Yahweh is Gangster AF

Written By Pink Flowers

Y’all! The God of the Israelites is Gangster AF — for realz!

Ain’t but a few things annoy the shit out of me like contempt prior to investigation. I can’t stand when some ignorant ass comes at me about what they don’t like (especially when it’s me) and they haven’t even bothered to read through or check out the material. I can tell, ‘cause the criticism be vague AF and driving at one or two cherry-picked examples, don’t add up to shit much less the overall experience of the thing.

Come to find out, I been guilty of that shit myself. I’ve been hating on Judeo-Christianity knowing dick about it. My knowledge of the Bible is Godspell, Jesus Christ Superstar, and whatever Cecil B. DeMille decided was worthy of the silver screen. Other than that, it’s been hearsay. So, instead of staying willfully ignorant, I decided to read the Bible—cover to cover.

Y’all! God be hating! Like out of the 26 books I’ve read so far, 17 of them mo’ fo’s is either about God kicking ass, promising to kick somebody ass or telling people what they gotta do if they don’t wanna another ass whooping. God is like “You better give me my money, bitch!” I swear his shit is like a drug lord usually taking out whole families and regular like ending in genocide.

A few years ago when Islamophobia was all the rage, I actually accepted, not as logical, but I could follow the train of thought that hooked fear of Muslims to violence in the Quran might o’ been wove into the fabric of they society. Maaaaaybe. Now? Fuck no. Anybody afraid of Islam and not shitting they pants on the daily over what some fundamentalist Christians might do, is not only a frigging hypocrite, but just a dumb ass. No offense to donkeys.

The Bible is a scary, scary book. I do not recommend it for kids at all. It is not queer-friendly. It ain’t feminist (even with Deborah leading an army in Judges). It do not show God in a very good light if His ass is supposed to be a father figure. If this was a custody trial, He would not get the kids and might end up catching a murder rap. My dad beat my ass, but was Mr. Fucking Rogers next to the God of Abraham.

I’m gonna withhold judgement ‘til I’m done before I post my review. No spoilers! I have my doubts the authors are gonna be able to dig they way out of this one.

Pink Flowers

Pink Flowers is a Black trans artist, peacemaker, educator, and pleasure activist whose work lives at the intersection of embodiment, governance, and cultural transformation. Trained in Theater of the Oppressed, Art of Hosting, and Navajo-informed Peacemaking practices, Pink designs spaces where conflict can be addressed, power can be examined, and joy can be reclaimed.

Her artistic and pedagogical practice draws from African trickster cosmology, Brazilian Joker traditions, shamanic ritual, and cooperative economics. She is the founder of the award-winning Falconworks Theater Company (2005–2021), which used popular theater to build civic capacity and participatory leadership in historically marginalized communities.

Pink served for over five years as a trained Peacemaker in the Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn, facilitating restorative processes within the New York City court system. From 2015–2018, she worked in cooperative business development with the Center for Family Life, supporting worker-owned enterprises in immigrant communities.

She currently serves as Director of Education and Training for the Inter-Cooperative Council in Ann Arbor, where she leads leadership development and conflict engagement initiatives. Her work has been presented nationally and internationally, including at the Stretch Festival in Berlin and the Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Conference.

Across ritual, performance, mediation, and institutional design, Pink’s work asks a central question:

What becomes possible when we refuse shame and choose conscious power instead?

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