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The Last Testament: A Memoir

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by God


  Campbell’s Soup Cans (painting), 232

  Canaan, 30, 93

  obliteration of inhabitants of, 119

  Carey, Mariah, fourth person address desired by, 113

  Caroline, or Change, 269

  Carrot Top, as unfunny, 110

  Cassiopeia, 54

  Catcher in the Rye (Salinger), Ecclesiastes similar to, 125

  cathedrals, 263

  Catholics, 221, 270, 274–75, 280

  Ceepher, Lou, Scrabble championship won by, 342

  celebrities, 107–14

  Celebrity Center, 253

  Cetera, Peter, 164

  Chagall, Marc, 45

  Chaldea, 29

  Chamber of Commerce, 22

  Charlemagne, 267

  Chase, Chevy, painkillers stolen by, 109

  Chauvet Cave, 337

  Chavez, Hugo, 331

  Cheryl, 354, 355, 356

  Chicago Cubs, 157, 159

  World Series won by, 353

  Chichen Itza, 357

  chicken, as coming after egg, 147

  children, prayer by, 220

  Children’s Crusades, 264

  China, Marco Polo’s journey to, 268

  Chinese folk religion, 252

  Chinese New Year, 242

  Choctaw mythology, 205

  Chosen People, Jews as, 29, 82, 86, 90, 97, 98, 100, 102, 117

  Christianity, Christians, 54

  PPB among, 221

  as similar to Walmart, 244

  circumcision, 36

  civil rights, 139

  Civil War, 136

  clouds, shapes of, 343

  Code of Hammurabi, 22

  Coldplay, 112

  Cold War, 136

  Colonial Williamsburg, revolution at, 347

  Colorado, 340

  Colussus of Rhodes, 230

  communism, 303

  Congo, inexplicable birth in, 347

  Constitutional Convention, 137–38

  Cooper, D. B., Bigfoot’s meal of, 146

  Cordero, Angel, home vandalized, 353

  Costas, Bob, 155

  cows, 86

  Craigslist, al-Qaeda’s use of, 336

  creation, 3–4, 5–8, 52, 87, 88, 111, 164, 273, 288, 297, 298

  of humans, 17

  Creation of Adam, The (painting), 232

  creation science, 8

  cricket, 158

  Cruise, Tom, 344

  Crusades, 264, 358

  Crystallnacht, 108

  Cuba, pitchers emigrating from, 334

  cubit system, 18

  cyclists, steroid habits of, 158

  Cyrus, Miley, blossoming of, 113

  Dairy Queen, deaths at, 347

  Dalai Lama:

  arrest of, 342

  God’s dislike of, 251

  Dan, Tribe of, 46

  Dancing with the Stars (TV show), 306

  Daniel, 26, 126

  Danish cartoons, 236

  Dante, 267

  Dark Ages, 263

  darkness, 75, 357

  Darwin, Charles, 8, 9, 290

  David, 91, 100, 122, 125, 169, 272

  in battle with Goliath, 122–23

  Psalms written by, 122, 123–24

  David, Keith, fight scene of, 45

  Da Vinci Code, The (Leonardo da Vinci, not Dan Brown), 231

  Davis, Miles, shofar played poorly by, 118

  Day-Lewis, Daniel, bad performance of, 351

  Daylight Savings Time, God’s foiling of, 336

  Dead Milkmen, new sales venue of, 345

  Dead Sea, creation of, 296

  Death Valley, typhoon in, 352

  Deborah, as greatest and worst female leader in the Old Testament, 120

  Declaration of Independence, 137

  De Coelesti Hierarchia, 25

  de Goncourt, Edmond, 255

  Delilah, 121

  Democratic National Convention, singers at, 349

  Deuteronomy, 85, 89, 93

  devil:

  Jesus tempted by, 183–85

  unlisted number of, 185

  in violin competition, 184

  Diamond, Neil, 300

  Dianetics (Hubbard), 253

  Dick, Andy, wagon sexually assaulted by, 108

  dietary laws, 86–87

  dinosaur, 292

  Dion, Celine, as displeasing to Titanic victims, 338

  Disneyworld, 338

  Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences, 276

  Divine Comedy, The (Dante), 267

  Dixon, Jeane, as Zodiac Killer, 144–45

  DNA, 9

  Doctors Without Borders, name changed by, 350

  dogs, 229

  Dome of the Rock, 336

  Dow Jones, ominous market drop of, 333

  Downey, Robert, Jr., as part of Gervais’s opening act, 332

  drunkenness, 274

  Duchovny, David, masturbation habits of, 110

  Duke University, 157

  E=mc2, new formula for, 355

  Ecclesiastes, 125

  eclipses, 7

  Edison, Thomas, God’s paraphrase of, 209

  Edomites, 29

  Efron, Zac, as emotionless, 110

  egg, as preceding chicken, 147

  Egyptians, 294

  Jews’ flight from, 67–82, 97, 131, 264

  Eiffel Tower, 292

  Einstein, Albert, wrong about God’s dice-playing, 6

  Elah, Valley of, 122

  El Chupacabra, existence of, 146

  Eldaach, 61

  El Dorado, 147

  Election Day, suicides on, 353

  Electra, Carmen, transformation of boob job by, 111

  Elihu, 130

  Elizabeth II, Queen of England, in surprise Mardi Gras appearance, 334

  Elon, 120

  Emancipation Proclamation, 292

  Eminem, rhymes of, 113

  entourages, 285

  Epcot, 332

  Ephah, 61

  Epher, 61

  Ephesam, 176

  Ephraim, 92

  Esau, 40–41, 45

  Jacob’s tricks on, 41, 42, 43

  Ethan, 97

  “Eve” (formerly Steve), 14, 87

  evolution, 8–9, 88

  Exodus, 61, 67, 72, 82, 85, 92, 94, 97

  exorcisms, 193–94

  Explanation of the Seven Penitential Psalms, 278

  exploding cow disease, 357

  Ezekial, 126

  Ezra, 25

  Facebook:

  God’s privacy concerns over, 304

  ominous member count of, 356

  Fall of Man, 13

  fasting, 244

  fatwa, 236

  Favre, Brett, 328

  Feeding of the Five Thousand, 193

  FIFA, 158

  50 Cent, 337

  finch beaks, 8

  First Amendment, 217

  First Book of Esdras, The, 25

  firstborn sons, killing of, 76–78, 357

  Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 255

  flash mob hit, 353

  flesh, 170–71

  Flood, 19–20, 23–24, 26, 29, 51, 61

  Florida:

  Gore’s failed campaign in, 128

  resemblance to penis, 6

  football, 155–57

  Ford, Harrison, poor career choice of, 109

  Ford, Henry, 230

  foreplay, 320

  fornicators, 172, 274, 319–20

  40 (number), 302

  “40” (song), 124

  Founding Fathers, 136

  Four Noble Truths, 252

  Fox, 332

  Fox News, 337

  Foxx, Jamie, 113

  Franklin, Benjamin, 138

  free will, 291

  Freewinds, 253

  French Revolution, 290

  Freud, Sigmund, 74

  Frigg, 267

  frogs, 75, 356

  Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant, 339

  Fulbert, 32
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  Gabriel, 26, 74, 75, 80, 296

  God made fun of by, 205

  Mary’s pregnancy and, 177

  Muhammad visited by, 238, 239–40

  on Sistine Chapel ceiling, 273

  Zach given nickname by, 167

  Gabuthelon, 169

  Galápagos Mega-Mall, 331

  Galileo, 284

  Garbo, Greta, God’s similarity to, 266

  Garden of Gethsemane, 199

  gas prices, 331

  gatherhunting, 16

  gathering, 16

  Gauguin, Paul, 45

  Gaza, destruction of gates of, 120

  Genesis, 47, 51

  revisionism of, 322

  Genghis Khan, 267

  Genuine Angel’s Food Cake, 315

  Gere, Richard, 252

  Germany, unification of, 292

  Germany Pavilion, 332

  Gervais, Ricky, opening act of, 332

  Giancana, Sam, 146

  Gibson, Mel, 112, 163

  Gideon, 120

  Gilgamesh, 88

  Gitmo, 242, 349

  gnats, 75

  God:

  absence of, 290–92, 297–303, 306

  address to self by, 297–98

  attributes of, 3, 4–5, 237, 300

  cookbook of, 311–16

  in covenant with Jacob, 42–43, 44

  details of Armageddon worked out by, 329

  as doer, 251

  errors by, 4–5

  favorite stuff of, 229–32

  Gabriel’s insults to, 205

  Googling self by, 143

  hobbies of, 3

  humanity as threat to, 289, 291–92

  humanity’s questions about, 301

  Israel supported by, 99–100

  Israel visited by, 101–2

  as jealous, 27

  Jesus and H.G. as one substance with, 289

  Jesus granted religion by, 203–5

  Jesus’s humanity aided by, 170–73

  Jesus threatened with iceberg by, 295–96

  as Jesus-whipped, 205

  Job tortured by, 295

  managements style of, 53

  in return to the office, 303–4

  Ruth courted by, 165–66

  self-doubts of, 297–99

  self’s answer to, 299–301

  in sitting for Sistine Chapel, 273, 275

  Titanic sunk by, 293–94

  as trivia buff, 40

  Twitter account of, 304–6

  U.S. blessed by, 135–39

  in younger, more innocent times, 297

  see also Allah

  Go Daddy, 229

  “God Bless America,” 135

  “God Bless the USA” (song), 348

  Goddard, Robert H., as God’s favorite rocket scientist, 229

  Gödel, Kurt, as God’s favorite mathematician, 229

  Godlibs, 209–14

  Godplane, 202

  godsip, 108–14

  Godspell (musical), 180

  Godthåb, 229

  Godzilla, 229, 339

  Golgotha, 201

  Goliath, big heart of, 122–23

  Gomer, 61

  Gomorrah, 31, 33–35, 39

  Good Samaritan, 189–90

  Google, 334

  gopher wood, 18–19

  Gore, Al, 128

  Gosselin, Kate, suicidal uterus of, 114

  Goyische Delight, 313

  Graceland, razing of, 347

  Grammy’s, 156

  Grand Canyon, 6

  Gravity’s Rainbow (Pynchon), 231–32

  Greatest Generation, 136

  “Greatest Love of All,” 109

  Greatest Story Ever Told, The (film), 163

  Great Pyramid of Giza, collapse of, 332

  Great Salt Lake, earthquake under, 337

  Great Wall of China, 332

  Greece, 286

  Greek culture, 117

  Greenwood, Lee, 348

  Gregorian chant, 279

  Gregory the Great, 275

  Griffith, Melanie, out-of-style drinks of, 109

  group sex, 17

  Guaranteed Overnight Delivery, 229

  Gungunum, King, 22

  Gutenberg, Johannes, 186

  Guthrie, Woody, surprising identity of, 145

  Hadadezer, 123

  Hagar, 37–38

  Hagar, Sammy, driving skills of, 345

  Hagman, Larry, pasta order of, 108

  hail, 75, 357

  Hail Mary, 219

  hajj, 244–45, 353

  Halloween, as Apocalypse’s day off, 353

  Ham, 18

  Hanks, Tommy, poor behavior in restaurants by, 112

  Hanoch, 61

  Happonen, Janne, 158

  Haran, 29

  HarperCollins, 183

  Harrison, John Scott, 40

  Hasidic Jews, 221

  Hasselbeck, Elisabeth, prayers of, 113

  Hasselhoff, David, alcohol required by, 108

  Hauptmann, Bruno, 146

  Hayward, Tony, 333

  Hazeroth, 89

  Head Lice Monthly, 127

  Hebron, Mount, 187

  Hefner, Hugh, death of erection of, 339

  Heigl, Katherine, 335

  Helios, 230

  helium, 230

  Héloïse, 321–22

  Hemingway, Ernest, 255

  Henry VIII, King of England, 274

  Heston, Charlton, 71

  H.G., see Zach (H.G.)

  Higgs boson, 62

  Hilton, Paris, thought of, 112

  Himalayas, 6

  Hinduism, 252

  Hindus, 247–50

  History of the World, Part I, 271

  Hitchcock, Alfred, 232

  Hitler, Adolf, 103

  Hoffa, Jimmy, as buried in Grant’s Tomb, 146

  Hold Me Now!: The Thompson Twins Story, 342

  Holocaust, 97, 101, 102–4

  Holyfield, Evander, 158

  Holy Roman Empire, 267

  homosexuality, 31–32, 249, 274

  in Anglican Church, 333

  Hopkins, Neville, 144, 145

  Houston, Whitney, instrument played by, 109

  Howe, Gordie, surprise announcement of, 344

  Hubbard, L. Ron, 253

  Hudson, Jennifer, song in Arby’s sung by, 109

  humanity:

  creation of, 8–9, 18

  droughts and pestilences endured by, 56–57

  drowning of, 18

  as threat to God, 289, 291–92

  Hundred Year’s War, 269

  Hunger Games, The, 337

  hunting, 16

  Hurricane Katrina, as mistake, 55

  “I Am. . .I Said” (song), 300

  ibexes, 93

  Ibzan, 120

  “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!,” surprising announcement by, 345

  immigration, 136

  Impressionism, 292

  incest, 16

  India, 331

  Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, 109

  indulgences, 274

  Industrial Revolution, child labor in, 291

  insects, 86

  International Gathering of Shamans, 339

  International House of Pancakes, 335

  International Pedophilia Month, 333

  Internet, 304

  iPhone 6, 335

  Iran, nuclear bomb tested by, 338

  Iraq War, 139

  Ireland, 268

  Irish potato famine, 56

  Iron Bowl, 157

  Isaac, 44, 90

  death of, 46

  marriage of, 40

  proposed sacrifice of, 38–39, 296

  Isaiah, 126

  matted beard of, 127

  Ishmael, 38

  Ishmaelites, 29

  Islam, 235–46

  common prayer in, 220

  Five Pillars of, 244

  PPB in, 221

  Protestantism vs., 279

 
as similar to Starbucks, 244

  two branches of, 235

  Israel:

  God’s support for, 99–100

  God’s visit to, 101–2

  in peace treaty with Sumerians, 333

  Israelites, 29

  “It,” 72, 102–4

  Italy, 331

  Jackson, Michael, 111

  Jackson, Quinton, 158

  Jack the Ripper, 144

  Jacob, 40–41, 67, 90, 286

  in change to Israel, 45

  God’s covenant with, 42–43, 44

  ladder of, 43

  as tricky little bastard, 41, 42, 43, 44–45

  in wrestling match with man, 45, 46

  Jainism, 205

  Jains, 253

  Jair, 120

  James, 195, 196, 235

  James, Lebron, King James Bible endorsed by, 5

  Jamestown, 135

  Japan, catastrophes in, 55

  Japheth, 18, 61

  Javan, 61

  Jefferson, Thomas, 137, 138

  Jehovah’s Witnesses, in trial against God, 347

  Jeopardy, 352

  Jephthah, 120

  Jerahmeel, 173

  Jeremiah, 126

  Jericho, toppling of walls of, 118–19

  Jericho Septet, 166

  Jersey Devil, 146

  Jerusalem, 100, 102, 128, 336

  Jesus:

  as active partner in God’s business, 268

  arrest of, 199–200

  birth of, 26, 163–64, 177

  as classic middle child, 167–68

  crucifixion of, 201–2, 329, 358

  as desiring to be human, 170–73

  details of Armageddon worked out by, 329

  fieldwork of, 178–80

  first Communion offered by, 198–99

  as generated by God, 289

  God’s granting of religion of, 203–5

  God’s restraint urged by, 287

  God’s threat with iceberg against, 295–96

  Holocaust and, 102, 103

 

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