What if God was one of us?

[Lord Kenneth]

Just a slob, like one of us?

[Upchurch]

Originally posted by Lord Kenneth
Just a slob, like one of us? I imagine he wouldn't have created leftovers that mold.

[Lord Emsworth]

I like the Weird Al Yankovic version:

What if God smoked Cannabis?;)

[sharpsh00ter]

Bruce Almighty was a good movie.

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

So he said, "Once there was a boy
Who woke up with blue hair
To him it was a joy
Until he ran out into the warm air---
He thought of how his friends would come to see;
And would they laugh, or had he got some strange disease?"

God shuffled his feet and glanced around at them;
The people cleared their throats and stared right back at him.

---Crash Test Dummies

[Nucular]

Joan Osborne: rocks

[RandFan,Jr.]

Just a stranger on the bus,
trying to make his way home
back up to heaven all alone
no one calling on the phone
'cept the pope maybe in rome. --Joan Osborne

Not sure of the lyrics.

John, Joan, its all the same thing.

[Mr. Skinny]

Originally posted by Lord Kenneth
Just a slob, like one of us?
Or an ordinary female, that gave birth to someone like you or me?

That would mean we were JESUS !!!

(well, in the Judeo-Christian world anyhow)

[rwald]

Just Christian, not Judeo-Christian.

[Supercharts]

Ed_God is one of us.:confused:

[rwald]

So are Yahweh and Christ, if you want to get down to it.

[rachaella]

Originally posted by Lord Emsworth
I like the Weird Al Yankovic version:

What if God smoked Cannabis?;)

That wasn't Weird Al. People tend to attribute every parody to Weird Al, though he's done quite a few brilliant one he didn't write "What If God Smoked Cannabis". I believe it was by a fellow named Bob Rivers.

[no one in particular]

Originally posted by rwald
So are Yahweh and Christ, if you want to get down to it. Do not forget about God (http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=2266), Thor (http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=2184), jeebus (http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=2075), Jesus (http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1390), Jesus Christ (http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1623), Jesus H Christ (http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=4184) and Zeus (http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=2807).


I apologize to any gods/demigods that I most certainly have left out of my list. If you must punish me for your absence then I request that you (since I have no crops) make the grass in my yard stop growing.

[EdipisReks]

Originally posted by no one in particular
Do not forget about God (http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=2266), Thor (http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=2184), jeebus (http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=2075), Jesus (http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1390), Jesus Christ (http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=1623), Jesus H Christ (http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=4184) and Zeus (http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=2807).


I apologize to any gods/demigods that I most certainly have left out of my list. If you must punish me for your absence then I request that you (since I have no crops) make the grass in my yard stop growing.

don't forget about Nyarlathotep.

[The Lord God Almighty]

I'm still here, too.

[Nucular]

Isn't there a chap called Loki hereabouts somewhere too?

[Ruby]

Originally posted by Lord Kenneth
Just a slob, like one of us?

I have not been able to get that song out of my head since I saw this thread yesterday!!:g1:

[arcticpenguin]

Grammer check:

Shouldn't that be: What if God were one of us?

[Upchurch]

Originally posted by arcticpenguin
Grammer check:

Shouldn't that be: What if God were one of us? Is "God" plural?

[arcticpenguin]

Originally posted by Upchurch
Is "God" plural?
No, but I think it's one of those weird cases, subjunctive or some such.

http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/061.html

http://www.angelfire.com/ga3/arkan/ng.html

[Nucular]

Clearly Osborne composed the song in Hebrew, using the pluralised term for God, elohim, as a formal mark of respect.

Unfortunately it's lost a linguistic subtlety in the translation.

[Upchurch]

Originally posted by arcticpenguin

No, but I think it's one of those weird cases, subjunctive or some such. D@MN YOU, ENGLISH! You win this time!!
:brk:

This is one of the reasons we use mathematics to describe the universe and not "plain simple English".

(Should I have asked, "are 'God' plural?")

[Dancing David]

what if god was just a mutt
walkin round sniffing butt
what if god was just a mutt
hosing the shrubs by your front door.


There is also the song, 'what if they are angels' a country ballad about how we should be nice to each other.

In the bad old days the gods would assume mortal guise to make sure people followed the rules of hospitality

[Charlie Monoxide]

Joan didn't write the song. Her guitarist Eric Bazilian wrote it.

It really is great. The bridge kinda reminds me of Muslim chanting.


Charlie (no way yahweh!) Monoxide

[Starrman]

There is also the song, 'what if they are angels' a country ballad about how we should be nice to each other.

That song is why the word 'glurge' was coined. Yeah, we should be nice to people because they might be angels. Thank you, Kenny Chestnut, or whoever you might be.

[Dancing David]

True glunge would be the song Holes In The Floor of Heaven!

maybe it was Barf Gooks, or Shamamy Twang.