Gods on Earth, God in Heaven - A Short Story

Hasan A. Yahya, Ph.D

You see them around you, on TV shows, in churches, in schools and close to you in your own house. You wander why these persons act as if they were gods. You yourself, play that role sometimes or almost all times, but you did not notice!

Every human being acts as if s/he god! In my opinion, to behave and act like human any person should negate godship from their selves! What I mean is something different from peoples’ ideas about God.  Let me give the readers an example: A man decides for his wife is playing god over her. A woman decides for her husband is also playing god over him. Another example, a politician decides for people, s/he plays the role of god over them.

A girl-friend write to me once about her problem with her boy-friend. They both over 40 years. They have two kids, a girl and a boy. They were happy almost all times taking into consideration ups and downs in daily life activities. Suddenly the girl-friend discovered that her boy-friend is planning to move with other young lady half of his age.  She was angry, and wandered how to tackle the problem. She did not act as if she knows,  she acts normally, one day, the boy friend disappeared for two days without informing her. She imagined that her boy-friend was traveling with the young lady.

If she wants to play god’s role, she will order her damn boy-friend not to go with the young girl. Which was her right, but she acted as human being. She will send her boy-friend to hell! If she acted like God,  so she acts as human being. She waited until her boy-friend came back. She politely asked him:

-          “I was worried about you! I think, you were busy enough to call me. The kids too were worried.”  The boy-friend was embarrassed with her humble statement. He answered:

-          “you guess right! I was very busy, I am sorry!”

-          “Do you want to tell me something?” he looked at her wandering if she knew about his new affairs with the half of his age girl. So he hides his secret.

-          “No! it’s usual to stay away with friends you meet since the high school graduation.”

-          “Do I know them!, Honey!”

-          “No! they were in my class two years ahead of yours!”

-          “Ok! I believe you!”

-          “How’s the kids?” “Do they attend the Music party in the Middle school?”

-          “They were great! Samantha was surprising, after her reluctant to play the violin.  And Mark, you know he was fascinating on his drums.”

-          “Do you have pictures for the party?”

-          “Oh! Yes!” The girl-friend went to her room to bring the pictures. When she returned back, her boy-friend was on phone. She did not bather him, and waited on the couch.

-          “Sorry dear, a friend of mine in trouble!”

-          “and he asks for help! Right?”

-           ‘Right!” But the boy-friend was not telling the truth. The girl-friend hides her feelings, and acts as a human being. “In her imagination, she will not act as God, and punish him by sending him to Hell!

-          “O! Nice pictures, I wish I was there! Honey!”.

-           “May be next time! Honey!”.

 The boy-friend slept that night, with his girl-friend, they both enjoy sex as usual. But she was smelling a purfume on her boy-friend shoulder, that  was intimidating her tto act like God, and smack her him on the face or bite him as punishment. Or bring the knife and cut his throat. But she kept her anger in, and her stress thunders inside.  She wrote me as her councilor.  What shall I do? Do I have to act like god against someone denies my feelings and sacred life, or act like human beings?

 Hasan Yahya, is an American Arab scholar, a professor of Sociology, a columnist at wfol.tv, Malaysia, and TINA International News Agency, Chicago, USA. www.hasanyahya.com