What In God's Name?

Continuing a series of religious posts, here I go again.

So this one time, God was chilling in Heaven, when something on Earth caught his attention.

"In the name of God, I..."

He wheeled around and saw an army moving east from Europe towards Jerusalem. He barely had time to blink when He saw that body parts were being sold as holy objects, and tickets into Heaven could be bought, all so one guy He'd never even spoken to could put some more jewels on his hat. At the same time, tribes were feuding in southwestern Asia.

God had a hard time watching this happen. He took some aspirin and called it a day.

When He woke up, he saw monks preserving ancient knowledge. He saw orders being set up to perform good charity. He saw masterpieces made, beautiful odes composed, good will being spread. But in the corner of His eye He noticed a conflict in Spain. A war had erupted, and the only real issue was whether or not some kid who died a few years back was His son. Damned if He knew.

God saw two people arguing about who knew Him better. To this day they still haven't figured it out.

God saw a boat leave England with people who disagreed with their King's views. They founded a country where it wouldn't matter what you believed.

God saw people slaughtered. Tortured. Huge houses of worship were erected for Him, and huge centers of commerce tumbled for Him as well. In times of hardship, people asked Him "Why?" and in times of plenty, He was pretty much ignored excepting the occasional footnote thanks.

God didn't know what to say about this.

He saw His followers organizing food drives for victims of natural disasters. He saw His followers claim that people of other races, orientations, and creeds were despised by Him. He saw His followers trying to understand themselves and the world they lived in. He saw people justify ignorance in His name in courts and in the public domain.

"What did I do?" asked God. "I didn't want all of this to happen. Where did I mess up?"

God stared out at His universe. A reflection of Himself appeared out of it; God was displeased. It wasn't what He had created that made Him unhappy, but rather, a more existential crisis.

"If there's a world out there so full of hate, but I am a loving God, how can I possibly be?"