# What's the deal with that God guy **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 19, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716 "2004-11-19T20:52:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![foppish\_young\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b77776/32.png) [@foppish\_young\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foppish_young_man)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716/1 "2004-11-19T20:52:37Z")
So after staring into the sun for a while my problems have not gone away. Please in your infinite wisdom tell me why perfection was bastardized by creation. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716/2 "2004-11-19T20:56:32Z")
> [@foppish young man](#): > > So after staring into the sun for a while my problems have not gone away. Keep trying. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716/3 "2004-11-19T20:56:30Z")
Are you asking God? - because I don’t think He actually posts messages here in person. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716/4 "2004-11-19T21:00:26Z")
After frying your rods in your eyeballs, your brain is situated right behind them, therefore being next to be permanently altered thereby extenuating your “problems”. My “infinite wisdom” will be of no use to you here, let alone be of help in your little “Great Debate”. How about being a little more giving before recieving, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716/5 "2004-11-19T21:03:44Z")
Perhaps on a Macro Level everything is still perfect. It’s just that everything in your personal Mirco Level is screwed up, while someone else may be having a dream existance. Fair? Who said anything had to be fair. Things tend to balance out and God helps those who help themselves. Staring into the sun is self destructive. Stop doing that and try do something constructive like being kind to someone else. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716/6 "2004-11-19T21:07:25Z")
Maybe god is a female. Stop calling him a ‘guy’, and report back to us. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716/7 "2004-11-19T21:49:20Z")
Maybe monotheistic assumptions of God are your problem. Look into polytheism. There may be many gods. In any case, there may be no god at all. Seek truth & justice, not someone to blame in a free & chaotic world. ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716/8 "2004-11-19T22:15:31Z")
> [@ParentalAdvisory](#): > > Maybe god is a female. Stop calling him a ‘guy’, and report back to us. Nah, I saw a picture of him and he definitely had a beard. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716/9 "2004-11-19T23:20:31Z")
God has bipolar disorder. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716/10 "2004-11-20T10:05:56Z")
> [@blowero](#): > > Are you asking God? - because I don’t think He actually posts messages here in person. He does, just not very often. He has [132](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=31) posts at last count. ---
**Author:** ![ambushed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716/11 "2004-11-20T12:18:55Z")
> [@Si Amigo](#): > > Perhaps on a Macro Level everything is still perfect. Sure, Dr. Pangloss 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716/12 "2004-11-20T12:24:47Z")
> [@ambushed](#): > > Sure, Dr. Pangloss 😃 Well he did ask for infinite wisdom didn’t he? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Aldebaran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Aldebaran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aldebaran)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716/13 "2004-11-20T12:59:50Z")
> [@foppish young man](#): > > So after staring into the sun for a while my problems have not gone away. Please in your infinite wisdom tell me why perfection was bastardized by creation. It must be the combination of English illiteracy and Dyslex again, but I have no idea what this is about. If you think the sun is God, then why calling God a “guy” (and is the sun a male word in English?) Stil… I don’t see the link between this sungod and your remark about creation, but you can tell me all about that. If you only want to get a suntan and staring into the sun (= being exposed to the sunlight) does not solve that problem, then you could try those weird things with lamps the pale skinned invented because they want to look like the naturally golden tanned. You can make a deal with those who sell these things and all your problems are solved: You have your private sungod at home. If “he” in this perfection of the natural sun by creation of the lamps has then become bastardized, is a problem too deep for my infinite wisdom to reflect on. Salaam. A ---
**Author:** ![TLC1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@TLC1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLC1)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716/14 "2004-11-20T13:06:55Z")
> [@foppish young man](#): > > So after staring into the sun for a while my problems have not gone away. Please in your infinite wisdom tell me why perfection was bastardized by creation. Well… for one thing, you are soon going to have another problem if you keep staring at the Sun. Your retinas are going to fry. You might also find that your problems will start to go away if, instead of just staring, you start doing. The universe is “Perfect”. It functions exactly as it should. I suspect that a perfect universe, to you, would cater fully to your desires. I don’t work that way GOD ---
**Author:** ![Faldage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Faldage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faldage)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716/15 "2004-11-20T13:15:23Z")
> [@Aldebaran](#): > > … is the sun a male word in English? Back when such things mattered the gender of _sunna_ was masculine. Using human metaphors to speak of God demeans It. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716/16 "2004-11-20T21:44:27Z")
> [@blowero](#): > > Nah, I saw a picture of him and he definitely had a beard. This doesn’t prove he’s a guy! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716/17 "2004-11-20T22:15:26Z")
> [@foppish young man](#): > > So after staring into the sun for a while my problems have not gone away. Please in your infinite wisdom tell me why perfection was bastardized by creation. So why doesn’t Floppish Young Man wan to participate in his own thread? 😕 Just what is this debate topic about? Seems like it should be in Mindless Pointless Stuff IMHO. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716/18 "2004-11-21T11:31:18Z")
> [@Aldebaran](#): > > It must be the combination of English illiteracy and Dyslex again, but I have no idea what this is about. > > If you think the sun is God, then why calling God a “guy” (and is the sun a male word in English?) > Stil… I don’t see the link between this sungod and your remark about creation, but you can tell me all about that. > > If you only want to get a suntan and staring into the sun (= being exposed to the sunlight) does not solve that problem, then you could try those weird things with lamps the pale skinned invented because they want to look like the naturally golden tanned. You can make a deal with those who sell these things and all your problems are solved: You have your private sungod at home. > If “he” in this perfection of the natural sun by creation of the lamps has then become bastardized, is a problem too deep for my infinite wisdom to reflect on. > > Salaam. A No. I speak fluent American and British English, I’m not dyslexic, and it didn’t make much sense to me, either. In English, most nouns don’t have gender, so “sun” is neither male nor female, although people have been known to assign genders to words (I’ve heard cars referred to as “she” fairly often). If it’s tanning we’re talking about, I’m afraid some of us simply don’t do it. I know. I lived in Hawaii for 7 years, and I never did tan, although I did get some nasty sunburns. If that’s one of the OPs problems, I suggest he try to convince himself that he is “fair and handsome”, rather than “white and pasty.” In my opinion, fair skin suits foppishness better than a good tan, anyway. Can anyone picture Lord Peter Wimsey with a tan? Peace, CJ ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716/19 "2004-11-21T22:23:56Z")
> [@foppish young man](#): > > So after staring into the sun for a while my problems have not gone away. Please in your infinite wisdom tell me why perfection was bastardized by creation. Well, the sun isn’t God; it’s just an incandescent ball of gas. However, as people are wont to have these in some parts of my town, not only can you visit the Baby Jesus and his Virgin Mother ensconsed in a half-shell grotto and displayed proudly in any of a number of back yards, but right next to them is typically the no-less-inspiring Bluish Metallic Orb on a Pedestal. There’s a ball you can stare at safely; and meanwhile, maybe Jesus or Mary will throw you a pearl or two of wisdom from their demibivalvular shrine. ---
**Author:** ![Wake\_up\_call](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dec6dc/32.png) [@Wake\_up\_call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wake_up_call)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716/20 "2004-11-22T03:03:30Z")
> [@foppish young man](#): > > So after staring into the sun for a while my problems have not gone away. So, what are your problems? Bowl movements? Not enough money to become a Charter Member of SDMB? Difficulty to find a hot chick? > [@foppish young man](#): > > why perfection was bastardized by creation. It has been said that “Perfection” is the enemy of “Good enough”. So, what do you mean by “bastardization by creation”. As the concept of “Marriage” dies out, and more and more people find that they do not need a piece of paper to have a family and create a child, are you going to call creation of their children “bastardization”? As a matter of fact, WTF are you talking about? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-that-god-guy/275716.md?page=2)