# Whom shall I take as my new god? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 6, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-shall-i-take-as-my-new-god/556252 "2010-10-06T14:07:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-shall-i-take-as-my-new-god/556252/81 "2010-10-07T19:59:12Z")
It was good enough for Isis She will help us in a crisis And she’s never raised her prices So it’s good enough for me! ---
**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:** [October 7, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-shall-i-take-as-my-new-god/556252/82 "2010-10-07T20:22:24Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > The accursed Smith is well-known to me… I will have no truck with his ilk. Fair enough, fair enough… we will speak no more of the gimpy smith… But as to the others, seriously, you can’t go wrong with more Sumerian goddesses… and as for Mictlantecutli… flying obsidian knives and a river of blood with freakin’ jaguars in it! Actually… I can’t help but wonder how that works… do the poor things have to dog- err… cat-paddle around in the blood the whole time with their fur getting all matted and crusty? I mean it’s fine for the theologians to record this sort of thing, but it sometimes seems that they may not have fully investigated or thought through the implications… ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-shall-i-take-as-my-new-god/556252/83 "2010-10-11T14:29:34Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > If he wants logic, how about\*\* T’Khasi\*\*, the Vulcan equivalent to Gaea for Mother Earth? Can’t get much more logical than the tutelary goddess of Star Trek Vulcans!! [What \*Star Trek \*Vulcans?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_(Star_Trek)#Star_Trek_.282009.29_alternate_timeline) ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-shall-i-take-as-my-new-god/556252/84 "2010-10-11T14:52:16Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > If you’re gonna go with Mary Ann, you might as well include Gilligan. The Attackclan has long felt that he was some sort of god of the underworld, and that the other castaways were in a particularly odd hell, kept there by his constant screwups, but always nearly able to escape. Cruel bastard. True, but Gilligan wasn’t nearly as cute. Now, as for Professor Hinckley… hubba hubba. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-shall-i-take-as-my-new-god/556252/85 "2010-10-11T22:35:32Z")
Diana, goddess of the hunt, could be useful, or at least keep you from starvation. Speaking of foodstuffs, Jupiter Pluvius has some rain mojo. It’s not good to offend Og, but it can be hard to fathom what he wants from us. Mars (Ares)? Nah. He’s retired. War is all profit driven now. Do you have to be a Republican to worship Ganesh? ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-shall-i-take-as-my-new-god/556252/86 "2010-10-12T19:01:41Z")
I am currently taking supplications. Please be aware of my introductory 8% tithing rate (that’s 20% off the normal rate!) and my new 50% less smiting policy! Put me in the rotation next to Bailey Quarters and I think we can get that tithing rate down to 6% ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-shall-i-take-as-my-new-god/556252/87 "2010-10-12T20:52:57Z")
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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-shall-i-take-as-my-new-god/556252/88 "2010-10-12T21:15:06Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > I like Skuld, by which I mean the pre-pubescent techy one from\* Ah! My Goddess!\* But I don’t know that she needs you as a worshiper. She’s far too immature for my taste. Since Belldandy is (unfortunately) already taken (apparently for eternity), I’d go with worshiping Urd, who would be much more fun to be with, even if a bit erratic. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-shall-i-take-as-my-new-god/556252/89 "2010-10-13T00:05:18Z")
I’m afraid there’s only one real choice here. Athena needs… competition. [Washu](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJnmcu5AJSY) [Hakubi](https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Washu_Hakubi) Goddess of blowing things up REAL GOOD. And torturing those you love. With SCIENCE! ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-shall-i-take-as-my-new-god/556252/90 "2010-10-13T01:01:45Z")
> [@shiftless](#): > > I am currently taking supplications. Please be aware of my introductory 8% tithing rate (that’s 20% off the normal rate!) and my new 50% less smiting policy! Put me in the rotation next to Bailey Quarters and I think we can get that tithing rate down to 6% I’m sorry, but nobody likes a cut-rate deity. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-shall-i-take-as-my-new-god/556252.md?page=4)