# Russell's Teapot **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 29, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russells-teapot/767185 "2016-09-29T03:57:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russells-teapot/767185/1 "2016-09-29T03:57:09Z")
I’m looking for examples of [Russell’s Teapot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot). That is, any kind of parody god meant to show the unfalsifiability of the idea of a supernatural being. So far I have: [Flying Spaghetti Monster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster) [Invisible Pink Unicorn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Pink_Unicorn) [Invisible Space Pickle](http://www.treelobsters.com/2010/07/169-gone-to-pot.html) There are other [parody religions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody_religion), for example [Dudeism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudeism), but they usually don’t have fictional deities. So, any more? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russells-teapot/767185/2 "2016-09-29T12:51:57Z")
I don’t know if it was anything bigger than my friends and acquaintances, but when I was a kid (late 80s) I recall the “hot” fictional deity was Bob, supposedly superior to God because Bob was the same spelled backwards. I don’t remember any other characteristics or power of Bob. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russells-teapot/767185/3 "2016-09-29T13:04:17Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I don’t know if it was anything bigger than my friends and acquaintances, but when I was a kid (late 80s) I recall the “hot” fictional deity was Bob, supposedly superior to God because Bob was the same spelled backwards. I don’t remember any other characteristics or power of Bob. Presumably, [J. R. “Bob” Dobbs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._%22Bob%22_Dobbs). ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russells-teapot/767185/4 "2016-09-29T14:41:58Z")
I assume you’re looking for fairly crude and heavy-handed parody which rather transparently spoofs\* supernaturalism? A good parody religion\*\* is sufficiently esoteric that you’d never be able to prove that assertion from source materials. - Obvious troll religion is obvious. \*\* Poe’s Law in action: sufficiently advanced religious trollery is indistinguishable from sincere batshittery. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russells-teapot/767185/5 "2016-09-29T14:44:37Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Presumably, [J. R. “Bob” Dobbs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._%22Bob%22_Dobbs). Slack!! ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russells-teapot/767185/6 "2016-09-29T14:48:53Z")
There’s the invisible, heatless fire breathing dragon in the garage that Carl Sagan used in his Demon Haunted World. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russells-teapot/767185/7 "2016-09-29T18:58:24Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Presumably, [J. R. “Bob” Dobbs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._%22Bob%22_Dobbs). I’d heard of the Church of the Subgenius, but wasn’t sure exactly what "Bob"s status was, but I didn’t think he was a god. From what I’ve now read, he’s actually a prophet and it has a god named Jehovah-1 (which I’d never heard of before). So I guess I can add that to the list. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russells-teapot/767185/8 "2016-09-29T20:24:49Z")
There’s Hank, of [Kissing Hank’s Ass](http://www.jhuger.com/kissing-hanks-ass) fame.