# 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:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/21 "2016-10-03T16:46:51Z")
Because he’s selfish. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/22 "2016-10-03T17:30:26Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > No, Ray Charles is _A_ god. I agree. To paraphrase what Bill Murray said in _Groundhog Day_: He is a god. Not the god. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/23 "2016-10-03T18:22:24Z")
Listen to this Marvin Gaye singing a capella\* and you’ll see he was even better than Ray. \*the singing starts after 25 seconds… ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302/24 "2016-10-03T19:46:18Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Because he’s selfish. god is an airboat? Suddenly, everything makes sense now! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-charles-is-god/767302.md?page=1)