# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**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, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990/17 "2010-05-02T01:15:58Z")
If God is material - and the Bible often speaks of him as such - then nuclear weapons should be enough; probably overkill in fact. If he’s something more exotic then black holes should work; making or grabbing one is a _tiny bit_ beyond what we can do yet though. Of course, both methods require he make an appearance. > [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > And we’ll just use “iron chariots” (tanks) to defeat God’s servants on Earth. It worked for Judah’s enemies. Wake up Godzilla, and send him against God; Godzilla can handle iron chariots just fine so we know who’d win, right? 😃 An idea from the novel _The Jehovah Contract_ that I mentioned in the other thread, in response to **Ranchoth** ’s comment. > [@Believing In God While Hating Him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/believing-in-god-while-hating-him/537942/17): > > Just for style, we should paint on the side of the gun the “Godkiller” symbol from the novel _The Jehovah Contract_; a close up of Michelangelo’s image of God from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, with a sniper’s crosshairs imposed over his temple. If gods are defined or powered by belief, convince people that God can die. They had a a whole “Godkiller” ad campaign, complete with “Godkiller” T-shirts with the logo and a slogan (this was written before 2000) “_In the first day of the year 2000, God will die._” --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-go-about-knocking-off-a-god/537990)._