# Gozer: "Are you a god?" Why the question? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gozer-are-you-a-god-why-the-question/617836 "2012-04-04T17:46:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gozer-are-you-a-god-why-the-question/617836/21 "2012-04-05T13:58:42Z")
What might have happened if they’d said, “Yes?” ---
**Author:** ![kjckjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@kjckjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kjckjc)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gozer-are-you-a-god-why-the-question/617836/22 "2012-04-05T15:31:57Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > What might have happened if they’d said, “Yes?” Kiefer would have set them straight: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HKjfsXaOr4&t=0m12s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HKjfsXaOr4&t=0m12s) ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gozer-are-you-a-god-why-the-question/617836/23 "2012-04-07T16:06:42Z")
It’s always good to know, if you’re traveling to another dimension, the likelihood your new friends will lie. No way the four guys looked like gods (they didn’t even have any big cats to pet) so I think she/he/it/they was/were just quizzing the “duly designated representatives of the city, county, state of New York” for psyche points. Also it’ll hold up better in galactic court if you unintentionally vaporize a fellow god after they’d held back that info. So I’ve heard. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gozer-are-you-a-god-why-the-question/617836/24 "2012-04-07T20:56:05Z")
> [@JustinC](#): > > It’s always good to know, if you’re traveling to another dimension, the likelihood your new friends will lie. No way the four guys looked like gods (they didn’t even have any big cats to pet) so I think she/he/it/they was/were just quizzing the “duly designated representatives of the city, county, state of New York” for psyche points. Also it’ll hold up better in galactic court if you unintentionally vaporize a fellow god after they’d held back that info. > So I’ve heard. After the Norse pantheon passed the\* Stand Your Domain\* laws, you only needed a reasonable belief that the being might be mortal. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gozer-are-you-a-god-why-the-question/617836/25 "2012-04-07T21:38:15Z")
Better step on a church, just to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gozer-are-you-a-god-why-the-question/617836/26 "2012-04-09T04:49:43Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > …Also, I found out today that Ron Jeremy [was an extra](http://deadlymovies.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/ron-jeremy-ghostbusters-copy.jpg) in Ghostbusters. He’s in the crowd by the Ectomobile. And Isaac Asimov, who lived in the neighborhood, complained to the production company about how badly the filming was tying up traffic. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gozer-are-you-a-god-why-the-question/617836/27 "2012-04-09T12:12:52Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > There’s a very slim chance we will all survive this thread. Looks like we’ll have to put in a little overtime on this one. ---
**Author:** ![SticksAndString](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@SticksAndString](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SticksAndString)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gozer-are-you-a-god-why-the-question/617836/28 "2012-04-09T13:19:20Z")
Just make sure you don’t cross the threads. I feel so old now…my mom took my sister and I to see _Ghostbusters_ in the movie theatre at the mall while her car was getting worked on at the Sears Auto Center. Slimer scared my sister so much she ended up spending the majority of the movie hiding under her seat with the left over popcorn, sticky floor-candy and some random disgusting mess. Because yeah…that was LESS scary/creepy than a glowing green ghost flying around screaming and flinging ghost-snot everywhere. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gozer-are-you-a-god-why-the-question/617836.md?page=1)