# In which I heap praise upon He, but don't actually witness **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261 "2016-04-27T16:45:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261/1 "2016-04-27T16:45:59Z")
He is everywhere, in the heavens and earth, He makes the stars shine yet He cannot be seen. He is noble, abundant, and fills the universe. He can lift you into the sky and bring you gently down. He can take many forms. He can help heal, He can help kill. He can help create, and He can help destroy. Praise be unto He, Helium _-from an old Facebook post that I finally saw today for the first time_ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261/2 "2016-04-27T17:14:40Z")
Stolen for my facebook page. Most excellent find, Troutman!! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261/3 "2016-04-27T17:20:36Z")
Awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261/4 "2016-04-27T17:24:39Z")
How does He help healing? Chemically, that is. And so thoroughly stolen too. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261/5 "2016-04-27T17:32:47Z")
And, really, how many forms does He take? I mean, I understand it’s just barely possible, with a huge amount of work, to create some kind of He compounds with halogens (possibly very short lived?), and again with huge amounts of work to get it close to 0 K you can make a couple exotic forms, but really, it’s pretty much He (gas) or He (liquid). ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261/6 "2016-04-27T17:33:43Z")
_groan_ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261/7 "2016-04-27T17:50:48Z")
Blasphemer! Repent your evil ways and bow down before Hydrogen, the One True Element! ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261/8 "2016-04-27T17:53:58Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > How does He help healing? Chemically, that is. There are a [variety of medical uses](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23916029). ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261/9 "2016-04-27T18:52:15Z")
Sing it, Troutman! He will fill your voice with that unique timbre so people will know He is in you! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261/10 "2016-04-27T19:02:48Z")
I’m going to start a counter-cult, a schism, worshipping **Xe**. It, too, is Noble, but is 27 times as heavy. It heals – it’s a general anaesthetic and a neuroprotectant. It gives light, in the form of the Xe flashlamp invented by “Doc” Edgerton and in various excimer lasers. HE is dead! Long live Xe! ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261/11 "2016-04-27T19:13:55Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I’m going to start a counter-cult, a schism, worshipping **Xe**. It, too, is Noble, but is 27 times as heavy. > > It heals – it’s a general anaesthetic and a neuroprotectant. > > It gives light, in the form of the Xe flashlamp invented by “Doc” Edgerton and in various excimer lasers. > HE is dead! Long live Xe! Great a sciencetologist! :rolleyes: 😛 CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261/12 "2016-04-27T19:27:15Z")
I thought this was a Trump thread. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261/13 "2016-04-27T19:48:01Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Great a sciencetologist! :rolleyes: > > 😛 > CMC fnord! Hey, at least I’m praising **Xe** , not **Xenu** ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261/14 "2016-04-27T19:56:01Z")
“And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261/15 "2016-04-27T20:23:52Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > “And the people bowed and prayed > To the neon god they made” We are the Knights who worship _ **Ne!!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261/16 "2016-04-27T20:44:51Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Blasphemer! Repent your evil ways and bow down before Hydrogen, the One True Element! What, we should all start using H just because you say so? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261/17 "2016-04-27T21:19:59Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I’m going to start a counter-cult, a schism, worshipping **Xe**. It, too, is Noble, but is 27 times as heavy. > > It heals – it’s a general anaesthetic and a neuroprotectant. > > It gives light, in the form of the Xe flashlamp invented by “Doc” Edgerton and in various excimer lasers. > HE is dead! Long live Xe! And if you pronounce the “X” gutterally it will sound like “He vs She”. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261/18 "2016-04-27T23:58:27Z")
Fun OP, but a bit light weight. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261/19 "2016-04-28T03:22:57Z")
[I Love U235](http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:I_love_U-235.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261/20 "2016-04-28T07:20:03Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > There are a [variety of medical uses](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23916029). Ignorance fought! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-i-heap-praise-upon-he-but-dont-actually-witness/753261.md?page=2)