# Ray Charles is God. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302 "2016-09-30T19:51:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/1 "2016-09-30T19:51:27Z")
This poll required me to provide 2 options, but I think we all know there’s only one. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/2 "2016-09-30T20:09:27Z")
I am assuming, until proven otherwise, that this thread is best suited for Cafe Society rather than IMHO. I’ve given it its wings. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/3 "2016-09-30T20:10:52Z")
Ray Charles is dead. \_ Yes ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/4 "2016-09-30T20:17:51Z")
God is Love. Love is blind. Therefore Ray Charles is God. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/5 "2016-09-30T20:23:55Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > God is Love. > > Love is blind. > > Therefore Ray Charles is God. What I came in to say. And God loves Ray’s song Lonely Avenue. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/6 "2016-09-30T21:14:15Z")
Of course not. What a silly question. _Clapton_ is God. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/7 "2016-09-30T21:32:50Z")
He was a good performer, with strong technical abilities, but after repeated listening I found that the emotions he was putting into his performance didn’t feel genuine. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/8 "2016-09-30T21:50:03Z")
Many younger people may not know this but Ray Charles was actually discovered by [Christopher Columbus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZTtsKgJDdA&list=PLoPgMkWMDvcJdNr0eTbzEpJL7CQY5RdRW). ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/9 "2016-09-30T23:14:20Z")
No, Ray Charles is _A_ god. I’m a musical polytheist :). ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/10 "2016-10-01T00:20:47Z")
As long as he has an electric piano, he can totally kick Thor’s ass. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/11 "2016-10-01T00:28:28Z")
Ray Charles was one of the greatest musicians of all time, but while they were alive, Lemmy could drink six bottles of Jack Daniels and still kick his ass in a game of darts. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/12 "2016-10-01T00:44:43Z")
Listen to Georgia On My Mind and don’t get emotional - I dare you ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/13 "2016-10-01T00:58:14Z")
**Is Ray Charles God?** I’m not seeing it. mmm ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/14 "2016-10-01T05:13:11Z")
Only if he’s Hodur. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2016, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/15 "2016-10-01T07:31:33Z")
I don’t know why this surprises me anymore, but it’s astonishing how many of you are just terrible people. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/16 "2016-10-02T07:57:41Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > I don’t know why this surprises me anymore, but it’s astonishing how many of you are just terrible people. Only 58.54% of us. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/17 "2016-10-02T14:28:12Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > God is Love. > > Love is blind. > > Therefore Ray Charles is God. Time is Money Money Talks Talk is Cheap By this logic, I am time. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/18 "2016-10-02T16:10:22Z")
I used to think George Burns was God, then I was told that Morgan Freeman is God. Now I know that The Lord is a cat belonging to a man living in a shack somewhere, however infinitely improbable that may seem. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/19 "2016-10-02T18:14:39Z")
Anything that’s infinitely improbable is actually very likely to happen almost immediately. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/20 "2016-10-02T18:15:44Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > No, Ray Charles is _A_ god. I’m a musical polytheist :). This, why would god want us to limit ourselves? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302.md?page=2)