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God is a character presented in the album Deathconsciousness by Have a Nice Life similarly to the religious God, but in a more cynical setting where humanity is not phased by anything good or bad that happens in the world, due to the widespread belief in Antiocheanism. This widespread belief in a religion that codifies nihilism was a gradual development spearheaded by the prophet Antiochus, that may represent the feelings of Dan Barrett and may be interpreted by the listener however they feel is most accurate.
God appears in the tracks "Bloodhail" and "Hunter", the second and fourth track respectively, as part of a short series of songs on the album that presents a storyline depicting humanity as sinners responsible for God's death, and the subsequent end of the world. The pamphlet that comes with the album further gives context to this plot in the style of an academic book about the life and influence of Antiochus. As people learn from his teachings that the scale is tipped towards Negation and away from Life due to humans having a greater capacity for murder than giving birth, and the Great Negation becomes common knowledge, God forgives mankind for wanting to kill him by allowing himself to be killed, and supplies the humans and animals with his flesh to be used as armor and food. The song "Earthmover" describes an eventual apocalypse, which is described to have been brought on by immortal golems who envy humans for their capability of death. However, this either doesn't happen until a very far away point in the future, or it is just a metaphor that humans in this story now only exist to destroy what God created.
History[]
"Bloodhail"[]
Humanity betrays God, making a staircase of bodies for the unnamed Hunter to get close to heaven and kill God by indiscriminately shooting arrows up from the sky. The Hunter succeeds in bringing down God.
Context[]
The Hunter still does not have a name, but it is revealed that he incited the people at the execution of Antiochus to make a human staircase to reach God. Those people were not enough, so he asked the dead animals. The Hunter learns to despise God for making animals so fragile and forced to kill each other, allowing the dead animals to accept his request. Every bit of dead biomass in his vicinity made the ladder longer and longer, until he saw God. At that moment, he let everything go, and there was nothing to hold him back. He shot arrowheads everywhere. One arrowhead struck God's throat, and God fell limp, straight into the Earth.
"Hunter"[]
The first half of the song is told from the perspective of God, who is revealed to have given His life to humanity. He knows that everyone will wish Him good riddance, and selflessly uses His dead body to provide humans with armor from His skin, and food from His flesh and bones. God tells the Hunter, "All I have is yours".
Context[]
God died in 1254, shortly after Antiochus had been burned to ashes.
Minutes after God had died, everyone who was part of the ladder came back down safely, and mindlessly feasted on God until they were too full to move. This was called the Desperate Banquet.
Aftermath[]
Antiocheans have been forced into exile, and nothing is different about the world detailed in the end of the book from the world in real life. However, the book only exists to provide context to the lyrics on the album, and is not a full timeline. Presumably, the narrator of every other song on the album is part of this fictional world and exists somewhere on the timeline of it between the beginning of the album in the 11th century and the far-away future where the world is destroyed by golems in "Earthmover". Until then, we hear a person create a time machine to contact a deceased loved one, which is the only mention of love on the album. This proves that humanity lasts a very long time before its demise, and God has nothing to do with it.
Another possibility is that "Earthmover" is just a metaphor about how humans now only exist to destroy what God created. Since many songs on the album are personal to the singer, it is possible that the many other songs on the album have nothing to do with this timeline.
Although Antiochus would eventually come before a follower named Narl and make him the leader of Antiochus' True Church to destroy every non-Antiochean, they only managed to wipe out the population of two villages. Afterwards, Antiocheanism fell into obscurity, and became known only by academic scholars. Since no one is immortal, not even God, this seemingly validates Antiocheanism. But ultimately, the religion is dumb and pretentious, obviously a terrible way to live life, but convincing enough to make people kill themselves, just like depression. The album is an attempt to represent the lowest the human spirit can go, and uses the denial of God to get there.
Personality[]
Like the original God, what he thinks is beyond human comprehension, but by dying for humanity, he shows the greatest amount of compassion ammountable.