is like a religious extremist. You can see them and smell them from a mile away.

@mike69 said
I agree with you, I’m just curious what the checklist looks like to be considered a religious extremist.

@mike69 said
I agree with you, I’m just curious what the checklist looks like to be considered a religious extremist.

@FMF

XTC - Dear God (1986)

Dear God, hope you get the letter and
I pray you can make it better down here
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer

@sonship said
@FMF

XTC - Dear God (1986)

Dear God, hope you get the letter and
I pray you can make it better down here
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer

Love that handy spam, huh, FMF?

@fmf said
Based on the lyrics in the OP's tune, would you describe the singer as an atheist or a deist?