I cant believe this I leave this thread for 1 day and its taken off!!
I want to be a god!! have ultimate power .. create worlds .. leap tall buildings .. invincibility .. prolly super strength too!!
Hercules was a god .. or half a god .. and he was super strong .. mmm .. I'd really like to fly!! mm .. yes .. and well invisibility would be interesting
Forgive me if I`m wrong Lord Skyweir, but aren`t Gods considered to be immortal?
very true!! .. some die and some enjoy an existence well beyond that of immortality .. even if someone should die .. no matter .. your a god .. you'll see them in short order!!! .. or arrange it that way if you like
anyway as much as i want to be a god .. and hope to be one day .. I just saw X-MEN tonight and now I want to be one of them!!!!
my god!! that was one excellent movie .. even better than the first!! really brilliant!! .. soooo cool!!
and they can die
keep smiling
'Smoke me a kipper .. I'll be back for breakfast!'
I just thought of another ability that I would like to possess and I'm thinking of the fairytale "Rumplestilskin" here and that would be to turn straw into gold.
Now I know that "all that glitters is not gold" and "money can't buy happiness" and stuff but having an endless supply of money would mean NO MORE WORK and I could pursue "my heart's desire".
(Perhaps it doesn't rate as a 'super power' but it is a highly desirable ability)
Ryzel wrote:Some gods are immortal and some gods die. It all depends on the god.
Now for a trivia question: Who wrote the book "This Day All Gods Die"?
I was under the impression (and I could possibly be wrong here) that it was in the very nature of a god to be immortal. Gods = Immortals
Yes, Gods may die just Tolkien's elves may die even though they are immortal. But I would not consider a god to be a super hero any more than I would consider an elf to be one.
I`d like to be a god if at all possible but are gods superheroes? Its my way of thinking that
Gods = religion etc and
Superheroes = action figures, crime fighting etc
*bracing myself for the onslaught that may follow*
I have a thing for rings. I bought a copy of Elrond's ring, but it doesn't work for me. Maybe, if I had Green Lantern's ring, I could get something done.
"Do you have a wife?"
"At one time."
"What happened to her?"
"She has been dead."
"How long ago did she die?"
"Two thousand years."
OK then, what's a god? I assume every religious system would define god by the qualities that the god(s) they believe in possess. The only definition I can see that can include what everyone has ever called a god is - whatever anyone believes is a god. Not all have been immortal; not all have been the creator of the universe; not all have been powerful beyond our ability to capture; not all have been particularly smart. I don't know of any quality that all gods have shared. I'm not even sure all gods have been worshipped.
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
Thanks, F&F! Actually, I could get anything done that didn't have yellow in it (If I remember my GL stories correctly). I just really liked the whole premise of the rings...and other ring stories (They sure seem popular don't they?)
Don't know all the answers about gods and God, but I suspect that they are all worshiped in one way or another, though it's a great question! I mean, the mere idea of them being gods would seem to mean that they were worshipped. Have to ask my pastor.
"Do you have a wife?"
"At one time."
"What happened to her?"
"She has been dead."
"How long ago did she die?"
"Two thousand years."
I'm not even going to get into the God/gods question. Too controversial for me.
But I would like to point out that Fist and Faith DOES have a superpower. Yes, really he does. Over at Ahira's Hangar he is called Highdrake and Highdrake is able to clone/xerox/copy himself at will! last night there were six of him with us.
This guy is in a bar 30 stories high and he takes a drink of his beer, slams it down on the table and takes a flying leap out the window. A few seconds later he falls back in the window he just jumped out of. Everyone just gawks at him drunkenly until one guys asks "How the hell did you do that" He gets a smug look on his face and says "well, the wind currents up here are really strong so you just jump out the window and they suck you around and push you back in." "I don't believe you." says the other guy, "Do it again" So the first guy leaps out the window and lands back inside a few seconds later. The second guy is in awe and really wants to impress all the other gawking people in the bar so he take a running leap at the window and dives out and goes *SPLAT* on the pavement. The bartender looks at the first guy and says, "Superman, you're a real dick when you're drunk"
Hardeeharhar...wish I knew some superhero jokes....
"Well of course I understand. You live forever because your pure, sinless service is utterly and indomitably unballasted by any weight or dross of mere human weakness. Ah, the advantages of clean living."
TC to Bannor, LFB
.. I just saw X-MEN tonight and now I want to be one of them!!!! 
last night there were six of him with us. 
