"Hi! I am God. How are you? Get out of my way!" Not what I expected, to be honest, but I suppose one ought to make do with second-best. The Homepage of God tells you that it belongs to the "the creator of Life, the Universe and everything." It also adds, however, that this self-proclaimed God is "not responsible for Microsoft Windows, and your slow bandwidth."
Checking a few family pictures dispels any doubt you may have about the tongue being firmly in cheek here, and the official WWW Absolution Service confirms it by letting you confess your sins online, 'for free' and in this life too!
This net-savvy God (with HTML skills that need a lot of working on, may I add) also destroys a couple of fond illusions. His son's name was not Jesus, apparently, but Zaphod Beeblebrox. There is also "neither a hell nor a heaven…life doesn't really end with death…there is no paradise waiting for you…tomorrow's weather forecast isn't true at all…and this is what really happened on the seventh day.
Apart from its successes as a medium, what the Internet has also done is give people a web cam inside their many closets. Gays, anarchists and, now, a couple of folk calling themselves the big 'g.'
Enough, I say, and move on to another God. Male or female, I'm not sure. What I do know is that this God is a Gay Rights Supporter and, I suspect, strongly schizophrenic. How's this for an introduction: "Hello. I am god. How are you? I am the collector of souls, give me yours. I live on your grief. I make you live forever, even if it tires you. HAHAHAHAHAHA! Please pay no attention to god. YOU CANNOT ESCAPE MY WRATH!! HAHAHAHA! YOU ARE MINE. As I said, please pay no attention to the screaming man known as God."
And you thought religious texts were difficult to follow, you pour soul…
There's another guy called Art, also known as God. By his own admission though, all he's ever created is this page, full of surprises. His favourite movie is 'Army of Darkness;' and preferred music -- heavy metal! Last words: "If you do not like this page you will go to hell, but if you do please send mail." You'd think the Almighty would manage to create some junk mail, if nothing else…
Some guys, it would appear, take on a divine avatar simply to impress some cute woman around the block. Why else would a page titled 'I am God. I love myself so much' exist? All it has is a collage of pictures featuring a not-unpleasant looking Asian teenager striking a variety of poses. You may be God, my friend, but I'd suggest working on your personality a little. Beats a tacky Web site.
I am God ... no kidding hosts the $10.00 God Challenge. "I will give $10.00 to anyone who can prove that I, William Henry Pratt, am not God…Prove that I am not who I say I am and thou shalt receive $10.00 post-haste." You have two options: Rush to try and win the ten bucks, or stop making a fool of yourself and simply chuckle over gems like: 'No wonder I'm so stressed!!! I have a whole universe to run!'
If you've wondered what it would be like to be God, the site also throws you a link to the God Simulator, letting you play the omnipotent and omniscient. You have the power to do or create anything, be it heaven, angels or other helpers. This despite the fact that 'you are God and really don't need any help.'
Let's say you wake up one morning with a strong belief that you really are God. Or you know someone who ought to be one. Why not try Am I God or Not for answers? Simply submit your deity's picture and find out how much of a God he or she is. There are, currently, a total of 29 pictures including some of Bill Gates, Jesus Christ, and even a cartoon figure that resembles an octopus.
I suppose all we can do is hang around these unauthentic supernatural beings; at least until the real one gets himself or herself an official Web site…