Somnium Deus

After He finished His work, God fell asleep, dreaming of His own Creation. When He awakes after 18 billion years He sees a world in chaos, His active dream a total nightmare. God’s Conscience takes God to trial in the Court of Heaven. 


To God’s defense comes Adam, his first son, and Plato. The Prosecution brings in Rufus and Cicero with Lucifer joining them. Among the witnesses are Eve, Adam’s wife, Jesus of Nazareth, St. Augustine, Mark Twain and Christopher Hitchens. 


During the trial one hundred new commandments are released to Muhammad. The Prophet weeps and grovels in court praying to save Islam. While the defense tries to prove God "not guilty" by virtue of mere absenteeism, the prosecution shows beyond a reasonable doubt a universe that evolved by itself. 


Will evolution exonerate the existence of God, leaving mankind in the hands of science and to his own moral equity, or will God reform the chaotic universe led into evil by the satanic dream?