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[–]mirrislegend 106 points107 points ago

[–]Nebulaoblivion 4 points5 points ago

Well, he is a scientist after all.

[–]zachmartin20 1082 points1083 points ago

But they aren't gods, they're aliens.

[–]ilikecommunitylots 688 points689 points ago

Magic is just science we don't understand yet

[–]Canigetahellyea 172 points173 points ago

Bread goes in, toast comes out. Can't explain that!

[–]SUBZEROWINS 50 points51 points ago

Knife goes in, guts come out! That's what Osaka Food Concern is all about!

[–]Gramma42ton 24 points25 points ago

Human goes in, Soylent Green comes out.

[–]PolarX 0 points1 point ago

Dick goes in, baby comes out. Can't explain that!

[–]hedges747 0 points1 point ago

Fabricants go in, Soap comes out.

[–]Quaytsar 8 points9 points ago

The heat of the toaster causes a chemical change in the ingredients of the bread. Just like how flour + water = bread.

[–]Devavres 29 points30 points ago

but where did the water come from? Where did the flour come from?

[–]Quaytsar 44 points45 points ago

Hydrogen plus time.

[–]Nicotine_And_Gravy 24 points25 points ago

That's pretty much the recipe for everything, no?

[–]SapienChavez 12 points13 points ago

i like a little carbon, for texture.

[–]GeneralRipper 31 points32 points ago

Carbon is just hydrogen plus time.

[–]Vimsefreet 18 points19 points ago

But where does hydrogen and time come from?

[–]Rosetti 13 points14 points ago

Omg, how stupid are you. We grow flour in the ground, it's like a plant. That's why it's called flour duh.

[–]IM4N14C 82 points83 points ago

You enjoy any burritos lately?

[–]I_eat_burritos 185 points186 points ago

I enjoy burritos.

[–]AmoralRelativist 37 points38 points ago

your time has come.

[–]I_eat_burritos 21 points22 points ago

/hotsauce

[–]TheeCandyMan 24 points25 points ago

Taco Bell goes in, diarrhea comes out. You can't explain that.

[–]I_eat_burritos 9 points10 points ago

Never a miscommunication.

[–]dalore 21 points22 points ago

  • Arthur C Clarke

[–]omgbrbicecreamtruck 45 points46 points ago

France is Bacon

[–]Devavres 20 points21 points ago

Finkle is Einhorn

[–]iledyouhere 11 points12 points ago

Einhorn is Finkle!

[–]zachmartin20 6 points7 points ago

[–]kyleyankan 4 points5 points ago

stares Yes........

[–]CeeBmata 2 points3 points ago

It's a rainbow bridge!

[–]brodobaggins3 4 points5 points ago

Magnets: How do they work?! --Insane Clown Posse, they get you.

[–]Quaytsar 5 points6 points ago

Aligned atomic dipoles.

[–]Vanetia 31 points32 points ago

I know to Starfleet the Prophets are nothing more than wormhole aliens, but to me they're Gods

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[–]Lampmonster1 7 points8 points ago

Maybe her species has greater muscle density than humans. Spock wasn't all that big but he was strong as hell.

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[–]barc0001 6 points7 points ago

"Kaii Wynn slapping Gul Dukat, Vedic Bereil punching Sisko"

Generally one doesn't expect the clergy to be all that effective in hand-to-hand combat against trained military officers... That's kind of like expecting the Pope to win a fistfight with an active duty marine colonel and being disappointed when he gets his pointy hat shoved where the sun don't shine.

[–]Ragnalypse 3 points4 points ago

As a rule of thumb, any oddities past TNG are just bad writing.

[–]EvilGrimace 104 points105 points ago

If Gods exist, it's hard to not argue that they aren't all just extremely advanced aliens. It's like suddenly deciding Greek Gods were just ancient superheros characters.

[–]BruceWaynesWorld 91 points92 points ago

They were.

[–]Naedlus 29 points30 points ago

Agreed. A well written comic harkens you to the tales of the gods. Emperor Joker for example, though, they did rub your face in it a little bit, especially with Batman suffering the fate of Prometheus...

[–]BruceWaynesWorld 22 points23 points ago

Yeah sometimes it can get on the nose a little. Not always a bad thing though. But I mean The Flash is just a modern day Hermes.

[–]khaosking 25 points26 points ago

I thought he was an some kind of outerspace potato man.

[–]Graucsh 6 points7 points ago

and Sisyphus

[–]modern_warfare_1 21 points22 points ago

No, it's cool, I was tested.

[–]iamadogforreal 12 points13 points ago

Photo I took in a museum of Turkey of a reproduction of what a lot of ancient sculpture art looked like when it was painted. Almost everything Greek and Rome was painted. Either this is 2,000 years old or Jack Kirby drew it.

[–]mcguire 5 points6 points ago

No dots. Wasn't Kirby.

[–]Shitforballs 17 points18 points ago

Although being taught Nordic Mythology as a Dane the story of Thor and Loke is of course granted nice as it refers to Nordic Mythology. However everything that is in the movies and comic-books as well are correct on the names of the characters and some general roles, however completely wrong about everything else (including the fictional universe).

[–]DaemonDanton[!] 31 points32 points ago

To be fair, I don't think that degree of accuracy was ever really the intent. They were always supposed to be a comic book first.

[–]Faithhandler 20 points21 points ago

Bingo. Kirby envisioned Thor as a Sci-Fi hero, and just borrowed nordic themes. It was never meant to be super accurate to the mythos. If you wanted to read that, it's already there, after all.

[–]Rhoe 13 points14 points ago

Actually, the comic went to pains to explain the differences.

Namely, the Norse Gods in Marvel Comics are not the same Norse Gods from historic europe. Those Gods died in ragnarok and where reborn as the Marvel Gods. At one point they have to face the fact the next Ragnarok is coming and its a whole epic story (see Walt Simonson's run on the character).

It should also be noted that whether they are Gods or extra-dimensional aliens changes over time. They are currently Gods alongside the other pantheons of Earth (with the exception of Thor who is half-something even more powerful). But there was some great stories during the period they were aliens, some great sci-fi epics.

EDIT : meant to reply to a comment further up.

[–]alwaysmispells1word 36 points37 points ago

If Gods exist, it's hard to not argue that they aren't all just extremely advanced aliens.

Welcome to Mormonism.

No, seriosly, look it up.

[–]Goliath89 18 points19 points ago

...Don't you mean Scientology?

[–]QBRebel16 21 points22 points ago

Just to add some clarification, Scientologists don't actually worship aliens. They just believe that immortal alien spirits control our bodies and are basically our souls. It still sounds like bull shit, but it isn't a belief in gods.

[–]OneOfDozens 2 points3 points ago

Did you mean scientology?

[–]alwaysmispells1word 25 points26 points ago

No I meen Mormonism.

Look up the word Kolob... you'll see..

[–]Irongrip 10 points11 points ago

"This is what Mormons actually believe" comes to mind.

[–]I_eat_burritos 9 points10 points ago

Kolob is a star or planet described as the body closest to the throne of God. If you're a good Mormon, you can become a god yourself, and get your own planet/star.

I'm not making this up. Check out the Book of Abraham.

[–]TotalRedditMove 91 points92 points ago

Thank you, people don't seem to get this.

[–]Damaband41 3 points4 points ago

I thought they were demi-gods...

[–]Phoequinox 20 points21 points ago

Could have fooled me, with Thor and Loki boasting about their god status, and even Tony Stark refers to Thor as "The demigod".

[–]Zlurpo 37 points38 points ago

That's more like the name of their race than anything. Humans, Martians, Time-Lords, Demi-Gods... They were named for their interaction with ancient Earth, and it's now just easier to keep the name.

[–]Phoequinox 12 points13 points ago

So, basically, the alien/god thing was just lost in translation with the movies?

[–]Frix 40 points41 points ago

May be in 'Avengers' the didn't repeat it but in 'Thor' they very clearly say that they aren't really Gods but just advanced aliens that were mistaken as such by ancient civilizations.

[–]L1M3 23 points24 points ago

In Avengers Black Widow tells Cap that Thor is "basically a god." She isn't saying anything about his holiness, she's just talking about how strong he is.

[–]Frog-Eater 25 points26 points ago

There's only one God ma'am and I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that.

[–]Damaband41 5 points6 points ago

Actually just to add some clarification to this thread, the Bible says God said "you shall have no other Gods before me" and that he is the one TRUE god... I'm pretty sure this can mean there are other gods, but he said he's the only TRUE god (i.e. the only one you should be worshipping).

[–]TheJackalope231 3 points4 points ago

And in historical context, that's exactly what it did mean. The Israelites were originally monolatrists.

[–]katydid15 8 points9 points ago

Indeed, in the beginning of Thor, or whenever it was when they talked about the frost giants and Asgardians fighting on Earth, it just said that the humans considered them gods, because they were obviously more powerful than them, not as an alien race.

[–]TheWrongPerspective 4 points5 points ago

intentionally lost to avoid controversy in a much larger audience.

[–]usrnamesr2mainstream 6 points7 points ago

They are what they are, regardless of what we call them. I can call myself a god and I can convince everyone I know to call me a god (unlikely that they'll go along with it, but for argument's sake let's say they do) but that won't make me a god, it'll just make me an arrogant asshole.

[–]SpruceCaboose 4 points5 points ago

Demigod does not mean god though. Thor from the Norse mythology is a god. However, I do believe the Marvel character is considered to be an alien superhero in the canon and not a technical god, just god-like compared to the humans on Earth. They are two different concepts of a similar character. The Thor of the Norse and the Thor of Marvel origin.

[–]LazerProject 4 points5 points ago

I thought they were demigods

[–]urmomnom 8 points9 points ago

All gods are aliens unless they were born on earth.

[–]Lilyo 0 points1 point ago

But a god is defined as superhuman and supernatural, meaning not of our world, but the problem with that is that any observable phenomenon IS natural and of this world, meaning there is no such thing as supernatural.

[–]whitewateractual 10 points11 points ago

Exactly. We call them "gods" because their technology is more advanced and their physiology is more evolved.

[–]Rhoe 0 points1 point ago

When they're being cast down into our dimension, shoot lightning out of their hands, fly and read people minds, "Gods" like Zeus stops looking so mythical.

And lets not get started on "behold, I can walk on water and multiply fish!"

[–]much_longer_username 2 points3 points ago

Hoverboard and a standard replicator. Just needed a sample, of course... don't want to accidentally poison the locals.

[–]ForcedToJoin 3 points4 points ago

This comment is offensive to me as a pagan. You should exercise more religious sensitivity.

[–]Aznmidgetboy 67 points68 points ago

There is a "god" called "The One Above All", though some just consider him the strongest character in the universe and not actually god.

http://marvel.wikia.com/One-Above-All_(Multiverse)

[–]DaemonDanton[!] 62 points63 points ago

Checkmate, Atheists.

[–]shackled_fjord 11 points12 points ago

Isn't TOAA the writer?

[–]TGOT 11 points12 points ago

He most often appears in the form of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, yes.

[–]skwirrlmaster 6 points7 points ago

He's God. He's the creator of the omniverse. That is pretty much a God of Gods qualifier.

[–]blargenfediblenohip 7 points8 points ago

You'd think, but some people don't wan't to believe in a comic book God either I suppose...

[–]BCBossman 0 points1 point ago

That's a deep fucking rabbit hole. Apparently, the Marvel universe has several dozen nigh-omnipotent beings who, somehow, all manage to get defeated by the Avengers/Fantastic Four/Guardians of the Universe.

[–]JohnTheCrow 133 points134 points ago

Argue about the religious beliefs of fictional characters.

[–]Bladewing10 28 points29 points ago

Anything to make OP feel intellectually superior to others.

[–]Dragoryu3000 5 points6 points ago

I fail to see how this post would do that.

[–]Sir_Nivag 60 points61 points ago

Hmmm I don't remember Thor ever getting the crap kicked out of him. I remember a couple of evenly matched fights and Hulk punching him in the face pretty hard but not enough to phase him.

[–]Thor4269 69 points70 points ago

Thor has gone toe-to-toe with the canon Hulk many times. The thing is that The Hulk doesn't get tired... Even gods need rest.

[–]AskMeAboutMyWiener 22 points23 points ago

From Wikipedia on Thor: "His stamina allowed him to battle the entire Frost Giant army for nine months without any sustenance or rest" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_(Marvel_Comics)#Powers_and_abilities

[–]Thor4269 14 points15 points ago

I am aware...

[–]Kamikasi 23 points24 points ago

Totally read that in this guy's voice.

[–]Raised_by_Jews 20 points21 points ago

Thor was made as a way to fight the hulk. The hulk was so strong that they had to make a god to beat him. Since then the two have gone back and forth. Some writers have hulk as ultimately strong, others have thor as slightly stronger. I definitely think the two of them have a very interesting relationship and I always love reading their comics.

[–]Timett_son_of_Timett 31 points32 points ago

Made as in they wrote his character to fight the hulk, right? Not like, in the marvel universe - cause Thor is supposed to be super old, no?

[–]Thor4269 19 points20 points ago

yes i believe that is what they meant.

[–]Galactic 3 points4 points ago

Nobody writes Thor as stronger than the Hulk. Hulk has no upper limit on his strength. Thor does.

[–]Raised_by_Jews 7 points8 points ago

In most of the newer comics Hulk is pretty much infinitely strong, but Thor was initially made as someone who could fight the hulk and win because the hulk was just too damn powerful. That is why Thor vs Hulk is such a classic fight.

[–]godlesspinko 2 points3 points ago

I used to play Marvel Superheroes- an RPG (like D&D, not vidya games). There were manuals that gave you the stats of different superheroes should they make an appearance in your campaign.

In the manual, Thor and Hulk are evenly matched in strength ("Unearthly" - able to lift up to 1000 tons).

I thought it was great that the movie didn't contradict the RPG!

[–]32koala 3 points4 points ago

Hulk punching him in the face pretty hard

I think that's what OP is referring to. During the final fight when they just defeated the giant metal snake, and Hulk sucker-punches Thor.

[–]Nacamaka 161 points162 points ago

This shit again?!

[–]whalesharkdolphin 77 points78 points ago

When I saw those movies, I thought "THAT WAS AWESOME" not "hmm let me hypothesize about the religious beliefs of these characters because that is so important"

[–]Nacamaka 41 points42 points ago

I'm sure OP didn't either. He just found this pic and put it on /r/funny like all of the reposters before him.

[–]Blueskiesforever 20 points21 points ago

Incoming repost on r/atheism in 3...2...

[–]Damadawf 2 points3 points ago

You've seen this thread before, so maybe you can help me by telling me where it explicitly states in the movies that Stark is an atheist? Is it because he's a rich scientist? People who are scientists can't be religious, right reddit?

[–]SG_Dave 31 points32 points ago

I can't even remember lines where CA and IM state they are athiest.

[–]cos1ne 20 points21 points ago

It's stated in the comic books what religion the characters are.

Btw that is a database that has cataloged the various religious beliefs of the vast majority of comic book superheroes.

Here is the page for Captain America.

And for Iron Man who oddly enough isn't really an atheist, far more agnostic I'd say.

Also for completeness sake here is the Hulk.

[–]The_Double 21 points22 points ago

for the lazy:

Tony Stark has never been characterized as devoutly religious or a regular church-goer. However, the number of times that Tony Stark has clearly expressed religious belief (such as when he has prayed silently or aloud, or when he has vocally expressed belief in God), far outnumber the relatively rare instances when the character has expressed positions that strike some readers as the words of a "non-believer."

[–]mwatson1010 2 points3 points ago

Good find. Also fairly interesting read about these characters.

[–]constantvariables 69 points70 points ago

"There's only one god and I doubt he dresses like that"(or something along those lines) was said by Cap after seeing Thor. It's kind of obvious he's a Christian. Tony could be an implied atheist, being a man of science and all.

[–]SG_Dave 63 points64 points ago

Ah I read Caps as atheist for some reason.

So what if the guys Christian. It's entirely plausible that there's more than just the Norse gods out there. Hell Hercules exists within the Marvel Universe so clearly other religions are at least hinted at (I struggle to remember whether he is actually the god in the 616/Ultimate Universe where the films are probably set.)

Implying that Stark is atheist due to being a man of science isn't anywhere near enough. Assuming one truth makes the other is absurd.

[–]blex64 24 points25 points ago

Cap is from the '40's, the chances of him being atheist are pretty low. Not saying he is or isn't, but the numbers are way more against him then they are against Stark.

[–]lebiro 24 points25 points ago

A non-Christian character called "Captain America" would be really weird to me.

[–]cdcformatc 63 points64 points ago

Don't you know all sci[ent]ists are le atheist!?

[–]constantvariables 5 points6 points ago

Not trying to argue, just giving the reasons. As people have said, Thor and Loki are technically aliens that humans declared as gods because we couldn't understand. The "gods" are nothing like the God that Cap believes in. As for Tony, I agree that it's not a good argument which is why I said his atheism could be implied, not that it's fact.

[–]Klurichaun 7 points8 points ago

Couldn't help thinking of this

[–]lurker_becomes_lurkd 5 points6 points ago

Exodus 20:3

"You shall have no other gods before me"

That actually makes it seem like Christians accept the existence of other gods but declare their god should be #1. Which makes Captain America's position entirely logical.

[–]ndougla2 3 points4 points ago

That passage is actually referring the to deification of earthly wants...

[–]TheMaskedHamster 7 points8 points ago

It's a commandment directly speaking about gods, directed at a culture surrounded by pagans and that itself continually slipped in and out of paganism.

It can certainly be applied to the deification of earthly wants, but it was definitely talking about beings called gods.

[–]Cogency 12 points13 points ago

No, no it is not. That is what the church teaches that it allegorically means today, but historically it was literally referring to the Jewish people worshipping other deities as was happening in Deuteronomy during the Babylonian captivity when they started worshipping the Canaanite gods.

It is the commandment that made the Jewish strictly monotheistic.

[–]Greflin 4 points5 points ago

Doth mother know you weareth her drapes?

[–]kunfu11 3 points4 points ago

It's also from this line that Cap doesn't believe that they're "gods" anyway. He just sees them as aliens with superpowers, (not hard to believe in that universe) so how is it odd he's still Christian?

[–]Grindstone50k 1 point2 points ago

It's kind of obvious he's a Christian.

Nah, it's obvious he's Muslim.

[–]skwirrlmaster 0 points1 point ago

There was a Muslim version of Cap in Ultimates 2. Cap fucking kills him. AMERICA. FUCK YAH.

[–]jonathanrdt 56 points57 points ago

...Puny god...

[–]JangSaverem 5 points6 points ago

They are just really strong aliens is all. Creatures from different dimensions would likely be seen as a type of "God" but really they are only named as such due to their abilities that we cannot understand. If anything they are just Demi-gods and Captain and Tony wouldnt have any changing view of "God" because of meeting them.

[–]Grizmeer 10 points11 points ago

When did Ironman say he was an atheist?

[–]Gman1012 3 points4 points ago

[–]Deagle_Shitter 2 points3 points ago

TL;DR - He believes in God, but isn't exceptionally spiritual.

[–]GaryOak92 8 points9 points ago

Technically they were Demigods

[–]ThisIsWhatICameFor 2 points3 points ago

Technically they are just aliens

[–]abillonfire 10 points11 points ago

When does Tony Stark ever say he's an atheist? I can't find any evidence for that

[–]RnRaintnoisepolution 7 points8 points ago

They seem more like Extradimensional aliens with super-human ability's to me.

But that's just me

EDIT: extra words

[–]Faithhandler 5 points6 points ago

In a universe filled with people who can literally flick planets out of orbit, what does it really mean to be a "god"?

[–]bluemirror 1 point2 points ago

"Puny God"

[–]dubstrubs 3 points4 points ago

remember when the hulk comes out in the aircraft carrier, and him and thor are going at it? the fight seems pretty even at first, but thors getting his ass handed to him before they send the jet to distract the hulk. hes all bloodied up, im sure thats what its referencing.

[–]thorns0014 3 points4 points ago

A line in Thor was, "when you go to earth, just throw a little lightning around and they think you are a god"

[–]skwirrlmaster 4 points5 points ago

Technically Cap is absolutely correct since Christians worship a God that is essentially "The One Above All"

He is as far beyond the Living Tribunal as the Living Tribunal is beyond man.

[–]dosophil 7 points8 points ago

Seriously, stop reposting this. I have seen it way too many times on /r/atheism or /r/funny. Please, stop.

[–]CJGibson 8 points9 points ago

Doesn't Christianity actually allow for the existence of other gods. I mean, one of the commandments is "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." It's not even "Thou shalt have no other gods." It just says that the God of Abraham should be your numero uno god. Your go-to god guy. The other ones have to take a back seat.

Even if you interpret that to mean that Christians shouldn't worship other gods in any way, doesn't it kind of explicitly make room for the existence of other gods (that you're not supposed to worship)?

[–]kunfu11 9 points10 points ago

The way I- and most of my peers- have understood it is not to worship other gods, because they're not real. It states multiple times in the bible to worship the "one true living God" and not the "false gods of wood and gold", and at other times that their gods "do not see, or hear" as opposed to the "living God" of Abraham. So not worshiping other gods was about not worshiping false idols made by humans.

[–]Colemans2014 10 points11 points ago

Theyre from another demention so they arent really gods. Physics are different there so they arent magic, its science to them.

[–]megagoten 1 point2 points ago

dimension

[–]TheSalsaShark 2 points3 points ago

Dementia

[–]Eyeball75 4 points5 points ago

Pretty much a draw with Thor I think. Loki, on the other hand, got his fucking head smashed in.

[–]EdwardKittyhands 6 points7 points ago

Loki is right where he wants to be, he plays the long game.

[–]daStronksie 10 points11 points ago

Good rationality, that. Piss off not just one, but two, gods.

fucking retard.

Also this is not /r/atheism.

[–]MadManMorto 3 points4 points ago

This is a repost good sir.

[–]zannabee17 0 points1 point ago

Technically they're demi-gods.

[–]yeti0013 2 points3 points ago

in the Marvel cinematic universe Thor and the other Asgardians aren't even Gods. They are just powerful being from another realm who were worshiped as Gods.

[–]este_hombre 3 points4 points ago

God damn! I unsubbed from /r/atheism a while ago and this shit still manages to follow me.

[–]johno456 4 points5 points ago

  1. They're DEMIgods

  2. Iron Man never proclaims to be atheist

  3. The Hulk never beats the crap out of Thor

[–]Titsfortwats 2 points3 points ago

Pretty sure Thor isn't a demigod, as the son of Odin and the Earth.

[–]Kaberu 2 points3 points ago

1/2 It was said once, by Iron Man... which is from his perspective because he puts his faith in science, not in mysticism/spirituality. He probably just believes they are alien visitors, and rightly so. Plus, he was probably just using it as a figure of speech because Thor is the same Thor from ancient Norse mythology in their reality.

Asgardians (in both Avengers and Thor) have only ever referred to being "worshiped as gods" aside from Loki having an obvious god complex, and it seems humans derived their concept of gods from super-advanced beings like the Asgardians who visited Earth early in it's history.

That's within the confines of the Marvel universe of course.

3) Thor most certainly was not making any headway into the Hulk fight. Every time Hulk got knocked down, he'd get up angrier and stronger. Thor was clearly not performing the same. Even in the comics, Hulk generally wins 4 out of 5 times when they collide and even Stan Lee professes how Hulk is the strongest there is (which was the point of the character) and that he never wears out.

If the fight dragged out in the movie, Hulk would eventually beat Thor to unconsciousness and walk away. Thor would probably never die, but he's very unlikely to do the same to the Hulk. This is the same Hulk where it usually takes the rest of the Avengers (including Thor) just to stall him in the comics and cartoon movies. This is also the same Hulk where all of the other heroes combined thought the best way of dealing with the Hulk was to send him far away to another planet because they, as a collective of some of the most powerful heroes on the planet (plus the teams they headed), could not handle the Hulk.

Plus, Stark said "we have a Hulk" not "we have a Thor" when Loki threatened him with his army. At least Stark knows who the big gun is...

[–]FrugalNinja 1 point2 points ago

God has made his presence known a few times in the Marvel universe:

While there are numerous beings that are referred to as "gods" or have claimed divinity, the mysterious entity known as the One-Above-All has been considered to be the creator god of the Marvel Multiverse. He is also the enigmatic master of the immensely powerful Living Tribunal, the judge of all realities and omniverse.[1] The One-Above-All has been mentioned in a Guardians of the Galaxy storyline to be possibly the most powerful being in the entirety of the Marvel Multiverse.

[–]sinthome 1 point2 points ago

We get it, you're an atheist.

[–]Noobesi 0 points1 point ago

Saw this on ifunny weeks ago

[–]EdJofJupiter 0 points1 point ago

"Demi-god" the Hulk

[–]hotpie -1 points0 points ago

Channeling his inner Karsa Orlong

[–]jlopez9090 0 points1 point ago

Read as 'dogs' ... was confused

[–]Nbrandwine 0 points1 point ago

[–]faabmcg 0 points1 point ago

Fantastic!

[–]Clovis69 1 point2 points ago

"Theres only one god ma'am, and I don't think he looks like that."

[–]metalmike187 1 point2 points ago

A repost with a different title is still a repost.

[–]den31 1 point2 points ago

I would be interested to know how a god would intend to demonstrate to me that it is a god.

[–]d36williams 0 points1 point ago

When was it clear CA was a Christian? Based on the movies he could be Jewish or something historical like Theist

[–]C_K_B 2 points3 points ago

CA stated there's only one God. While that statement could be interpreted in many different ways in today's society. We know that he was from the WWII era where Christianity was much more prevalent than any other belief in America.

[–]KippySmith 1 point2 points ago

In the Marvel universe the Norse gods are actually very advanced, strong, near immortal Aliens that were just worshiped like gods.

[–]ramchunk_tequila 0 points1 point ago

HULK SMASH!!!!

[–]aLiveFetus 0 points1 point ago

R-R-R-REPOST

[–]SPARTAN_TOASTER 1 point2 points ago

HOLY FUCK, guys it's a post that mentions religion and it is not offensive.

[–]Guy-Manuel 0 points1 point ago

The Hulk's reaction justifies both Cap's and Tony's.

[–]FomorianKing 0 points1 point ago

Religion? In my r/funny? Oh HELL NAW!

[–]Tannon34 1 point2 points ago

Ma'am there's only one God, and he doesn't dress like that

[–]vadvaro10 1 point2 points ago

best action movie idea ever : the hulk versus all the gods of forever.

krishna, zues, ra,jehovah, etc. one day the gods get worried about the strength and potential of hulk and just throw everything they can at him. but he only gets stronger the madder he gets.... maybe aphrodite might seduce him to death.

i am also thinking of a scene involving jesus running his ass off on the surface of a tidal wave produced by poseidon trading massive blows from a madly swimming hulk. he's all blasting out of the side of this wave jesus is surfing (without a board). or kali with four blades fighting hulk gladiator style while ares prepares his own attack.

the possibilities are endless. considering the 3000+ gods that have existed on this planet since people starting writing the stories down.

[–]darkreality20 0 points1 point ago

Agree, but Iron Man isn't exactly an atheist. He doesn't disbelieve in Loki or Thor. He just doesn't worship them (or any god). Atheism is a lack of belief.

I don't know what you call someone who believes in a god (or does not deny their existence) but chooses not to worship.

[–]OzymandiasReborn 0 points1 point ago

For a second I thought this was one of those rare actually funny posts in r/atheism. Then I looked and saw I was wrong. Oh well.

[–]brutalistu 0 points1 point ago

Hulk is agnostic.

[–]LaOddOpe 0 points1 point ago

If the F4 movie is in the same marvel universe as the Avengers they should know about Galactus.

Galactus is closer to a god. I think his power can create life

[–]Oxilili 0 points1 point ago

Repost

[–]thatTigercat 1 point2 points ago

So not only is r/atheism leaking, it's the "committing acts of violence on figures associated with religion" fantasy

[–]Neskuaxa 1 point2 points ago

r/atheism is that way.

[–]Rakutei 1 point2 points ago

Gods existing with a name that matches up to Norse doesn't mean the Christian God would exist. And it also doesn't disprove it, either. Both Captain America and Tony Stark are just fine.

[–]Ace1999 0 points1 point ago

What Gods did they meet? EXPLANAYSHUNS PLZ