Tweeting God

July 23, 2009 - 5:00 PM by Nicky

If you can already send a message to God by fax, email or text message, then it only stands to reason that you should now be able to tweet him as well.

Sending messages to God.

A new Israeli web site is offering users a chance to send a prayer or private message by Twitter to the Western Wall.

The service was initiated a couple of weeks ago by Tel Avivian Alon Nir. Users can send a short prayer or wish to God to the site, and every few days they will be printed out on small notes and slipped into the wall’s crevices.

You have to be pretty concise. Tweets run to just 140 characters, which doesn’t give you much room to ask for anything more than the basics.

The site, www.twitter.com/The Kotel, is non-profit and prayers have already been pouring in with requests on subjects ranging from personal issues like health and livelihood, to the release of Gilad Shalit.

Traffic is clearly heavy. The internet is abuzz with the news, and Nir has been caught unprepared for all the interest.

His tweets grow progressively more panicked. From: “WOW i’m all over the internet now……. things happen to fast to updaye (sic)” to, ” I CANT KEEP UP ! SO many media all over the world!”, and “Computer is crashing again! wow! thanks all! must restart the computer” to a final note warning that processing time is slower than usual as things are so hectic.

Call me old fashioned, but it seems to me that if you’re the kind of person who really wants to speak to God, dashing off a 140 character tweet by electronic media just doesn’t really do it. And what a sadness to miss out on that unique experience of slipping a tiny piece of paper with your hopes and wishes into the warm gold stone of the Kotel.

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