God has gone to Twitter heaven.
After five years and amassing more than 2 million followers, @TheTweetofGod, a satirical account that lambasted politics and popular culture with scathing tweets sent from "God," has departed the social media platform.
"God's done with Twitter," the account's creator, David Javerbaum, told Los Angeles' KPCC public radio station Wednesday.
Bullshit. pic.twitter.com/8qbBaoU3ka— God (@TheTweetOfGod) May 8, 2015
Javerbaum, a former "The Daily Show" writer and producer, began the wildly popular account in 2010 as a promotional device for his book "Memoirs by God," but it soon grew into an entity of its own.
The Tweet of God became so popular that Javerbaum adapted its premise into the play "An Act of God," which premiered on Broadway and is currently running in Los Angeles with Sean Hayes as God.
If it’s Trump/Palin I’m coming down there.— God (@TheTweetOfGod) January 20, 2016
Question: What are three things that will kill you?
Answer: pic.twitter.com/gx8D3Mm9Us— God (@TheTweetOfGod) January 18, 2016
On this date 2,015 years ago, nothing happened. Also it wasn't this date.— God (@TheTweetOfGod) December 24, 2015
As fate (or God) would have it, Javerbaum said he'd already been considering closing the account to focus on other projects when a recent hack proved to be the final straw.
"It's been taking up too much of my time and energy and mental agility," Javerbaum said. "And I have other things that I want to do in my life and I just have to, at a certain point, just cut that cord."
I deeply regret most of you.— God (@TheTweetOfGod) February 4, 2016
Though Javerbaum said he didn't originally intend for his most recent tweet, sent Feb. 13, to be the last one from God, the one-word commentary on the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia proved to be a pertinent farewell nonetheless:
Justice.— God (@TheTweetOfGod) February 13, 2016
Thanks for the tweets, God. In this dark time, we'll turn to you on Facebook to fill the holy social media void.