Thoughts and Prayers to Whom?

           Thoughts and Prayers to Whom?

 

It is a tradition now long established that each of America’s mass shootings be followed by a ritual call for thoughts and prayers. But thoughts and prayers to whom? To whom are these prayers addressed? What mythic being merits such thoughts and prayers, at a time like that?

The theocrats who make this call claim to speak for the deity known as Yahweh, or Christ, or Allah. But I do not think that being, under any of those names, would appreciate such thoughts or prayers. That would be out of character. All three would disapprove of mass murder not done for revolutionary liberation or national security.

So I doubt that those thoughts and prayers go to Yahweh, Christ, or Allah. So to whom do they go instead?

Several candidates come to mind. Mars, perhaps, or Moloch. How about Pluto, god of death and money? But they don’t need our prayers; they already have our blood sacrifices.

The funny thing about blood sacrifices is that they’re never enough. Churchgoers? So what. Schoolchildren? Ho hum. An outdoor concert? Same old. So what next? A maternity ward? A football game? A gun show? A stock exchange?

Not Congress. They’re safe. There’s nothing left there to desecrate.

Thanos wants to kill half of all life, Sauron likes human sacrifice, and Cthulhu is horrifying; but they’re all niche myths. Satan is lord of evil, which fits, and he has broad name recognition.

So thoughts and prayers to Satan!  #No Lives Matter.