# How would you go about knocking off a God? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 2, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990 "2010-05-02T00:19:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990/21 "2010-05-02T01:26:40Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Why fight when you don’t have to? Because nothing gives you bragging rights like having a stuffed god mounted over your fireplace. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990/22 "2010-05-02T01:38:54Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > I hate to derail my own thread, but then why the hell is there anyone in hell? All they’ve got to do is ask. Jesus overcame the grave, Jesus raised the dead and gave that power to His followers - death is not a barrier. Jesus also made a very clear distinction between those who passed away and are dead, and passed away and are living forever. Hell is not eternal for us, Jesus does rescue and save eternally from Hell, it is only the devil that wants us to believe that is it eternal for us, and therefore not cry out to God. So yes all we have to do is ask, which we all will do at some point, it’s just a question of how low we want to sink before we search for God. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990/23 "2010-05-02T01:41:30Z")
Ooh, I know what would work: Bizarro Chuck Norris! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990/24 "2010-05-02T01:42:29Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Because nothing gives you bragging rights like having a stuffed god mounted over your fireplace. Well ya got me there. Wonder what kind of loot God drops? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990/25 "2010-05-02T01:57:08Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Because nothing gives you bragging rights like having a stuffed god mounted over your fireplace. Plus, [God jerky.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0UY4tHHb4o) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990/26 "2010-05-02T02:16:16Z")
I think we could win if we devise a way to screw with Revelations. All we have to do is either kill off Satan, or convince him to stray off script just enough to make the Word Of The Lord a lie. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990/27 "2010-05-02T02:57:59Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Give Him a starship. > > And a red shirt. Why does God need a starship? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990/28 "2010-05-02T03:01:27Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Why does God need a starship? Chicks dig a cool ride. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990/29 "2010-05-02T03:02:06Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Why does God need a starship? 1.) To travel between Heaven and Earth. 2.) To ship souls to Heaven. He needs workers to hold his throne aloft. ---
**Author:** ![Shmendrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990/30 "2010-05-02T03:04:17Z")
I’m pretty sure you need the Amulet of Yendor at some point. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990/31 "2010-05-02T04:15:19Z")
I think you all are missing one key point. First, you have to ask the encountered suspect-deity, “Are you a God?” Identifcation is key here, folks. Tripler . . . but be wary if he says his name is “Ray.” ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990/32 "2010-05-02T05:03:55Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Give Him a starship. > > And a red shirt. I am \*so \*stealing this and putting it into my arsenal of “you are wrong” phrases. Other phrases I’ve stolen include “you live in Wrong Kong” and “did you drink the Kool-aid?” and “when did we land in Jonestown?” ---
**Author:** ![CutterJohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@CutterJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CutterJohn)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990/33 "2010-05-02T05:24:52Z")
Access Cosmic ACs admin controls and shut him down? Anyone know the password? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990/34 "2010-05-02T05:30:28Z")
> [@CutterJohn](#): > > Access Cosmic ACs admin controls and shut him down? Anyone know the password? Actually, yes. I do. Don’t look in the spoiler unless you’re willing to have your brain melted by God Himself. 1234567 ---
**Author:** ![tclouie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@tclouie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tclouie)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990/35 "2010-05-02T06:00:07Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > Hell is not eternal for us, Jesus does rescue and save eternally from Hell, it is only the devil that wants us to believe that is it eternal for us, and therefore not cry out to God. Not according to Jack Chick!!! xp But on the other hand, C. S. Lewis would agree with you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tclouie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@tclouie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tclouie)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990/36 "2010-05-02T06:15:43Z")
VERY Blasphemous! Portrayed the actual physical killing of God or Gawd several times!!! Loved 'em Lobo: A Contract on Gawd. Gawd and his evil brother Dave only have jurisdiction over one planet (including natives who travel through space), but they are no match for Lobo!!! Frickin’ hilarious The Spectre by John Ostrander. Don’t remember the year or the arc-title, but the famous Golden Age super-spook goes through a spiritual crisis when he finds heaven destroyed and empty. Later God comes to Spectre and casually reveals that he ate all the angels, souls, saints, etc, just because he wanted to. Spectre becomes enraged and tries to kill this disappointing God, and is at first physically rebuffed, but then witnesses God fading away. He goes to his friend, a former priest, and confesses to killing God. The priest looks out the window and says, “Hm…sun still shining…birds still singing…nope, God’s still alive, Jimmy.” And then says that maybe what Spectre needs to work on is his concept of God. As if decades of DC continuity were only a fevered hallucination in a spook’s undead mind. Come to think of it, I didn’t like this ambiguous conclusion too much. But the king of all the blasphemous DC stories…under the Vertigo imprint… (drumroll) PREACHER. Need I say more??? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990/37 "2010-05-02T07:20:31Z")
Hind’s blood can kill a god. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990/38 "2010-05-02T09:57:37Z")
Smite him with a goodly dose of clinical depression. Without psych support or meds (which are apparently ineffective on divine beings) he’ll probably top himself in due course. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990/39 "2010-05-02T10:19:40Z")
Combine him with Anti-God. Of course, the resulting explosion will destroy all reality as we know it. Oh well, can’t have everything. I think the first original Final Fantasy game for Game Boy had God as the end-game boss. Do we have to kill him/Him, or is containment an option? The Dogma scenario is very plausible in that case. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990/40 "2010-05-02T11:58:33Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > All right, here’s the situation: We have, through some hypothetical and inexplainable process discovered incontrovertible evidence proving the existence of God as depicted in the Old and New Testaments. It turns out that the Christians were right all along- the Bible is the word of God and accurately describes him and all his features/powers, etc. For the sake of clarity, where in the OT or NT does it describe him as being omnipotent or omniscient? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990.md?page=3)