The Planet Express Ship is attacked by space pirates, and Bender goes to sleep in a torpedo tube. Leela shoots him out of the front of the ship, and he is going too quickly for them to ever catch up to, doomed to float through space forever. He runs into some meteors, and one sticks to him. It turns out that that there are tiny people living on it who worship Bender as their God. Meanwhile, Fry is very upset and his friends try to cheer him up. He tries asking a priest about it, but that's no help. Bender, speaking through a man called Malachai, tells his people to make him beer. The construction and fumes of the brewery cause the deaths of thousands of his subjects, and he is very upset. He rescues Malachai's son from his tear, and his people start praying to him. Every time he tries to perform a miracle he just kills people. Fry visits a psychic who tells him to go and see some monks who have an enourmous telescope to look for Bender. He makes his way across mountains with Leela and they persuade the monks to let them use it. The people who live on Bender's ass have stopped believing in him, as he can't see them. Malachai asks him to smite them, but he refuses, as he just makes things worse when he tries to help. All of his people are killed in a nucleur war. He is devastated, and he floats around until he meets a galaxy that can talk. He thinks it is God. They talk about Bender's people, and God tells him that he should have have done just enough to help without people really knowing it. Fry, looking through the telescope, gives up and walks away, spinning it randomly. It lands on God, who hears him and hurls Bender back to Earth. Realising God won't help, he goes off to free the monks who Leela locked in the laundry room.

Quotes:

Leela: Gasp! Space pirates!
Fry: Space pirates?
Leela: You know, pirates - but in space!

Helper: Who wants to go to an amusement park?
Fry: Well, I guess that sounds okay.
Helper: Have a good time! Hey, I heard your friend Bender is back.
Fry: What?! Really?
Helper: No, I just thought you would enjoy that for a moment.

Fry: So that's my story, Father Changstien El Gamal. Is there anything religion can do to help me find my friend?
Priest: Well, we could join together in prayer.
Fry: Uh huh, but is there anything useful we can do?
Priest: No.

Monk The telescope is also an amplifying transmitter.
Leela: Sort of like a giant kareoke machine.
Monk Not really. Would you like to see our giant kareoke machine?
Leela: Not really.

Monk: Oh, how conveniant, a theory about God that doesn't involve looking through a telescope. Get back to work!

Seen Around the Future

Signs:
First Amalgamated Church
Ed's Hiking Supplies & Spelunkateria
Ezekiel's Nasty House

The beer that Bender's people make him is called Lordweiser

Malachai's wife knits a blanket that says 'Metal Lord is My Metal Shepherd'

The Bible is by Bender and Malachai

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