# If you met God what questions would you ask him? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323 "2022-02-11T16:38:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Nightfall1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@Nightfall1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightfall1)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323/61 "2022-02-13T00:52:47Z")
Ok God! What the hell is with small children and cancer? ---
**Author:** ![Wallaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Wallaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallaby)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323/62 "2022-02-13T10:16:14Z")
“What is the point of you?” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323/63 "2022-02-13T14:55:22Z")
Why did you make suffering? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323/64 "2022-02-13T15:56:41Z")
Loan me $50? ---
**Author:** ![EnglishGrey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/englishgrey/32/14111_2.png) [@EnglishGrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnglishGrey)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323/65 "2022-02-13T19:38:17Z")
As a lifelong atheist I wasn’t serious about a question I’d want to ask. I was, however, trying to be funny about the point of asking an omniscient God any question at all 😁 ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323/66 "2022-02-13T21:39:16Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > “What the fuck, ma’am? I mean, seriously, what the fuck?” I can’t improve on this, wish I’d thought of it. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323/67 "2022-02-13T22:33:22Z")
Why do good things happen to bad people? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323/68 "2022-02-14T00:40:49Z")
Where is the +1 button? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323/69 "2022-02-14T01:23:21Z")
Why do bad things happen to good people? ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323/70 "2022-02-14T01:28:37Z")
Why have you stayed hidden for so long? Seriously, God, I want to know where I left my keys. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323/71 "2022-02-14T02:44:52Z")
I would ask him “Why quantum mechanics?”, and “Why turbulence?”. And I am fairly confident I would get an answer to the first question. (Attributed to a variety of physicists including Heisenberg, but with the way misattributions happen, it was probably a less-famous one). ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323/72 "2022-03-16T00:29:09Z")
Why are you so inordinately fond of beetles? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323/73 "2022-03-16T00:40:52Z")
I wouldn’t have to ask him which afterlife Nee-Nee and Pop-Pop are in; if Heaven _exists_, they’re there, no question about it. I’d want to know where Grandpa is after a lifetime of treating me and Mom like the scum on the bottom of his boot. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323/74 "2022-03-17T07:10:24Z")
Was I a Nazi or other evil person in a former life? I want this answered for reasons. And, where is @panache45 s lost red sheet. This seriously bugs me. 🤭… ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323/75 "2022-03-17T08:20:55Z")
Can you go back to the drawing board and re-design the spiders? 4 legs and bunny heads would be good. ---
**Author:** ![Honolulu\_Lulu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/87869e/32.png) [@Honolulu\_Lulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honolulu_Lulu)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323/76 "2022-03-17T14:36:34Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > My first questions would be, "Why don’t you already know what I want answers to? Who are you _really?"_ I was going to post, “Why does a God that is all-knowing and all-powerful need to be worshiped?”. But I like your question better. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323/77 "2022-03-17T20:46:34Z")
As someone who does worship God I don’t ever recall being told God wants worship. It’s a way to honor God, not fulfill a requirement. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323/78 "2022-03-17T21:12:51Z")
> [@a\_dudes\_thought\_s](#): > > If you met God what would you ask him? I suppose “how’s it hangin’?” would probably be a bad idea. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323/79 "2022-03-17T21:22:02Z")
Sure, there is no difference in your chances of going to heaven based on whether or not you worship god, but be sure not to worship any _other_ gods, there’s a very clear commandment about that. ---
**Author:** ![Honolulu\_Lulu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/87869e/32.png) [@Honolulu\_Lulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honolulu_Lulu)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323/80 "2022-03-18T00:39:31Z")
When you go to church and worship God, how do you know whether you’re worshiping the God of the Bible, or some “other god”? Is the penalty for stealing or adultery the same as worshiping another God? All three are forbidden in the same place. Suppose I don’t honor my father because he beat my mother and abandoned us when I was two? " And what if we picked the wrong religion? Every week we’re just making God madder and madder. " - Homer Simpson [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-met-god-what-questions-would-you-ask-him/959323.md?page=5)