Blasphemous Boast: Difference between revisions

This usually involves the [[God|Abrahamic God]], but not always. Also, the most common thing to top is money (especially someone in the [[Fiction 500]]). Although this sort of makes sense, as the Abrahamic god is supposed to be all powerful and all knowing, so would therefore have little use for currency. But be careful in declaring this when you declare this in a setting where Gods do exist, or you'll end up [[Tempting Fate]]. Bonus points for doing it right in front of an ''actual'' god.

 

 

 

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== Advertising ==

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfeVEAZkJqM This Lynx ad]. Apparently, it smells so good that ''angels themselves'' will [[The Bible|keep not their first estate and risk being reserved in everlasting chains under darkness]].

* God made man. [[Revolvers Are Just Better|Samuel Colt]] made them equal.

* ''[[The Daily Show]]'' used the money version to highlight different Middle East countries. There were the conservative, "death to America" countries, and then there were those with more money than God.

* There's a season two episode of ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' actually called "House Vs. God". Chase keeps a running tally on a whiteboard with House's successes on one side and God's on the other. {{spoiler|It ends in a tie.}}

* Done in the ''[[Yes Minister]]'' episode "Doing the Honours" while discussing the Order of St Michael and St George. The Order has three grades: Companion (CMG), Knight Commander (KCMG) and Knight Grand Cross (GCMG). Jim Hacker's Principle Private Secretary Bernard Woolley explains what the abbreviations mean in the Civil Service:

{{quote|'''Woolley''': ...Of course, in the Service, ''CMG'' stands for "Call Me God". And ''KCMG'' stands for "Kindly Call Me God".

Thinking when you hear these jokes you laugh just to feel smarter }}

 

* In [[Greek Mythology]], the gods are quick to take offense and retaliate when they catch anybody doing this.

** [[Odyssey|Ulysses]] would have saved himself several years of hardships had he not bragged to Poseidon to the point of refusing him a sacrifice, or mocking his son Poliphemus after blinding him. As a man of proverbial wit, you'd expect him to know better than anger the god of seas, [[What an Idiot!|especially if you and home sweet home are hundreds miles of sea apart]].

"[[Fiction 500|You're working for Saburo Arasaka, not God.]]" }}

 

* Ajax rejects the [[Jerkass Gods|gods']] help and boasts that he will be the best fighter on his own merit. ''[[Ajax]]'' is primarily about how this is a [[Downer Ending|bad]] [[Idiot Ball|idea]], but also a [[Tragic Hero|noble]] one.

 

 

== Western Animation ==

** Homer got a perfect 300 bowling, and compared himself to God. He didn't actually say he was better than God, just equal in bowling ability. Which, if Homer ''always'' bowls 300, is simply mathematically accurate. Even God can't score more points than the maximum number possible.

** In another episode, Bart declares that the revivalist preacher/faith healer Brother Faith "dances better than Jesus himself."

* From ''[[Long for This World]],'' on [[wikipedia:Aubrey de Grey|Aubrey de Grey]], "My wife borrowed my notebook and wrote to me in big block letters: {{smallcaps|He is more sure of himself than God.}}"

* Both inverted and played straight: During the 1970s a church in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia put up a sign saying, "What would you do if God came to Hawthorn today?", under which an [[Australian Rules Football]] fan graffiti'd, "Move Peter Hudson<ref>Hawthorn Football Club's star full forward at the time</ref> to centre half forward!". Upon hearing of this, Hudson jokingly complained that God had never attended a single training session.

* According to legend, it was said of the ''Titanic'' that "God Himself could not sink this ship". A real sailor should [[Tempting Fate|know better]] than to sign on with a ship after that.

 

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[[Category:Religion Tropes]]

[[Category:These Tropes Love to Brag]]

[[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]]