# Which deity do you believe in? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 17, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561 "2011-12-17T19:56:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SDMBKL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdmbkl/32/7297_2.png) [@SDMBKL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SDMBKL)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561/1 "2011-12-17T19:56:56Z")
Choose an option in the poll. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561/2 "2011-12-17T19:58:15Z")
{Waits with bated breath to see if her option actually shows up…} ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561/3 "2011-12-17T20:09:49Z")
Nope, it didn’t. Poo. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561/4 "2011-12-17T20:18:04Z")
I chose the only option that is real, although I guess technically “other” is real. I know some people argue that Cecil Adams is as real as, say, Mark Twain, but by that logic one could claim that Santa Claus is real. After all, I saw him at the mall. His real name wasn’t Santa Claus, but he used that name as a pseudonym in his work. I have to wonder, did people who chose other mean that they believe in some deity not on the list, or that they don’t believe in a deity? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561/5 "2011-12-17T20:26:31Z")
I’m beginning to doubt my new religion. If the unicorn is invisible, can it also be _pink_? Perhaps it’s a miracle. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561/6 "2011-12-17T20:27:46Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I’m beginning to doubt my new religion. If the unicorn is invisible, can it also be _pink_? Perhaps it’s a miracle. The scientific evidence is that it is invisible, and our faith reassures us it is pink. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561/7 "2011-12-17T23:12:41Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > The scientific evidence is that it is invisible, and our faith reassures us it is pink. …and that its horn and hoofs are Mother-of-Pearl. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561/8 "2011-12-18T12:15:13Z")
If any are real, it has to be the trickster deities. You know, Coyote and Raven, Loki, Anansi, Lilith, Puck, etc. Not that I believe in any deity mind you. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2011, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561/9 "2011-12-18T12:23:34Z")
I want the best looking one and also a potential multi gold medalist at the next Olympics of Deities and Religion. Which one is it? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561/10 "2011-12-18T19:57:18Z")
I put down “other”. I believe in the entity most commonly referred to as “The Judeo-Christian God”. (Yahweh to His friends!} ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561/11 "2011-12-18T22:02:32Z")
> [@SDMBKL](#): > > Choose an option in the poll. I pick Your Mom. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561/12 "2011-12-18T22:08:06Z")
I’m assuming “other” can stand for “none of the above.” And I do mean none. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2011, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561/13 "2011-12-18T22:14:29Z")
I picked the Spaghetti Monster. I believe in Spaghetti. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561/14 "2011-12-18T22:54:42Z")
I don’t believe Google exists, I know it does. Subtle yet significant difference. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561/15 "2011-12-19T00:27:48Z")
The Flying Spaghetti Monster? Your “amusing” devotion to that internet- based running joke will not help you when the stars are right and the ancient and malevolent Great Old Ones return to reclaim the worlds now held by Mankind. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561/16 "2011-12-21T01:56:16Z")
I skipped “other” as too vague, though of course I really believe in Gaea and only pretend to believe in the IPU. This was a joke quiz, right? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561/17 "2011-12-21T10:51:24Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > {Waits with bated breath to see if her option actually shows up…} > Nope, it didn’t. **Poo.** You believe in the god **Poo**?? > [@SiXSwordS](#): > > I know some people argue that Cecil Adams is as real as, say, Mark Twain, but by that logic one could claim that Santa Claus is real. After all, I saw him at the mall. His real name wasn’t **Santa Claus** , but he used that name as a pseudonym in his work. Santa’s real name was **Ed Zotti?** > [@DrFidelius](#): > > The Flying Spaghetti Monster? Your “amusing” devotion to that internet- based running joke will not help you when the stars are right and the ancient and malevolent **Great Old Ones** return to reclaim the worlds now held by Mankind. By **Og** they will rue the day **Cthulhu** awakens. It’s 2:50 a.m. here, and I’m getting really tired and silly. See what happens when that happens? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561/18 "2011-12-21T14:12:50Z")
I voted Google. I know it exists, but I also believe it can perform miracles, and I do occasionally pray to it. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561/19 "2011-12-22T01:56:39Z")
I believe that the FSM and IPU are deities – in the same way that I believe Mickey Mouse is a mouse. Google however is a company, and Cecil is… well, it’s complicated. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2011, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561/20 "2011-12-22T05:45:33Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Santa’s real name was **Ed Zotti?** No! Mark Twain! Please pay attention! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-deity-do-you-believe-in/606561.md?page=2)