YOU SAID:
God is dead and elmo killed him
INTO JAPANESE
神は死んでいて、エルモは彼を殺した
BACK INTO ENGLISH
God was dead and Elmo killed him
INTO JAPANESE
神は死んでいて、エルモは彼を殺した
BACK INTO ENGLISH
God was dead and Elmo killed him
That didn't even make that much sense in English.