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The Sock
04/21/21 10:02:09 PM
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Sometimes I'll see stories in books, comic books, and TV shows where a character actually kills God. For example, in Preacher, he (the Preacher character) actually manages to kill God with a magical item. In the comic book series "Godzilla Goes to Hell" Godzilla kills God!

These are interesting stories, but how can killing God even be possible when God is fighting against someone? I mean, couldn't God just simply decide to kill any being in the universe with a mere thought? I never quite understood these stories lol.

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Chadwick69
04/21/21 10:04:56 PM
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Every JRPG ever. Especially SMT ones lol
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Funcoot
04/21/21 10:06:56 PM
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In Supernatural they don't actually kill God, but they do take away His powers, and He is killable.


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RetsuZaiZen
04/21/21 10:09:57 PM
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The two examples that first came to mind were already states.

SMT and Supernatural.

To answer the question, it's just nonsense in the plot. If God is truly omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, and invincible, then nothing could even think to harm him/her.

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Xerun
04/21/21 10:19:30 PM
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Cosmere

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DeadlyNinjaBees
04/21/21 10:20:57 PM
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Labyrinth on NES, because David Bowie is the last boss.

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SDBZ
04/21/21 10:21:26 PM
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@Calwings

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billcom6
04/21/21 10:23:34 PM
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https://www.amazon.com/Towing-Jehovah-Harvest-James-Morrow/dp/0156002108

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Calwings
04/21/21 10:47:44 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBSbyOzun0Y
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Gargus
04/21/21 10:53:09 PM
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The comic book, not the abortion of a amc series, preacher.
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PatrickMahomes
04/21/21 10:54:08 PM
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xenoblade

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Questionmarktarius
04/21/21 10:56:26 PM
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Doesn't Dogma technically fit here?
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MrMallard
04/21/21 10:56:53 PM
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Persona 5

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Tyranthraxus
04/21/21 10:57:56 PM
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The Sock posted...
These are interesting stories, but how can killing God even be possible when God is fighting against someone? I mean, couldn't God just simply decide to kill any being in the universe with a mere thought? I never quite understood these stories lol. Isn't God all powerful?

God has gotten some powers attributed to him that weren't ever really stated anywhere.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2032%3A22-32&version=NIV

22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions. 24 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacobs hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26 Then the man said, Let me go, for it is daybreak.
But Jacob replied, I will not let you go unless you bless me.
27 The man asked him, What is your name?
Jacob, he answered.
28 Then the man said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,[a] because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.
29 Jacob said, Please tell me your name.
But he replied, Why do you ask my name? Then he blessed him there.
30 So Jacob called the place Peniel,[b] saying, It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared.

If Jacob can hold God down for a whole day I think some planet destroying cannons could probably be effective against God.

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Tyranthraxus
04/21/21 11:00:09 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Doesn't Dogma technically fit here?

No IMO. The thing that dies isn't really God.

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KainWind
04/21/21 11:03:54 PM
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FFXIII I guess Lightning is a God slayer.

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CouldBeAnAlt
04/21/21 11:06:46 PM
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Chadwick69 posted...
Every JRPG ever. Especially SMT ones lol
It's honestly the thing I hate most about jrpgs

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Zikten
04/21/21 11:10:08 PM
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I actually had a dream about this like a year ago. It played out kinda like a movie. I dreamed that scientists figured out a way to breach portals to Heaven. And humans went to war with God. It was pretty bad ass for a random dream. Soldiers were battling Angels on Earth, in space and in Heaven. I dont think I got to see an actual ending though. But it would make for a cool video game or something
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Zikten
04/21/21 11:11:35 PM
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CouldBeAnAlt posted...

It's honestly the thing I hate most about jrpgs

Western rpgs do this too sometimes. Especially mmos. Almost every mmo eventually makes a raid where players kill a deity. Everquest literally had an entire expansion about various divine planes of reality, the homes of gods and you took down a bunch of them
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Xavier_On_High
04/21/21 11:18:23 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
God has gotten some powers attributed to him that weren't ever really stated anywhere.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2032%3A22-32&version=NIV

If Jacob can hold God down for a whole day I think some planet destroying cannons could probably be effective against God.

It's weird, but even though His Omniscience and Omnipresence are clearly stated, the oft claimed Omnipotence doesn't really appear in most versions of the Bible. He is usually stated as being "Almighty" or having "power immeasurable" which just means He is the most powerful being, and doesn't necessarily mean He has infinite power, capable of literally anything possible or impossible.

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Notti
04/21/21 11:28:22 PM
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God is not always all powerful, all knowing, and/or all good, perfect, or their holy books uncorrupted/perfectly translated, etc.

Those are just assumptions that makes philosophy/commandments easier.
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Solar_Crimson
04/22/21 12:26:13 AM
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Megami Tensei II
Shin Megami Tensei II
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

God--the Judeo-Christian God or a representation of him called "YHVH"--is the final boss in all three of those games, and he is portrayed as a heartless tyrant and despot who demands mindless worship for all eternity. He's also the one responsible for demonizing the other gods, so that he could reign supreme as the one true god.

CouldBeAnAlt posted...
It's honestly the thing I hate most about jrpgs
Why?

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Rathinor
04/22/21 12:27:59 AM
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His Dark Materials in the last book
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foxhound101
04/22/21 12:30:58 AM
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WingsOfGood
04/22/21 12:32:26 AM
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They humanize God too much. For a more accurate depcition read H.P. Lovecraft. Then read Ezekiel and realize
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Bad_Mojo
04/22/21 12:33:38 AM
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pegusus123456
04/22/21 12:37:18 AM
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The Sock posted...
These are interesting stories, but how can killing God even be possible when God is fighting against someone? I mean, couldn't God just simply decide to kill any being in the universe with a mere thought? I never quite understood these stories lol. Isn't God all powerful?
In Preacher, I think God deliberately weakens Himself because he's an egotistical asshole. At the very least, they do say that the Saint won't be able to kill God if He retakes his throne in Heaven.

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ZeroX91
04/22/21 12:38:57 AM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
Megami Tensei II
Shin Megami Tensei II
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

God--the Judeo-Christian God or a representation of him called "YHVH"--is the final boss in all three of those games, and he is portrayed as a heartless tyrant and despot who demands mindless worship for all eternity. He's also the one responsible for demonizing the other gods, so that he could reign supreme as the one true god.

Why?

Solar_Crimson posted...
Megami Tensei II
Shin Megami Tensei II
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

God--the Judeo-Christian God or a representation of him called "YHVH"--is the final boss in all three of those games, and he is portrayed as a heartless tyrant and despot who demands mindless worship for all eternity. He's also the one responsible for demonizing the other gods, so that he could reign supreme as the one true god.

Why?
I mean thats super accurate to the old testament and most of the new testament

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ZeroX91
04/22/21 12:41:14 AM
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pegusus123456 posted...
In Preacher, I think God deliberately weakens Himself because he's an egotistical asshole. At the very least, they do say that the Saint won't be able to kill God if He retakes his throne in Heaven.
Well that at least seems like a likeble version, dudes just bored fam. No fun for him if he dont gimp himself

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pegusus123456
04/22/21 1:04:28 AM
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ZeroX91 posted...
Well that at least seems like a likeble version, dudes just bored fam. No fun for him if he dont gimp himself
No, Preacher's God is an asshole. He is an insecure baby with a pathological need to feel loved. He created the angels who loved him implicitly, but that wasn't enough. He created humans to see if his angels would still love him which causes half of them to rebel and fall. He makes humans suffer because he gets off on the fact that people still worship him despite all of the shit he puts them through. The entire plot is kicked off because he creates Genesis, a being more powerful than himself, so he can see if it loves him too.

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ZeroX91
04/22/21 1:07:46 AM
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pegusus123456 posted...
No, Preacher's God is an asshole. He is an insecure baby with a pathological need to feel loved. He created the angels who loved him implicitly, but that wasn't enough. He created humans to see if his angels would still love him which causes half of them to rebel and fall. He makes humans suffer because he gets off on the fact that people still worship him despite all of the shit he puts them through. The entire plot is kicked off because he creates Genesis, a being more powerful than himself, so he can see if it loves him too.
Yea that sounds pretty accurate to the source

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Wedge Antilles
04/22/21 1:08:44 AM
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Bad_Mojo posted...
Would Mistborn count?

Xerun posted...
Cosmere

Secret History makes this one difficult to answer.

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Smashingpmkns
04/22/21 1:08:57 AM
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Mike Tyson Mysteries ends with Mike Tyson killing God and destroying heaven lmao
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Middle hope
04/22/21 1:11:55 AM
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Unsugarized_Foo
04/22/21 1:12:26 AM
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Jurassic Park

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Fenrimis
04/22/21 1:34:35 AM
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IIRC in Bleach Aizen's goal was to kill God

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Aressar
04/22/21 4:07:46 AM
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There are many fantasy stories where a god-like being is killed, though it's a matter of perspective of what qualifies as a god. Usually it's just someone who is significantly more powerful, knowledgeable and/or influentual than any other being in that story, and because of that that someone is considered a god, but it doesn't mean they're unkillable.

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CouldBeAnAlt
04/22/21 4:41:44 PM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
Why?
Because it's the epitome of escalation in a series. Not to mention more grounded relatable plots are usually better

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