To kill a God
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I'd do it Kratos' way: get powered up by Ares and the rage from having been tricked by him, then create a massive wad of gore.
I really like god killing plots. Especially if you don't see them coming like in Guardian Heroes.
If the god has some kind of physical form. Then fighting and killing that form is plausible. Then you have to ask does god have a soul? Maybe taking said god's power would and then killing it would work.
If the god is something more abstract then to kill a god is to make people stop believing in it.
If the god has some kind of physical form. Then fighting and killing that form is plausible. Then you have to ask does god have a soul? Maybe taking said god's power would and then killing it would work.
If the god is something more abstract then to kill a god is to make people stop believing in it.
Haha, it's not that important, but if you're looking for a new book to read sometime soon, try the Wizard of Earthsea. It's where the Ancient Language and the true names of things in the Eragon books came from, and it's a very good read.knight steel said:I'm sorry i got it from Christopher Paolina Eragon book, who's Ursula Le Guin?Bobbity said:Please please pretty please tell me that you're referring to the works of Ursula Le Guin, and not Christopher Paolina. Please please please please.knight steel said:
OT: I like the Terry Pratchett/Raymond Feist approach. Remove or kill off all the worshippers, and the gods become totally powerless.
I'm actually surprised that the thread didn't get more "kill it with fire" replies, it was what every other solution to getting rid of a bird off the roof was so:
Bird on roof=Get rid of with fire
God=Fire not sufficient, need something sneakier.
Bird on roof=Get rid of with fire
God=Fire not sufficient, need something sneakier.
{1} *Snerk* I don't really care. There isn't even anything in the bible about it.
{2} Well, I suppose I'd have to do it the Douglas Adams way. Puff of logic!
{2} Well, I suppose I'd have to do it the Douglas Adams way. Puff of logic!
A CHALLENGER APPEARS [http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org/story.php].thePyro_13 said:
In the most humble of forms, to boot.
I think that the very notion of killing a God is contradictory in the first place. If they were that powerful, they would not be able to be killed. And if they weren't, why would we call them Gods at all?
Depends what god you're talking about, surely?
I'm sure Greek, Roman and Norse gods, for example, were killable, it was just really fucking difficult.[footnote]On a side-note, I find it hilarious how we now regard these as interesting stories, whereas religions today is taken ever-so-seriously and fully expect to live on forever, since they're all the "true" religion. Oh, logic.[/footnote]
I'm sure Greek, Roman and Norse gods, for example, were killable, it was just really fucking difficult.[footnote]On a side-note, I find it hilarious how we now regard these as interesting stories, whereas religions today is taken ever-so-seriously and fully expect to live on forever, since they're all the "true" religion. Oh, logic.[/footnote]
But they didn't use the subtle knife to kill Metatron...Flamehero1 said:
They tackled him.
Like a Boss.
1)Enlist the help of another god.
2)Bring popcorn.
3)Mutual destruction of gods.
4)No more gods.
5)Party time.
*nods*
2)Bring popcorn.
3)Mutual destruction of gods.
4)No more gods.
5)Party time.
*nods*
WHY! WHY! WHY!knight steel said:
I went a whole week without thinking of those horrible books. WHY WOULD YOU REMIND ME?!
Your a monster... And the worst part is that he's almost done with the 4th. WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, as far as killing a god. If it's male, trick it into watching Twilight. And if it's Female, trick it into watching Twilight (all gods are supposed to have good taste). At the very least it will weaken the being enough for a sword to the jugular...
Personally im a fan of the theory used in some works of fiction already (for eg. American Gods, Pratchett's Hogfather and in a way Black&White game).
Any god is only as strong as the faith of his believers, the more people believe in the god's existence the more powerful he is, however as time passes and new gods take the spotlight he slowly get's forgotten, becoming a minor spirit and eventually with death of last 'faithful' he dies.
Probably the clearest example of it was Hogfather where Guild of Assassins was asked to kill the Dicsworld's version of Santa Claus. Mr. Teatime there, approached it by kidnapping the Toothfairy and through all the magic within the children's teeth he caused them to stop believing in Hogfather.
As for the footnote however, i think big part of blame lies in late Roman Empire ruler (i forgot the exact name) who pretty much dictated which of the books are to be considered canon of the Catholic faith, removing some of the more fantastical stories. Good example of it is excluding the Book of Henoch which told the story of fall of the angles or the history of Lilith.
Considering the fact that Catholic religion has it's root in Judaism which in turn was based heavily on early Semitic beliefs including Babylonian and Sumerian mythology, we lost big part of it. Those ancient texts had much more stories including all sorts of demons, angels and even minor gods.
Any god is only as strong as the faith of his believers, the more people believe in the god's existence the more powerful he is, however as time passes and new gods take the spotlight he slowly get's forgotten, becoming a minor spirit and eventually with death of last 'faithful' he dies.
Probably the clearest example of it was Hogfather where Guild of Assassins was asked to kill the Dicsworld's version of Santa Claus. Mr. Teatime there, approached it by kidnapping the Toothfairy and through all the magic within the children's teeth he caused them to stop believing in Hogfather.
Umh, they weren't exactly killable except by other immortals.Woodsey said:
As for the footnote however, i think big part of blame lies in late Roman Empire ruler (i forgot the exact name) who pretty much dictated which of the books are to be considered canon of the Catholic faith, removing some of the more fantastical stories. Good example of it is excluding the Book of Henoch which told the story of fall of the angles or the history of Lilith.
Considering the fact that Catholic religion has it's root in Judaism which in turn was based heavily on early Semitic beliefs including Babylonian and Sumerian mythology, we lost big part of it. Those ancient texts had much more stories including all sorts of demons, angels and even minor gods.
If only that worked with the Reapers. The Turian Councillor would be our savior at this point.The Human Torch said:
OT: I find it a more interesting story element that you can't actually kill a god, but can knock him out of power for quite a while.
what stories have mortals killing gods. im probably just ignorant but the only stories i can think of right now involve half gods killing gods.
i dont think a mortal alone can kill a god. I would go on some epic quest somewhere to get a weapon created with the sole purpose of killing the god. then go on a epicer quest into the gods domain and kill them.
i dont think a mortal alone can kill a god. I would go on some epic quest somewhere to get a weapon created with the sole purpose of killing the god. then go on a epicer quest into the gods domain and kill them.
