# What does GOD look and sound like in your mind? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 30, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504 "2003-05-30T12:51:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504/1 "2003-05-30T12:51:44Z")
This is meant to be tongue in cheek or serious. Take it as you want it. I have flucuated between God being: **A Black Woman** who is simply beautiful in a flowing purple robe and turban telling me, " Honey, you got yourself into this and now you want me to get you out of it? Uh huh, I don’t think sooo." and \*\*An Old Jewish Woman \*\* Put any image in your mind, but the voice, OY! " So you must be in some kind of jam to be talking to me. I’m sitting here like yesterday’s newspaper wondering why you never call. But, I’m not complaining, mind you. I keep busy playing canasta with my indian neighbor, Ganesh." ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504/2 "2003-05-30T13:07:03Z")
For some reason, I always picture God as female and wearing a lot of beads, and being kinda like the Oracle in the Matrix. Maybe less cryptic, but probably not. And I definitely picture Ganesh in my head, by the way. He is the god of good luck and remover of all obstacles, so I do have mental conversations with him when everything seems fubared. ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504/3 "2003-05-30T13:12:18Z")
I kind of had the concept that God didn’t exactly have a tangible physical appearance but was perceived as a pillar of light, much like how he was described in Milton’s _Paradise Lost_ (a very good piece of literature by the way) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504/4 "2003-05-30T13:20:54Z")
Walter Cronkite. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504/5 "2003-05-30T13:43:27Z")
Bootsy Collins. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Badger\_Racing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@Atomic\_Badger\_Racing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Badger_Racing)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504/6 "2003-05-30T13:46:50Z")
Me. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504/7 "2003-05-30T14:17:49Z")
i always imagine him as a talking penguin. try it - its strangely soothing. ---
**Author:** ![Finite\_Elephant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Finite\_Elephant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finite_Elephant)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504/8 "2003-05-30T17:59:18Z")
Eric Clapton. But he insists it’s just a coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504/9 "2003-05-30T18:40:04Z")
I’ve never thought of God as having a face I associate with anyone I know, but I do think God in person will be like my maternal grandfather. Heart of gold, with a bit of an ornery streak… ---
**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504/10 "2003-05-30T19:11:59Z")
Tom Leykis ---
**Author:** ![catnoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@catnoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catnoe)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504/11 "2003-05-30T19:18:36Z")
I always figured God sounded like **James Earl Jones** if a man and **Pearl Bailey** if a woman. Can’t you just imagine God being amused and chuckling like either of them. ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504/12 "2003-05-30T19:21:00Z")
George Burns…duh ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504/13 "2003-05-30T19:23:02Z")
Mel Brooks, only Mel had better writers. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504/14 "2003-05-30T19:29:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by catnoe \* > \*\*I always figured God sounded like **James Earl Jones** if a man \*\* So Darth Vader is God? That explains a lot. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Engywook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504/15 "2003-05-30T19:40:21Z")
My ex-girlfriend had a dream about this guy wearing a t-shirt. The shirt two baracuda, each with a gaping toothy mouth trying to bite the other’s tail. In the center was the legend: WARNING: THIS IS GOD She thought it was compelling enough that she had the shirt made. But MHO - if you want to know what God looks like, just take a look around you. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504/16 "2003-05-30T22:31:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rooves \* > George Burns…duh Definitely George Burns. Heck, he’d make a better God than who we’ve got now! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504/17 "2003-05-30T22:37:59Z")
**Polycarp**. At least I’d hope so. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504/18 "2003-05-30T22:38:10Z")
Charlton Heston. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![catnoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@catnoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catnoe)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504/19 "2003-05-30T22:54:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RealityChuck \* > \*\*So Darth Vader is God? That explains a lot. 🙂 \*\* Not Darth Vader. The smart, funny, friendly, sometimes imposing, always impressive, **James Earl Jones**. ---
**Author:** ![Optihut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/edb3f5/32.png) [@Optihut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Optihut)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504/20 "2003-05-31T00:49:33Z")
> [@](#): > > So Darth Vader is God? That explains a lot. I thought Episode I established that Darth Vader was Jesus. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-god-look-and-sound-like-in-your-mind/178504.md?page=2)