# If god were a human what could the DA charge him with?

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**Created:** [May 8, 2002, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-god-were-a-human-what-could-the-da-charge-him-with/107954 "2002-05-08T19:49:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![TVAA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TVAA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVAA)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-god-were-a-human-what-could-the-da-charge-him-with/107954/81 "2002-12-28T21:16:52Z")

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It doesn’t. We simply conclude that God is guilty/not guilty of all/no crimes and sentence/don’t sentence Him to all/no possible/impossible punishments/rewards.

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We’ve just ruled out God’s being an actual being (while simultaneously requiring that He be an actual being).

Is there a Taoist in the house?

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**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-god-were-a-human-what-could-the-da-charge-him-with/107954/82 "2002-12-28T21:37:52Z")

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> We’ve just ruled out God’s being an actual being (while simultaneously requiring that He be an actual being).

we’ve ruled out God being an actual being?

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**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-god-were-a-human-what-could-the-da-charge-him-with/107954/83 "2002-12-28T22:29:18Z")

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Torture. God tortures people for an eternity for not subscribing to His One True Belief System.

War Crimes. God commanded Israel to go into towns and slaughter every man, woman, and child… except for the virgin girls, which were to be kept for the men’s amusement. So you could tack on conspiracy to commit genocide and rape also.

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**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-god-were-a-human-what-could-the-da-charge-him-with/107954/84 "2002-12-28T22:42:22Z")

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I’ve only skimmed the thread, but may I recommend _Blameless in Abaddon_, by James Morrow, in which God is taken to court for the suffering He has caused/allowed.

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