Is one god really enough in the 21st Century?

The reason I ask is that things don’t seem to have been going so well and I think maybe the problem is that he is over worked. Fair enough. The population has gone through the roof. Famine, pestilence, wars; disease, drugs and badly made electrical appliances are killing us in record numbers. Maybe the big guy needs a hand. Any business that undergoes huge growth and diversification needs to sit down and look at the way it is run. It isn’t fair to expect one guy to be responsible for the whole shooting match. Are you telling me Bill Gates is a one-man band?
And it’s not like this hasn’t been done before.
Look at some of the cultures of the past that thrived with polytheism. They had gods for love & marriage, healing, war, water, music, hunting. And those civilizations got things done. The Sumerian’s invented the wheel, agriculture, law, writing and pottery. The Egyptians built the pyramids. The Greeks gave us salad and the Romans left their cool sandals and toga parties. Maybe it was the multi god thing that helped.
Obviously not all the old gods would be as relevant now but we could change their job descriptions to reflect the changing times. For instance while sheep are still important there are other important livestock to take into account these days, so Pan, the god of shepherds and flocks could probably take over farming in general. The Goddess of hunting could also watch over supermarket shoppers. The Romans had a God of Wine and that’s fine but we might need to expand that to include beer, spirits and alcho pops. There used to be a God of music and healing. That was fine back in the Roman times but with the growth of hip hop, drum and bass and all the other new types of music I think we need a god dedicated simply to music and I know the big record companies will agree. I’m sure they will be praying to him about music piracy.

Now from what I know about the current God he isn’t to keen on the idea of help. He’s a control freak and wants to be in charge of everything. I’m not saying we fire him. Even in the old days the gods all answered to a boss god. The big guy would become the Chairman of the celestial board, and would be still called upon to perform the odd miracle and open shopping centers. But we would have specialists in there to get things done.

There will obviously have to be a few new gods created to cover new areas. For example we’ll need a God of the Internet because that is a whole new cyber universe. God of Love is fine but what about the God of Safe Sex? That’s important these days. The God of horses will naturally become the God of Cars and the God of Where did I put my car keys? but I think we need a separate God of Parking because that’s a huge problem for modern man.

I won’t lie; there will be a few downsides to reinstating the multi god concept. New temples will need to be built and they’ll be expensive and of course there be the inevitable ‘my god’s better than your god’ type fights that will break out. My hope is that due to the sheer number of new gods there wont is one with a big enough following to cause too much damage. Anyway that’s my idea thought I would put it out there, see what people think. The gods will need a home. They used to hang out at Mt Olympus but I think the UN headquarters in New York would be a better spot now. True the weather is a bit shitty in New York. Too hot in summer, too cold in winter but that can be the first job for the God of weather, before he gets bogged down arguing with the God of fossil fuels over the whole global warming issue.