# What one question would you ask God? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 13, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-question-would-you-ask-god/524762 "2010-01-13T05:18:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-question-would-you-ask-god/524762/1 "2010-01-13T05:18:20Z")
Suppose that there is only one God, and He considers all the different religions of the world simply different ways of worshipping Him. You die, and you’re allowed to ask Him one single question which He will answer completely, an answer of which you will have complete understanding regardless of complexity. What do you ask him? My question: “How were You created?” ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-question-would-you-ask-god/524762/2 "2010-01-13T05:31:24Z")
How come you never got married? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-question-would-you-ask-god/524762/3 "2010-01-13T05:31:40Z")
“Dude…what the fuck?” ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-question-would-you-ask-god/524762/4 "2010-01-13T05:44:33Z")
My first thought was “How (with detailed instructions) can I travel through time?”. But if it’s after death…hmm. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-question-would-you-ask-god/524762/5 "2010-01-13T05:47:18Z")
Why do you need/want/require worship? ---
**Author:** ![kingbighair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kingbighair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingbighair)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-question-would-you-ask-god/524762/6 "2010-01-13T06:23:04Z")
How can I make people think I am you? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-question-would-you-ask-god/524762/7 "2010-01-13T06:38:49Z")
Can you prove that you exist? ---
**Author:** ![Gustav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Gustav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gustav)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-question-would-you-ask-god/524762/8 "2010-01-13T06:45:46Z")
If I’m dead, it seems kind of pointless to ask anything. The knowledge wouldn’t benefit me anyway. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-question-would-you-ask-god/524762/9 "2010-01-13T06:55:00Z")
Why? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-question-would-you-ask-god/524762/10 "2010-01-13T07:01:03Z")
Do you exist? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-question-would-you-ask-god/524762/11 "2010-01-13T07:04:34Z")
\ Can You make a burrito so hot that it would burn Your mouth? :eek: \ ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-question-would-you-ask-god/524762/12 "2010-01-13T07:49:59Z")
“Was Deckard a Replicant?” . ---
**Author:** ![VanillaGorilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@VanillaGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanillaGorilla)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-question-would-you-ask-god/524762/13 "2010-01-13T08:19:14Z")
“So how come I only get one question?” ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-question-would-you-ask-god/524762/14 "2010-01-13T09:35:24Z")
Human teeth: is that _really_ the best design? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-question-would-you-ask-god/524762/15 "2010-01-13T09:50:30Z")
“Why are you such a sadistic bastards?” ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-question-would-you-ask-god/524762/16 "2010-01-13T10:13:56Z")
The platypus? Really? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-question-would-you-ask-god/524762/17 "2010-01-13T10:31:49Z")
“Would you quit it with the fucking mindgames ?” ---
**Author:** ![VanillaGorilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@VanillaGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanillaGorilla)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-question-would-you-ask-god/524762/18 "2010-01-13T11:37:58Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > The platypus? Really? That’s two questions. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-question-would-you-ask-god/524762/19 "2010-01-13T12:45:50Z")
> [@VanillaGorilla](#): > > That’s two questions. 🙂 :smack: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-question-would-you-ask-god/524762/20 "2010-01-13T12:50:46Z")
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