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Using present-day figures to discredit a statement made in 1966 isn\'t all that accurate, either.
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** And given that Jesus maintains, as of most recent estimates, a general adherence quantity of roughly 2.2 billion people...or ''one quarter the population of Earth''...Lennon's comment wasn't particularly accurate, either.
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* In ''[=ÞRhapsody: A Musical AdventureÞ=]'', Marjoly claims to be mightier than God, more beautiful than Goddess, and the Devil's master.
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*** Are you really saying there's something God can't do?
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*** The fact that Arachne actually ''was'' better than Athena makes this a somewhat JustifiedTrope.
*** That and, in one interpretation, the fact that Arachne chose to insult the gods in her work.
*** To be fair, the Gods did, in fact, commit the crimes she portrayed the committing in her tapestry. They simply didn't care for her bringing up the old shames.
*** That and, in one interpretation, the fact that Arachne chose to insult the gods in her work.
*** To be fair, the Gods did, in fact, commit the crimes she portrayed the committing in her tapestry. They simply didn't care for her bringing up the old shames.
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*** Isn't God a RealityWarper?
*** Is it really still bowling if more than 300 is possible?
*** Is it really still bowling if more than 300 is possible?
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* It was boasted of the Titanic (yes, ''that one''): "God Himself could not sink this vessel". Oops.
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*** To be fair, the Gods did, in fact, commit the crimes she portrayed the committing in her tapestry. They simply didn't care for her bringing up the old shames.
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* House of Pain's song "Jump Around" has a non-blasphemous version: "I've got more rhymes than TheBible's got psalms." Since it's accepted that the Bible has a finite number of psalms, nobody gets offended.
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* House of Pain's song "Jump Around" has a non-blasphemous version: "I've got more rhymes than TheBible's got psalms." Since it's accepted that the Bible has a finite number of psalms, psalms (150, to be exact), nobody gets offended.
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* This little gem from TimeCube:
-->'''I AM WISER THAN ANY DAMN MAN OR GOD WHO EVER EXISTED. IF THE HALF AND HALF CO-CREATED JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH, [[RageAgainstTheHeavens I WILL PERSONALLY KILL THE BASTARD MYSELF]].'''
-->'''I AM WISER THAN ANY DAMN MAN OR GOD WHO EVER EXISTED. IF THE HALF AND HALF CO-CREATED JESUS RETURNS TO EARTH, [[RageAgainstTheHeavens I WILL PERSONALLY KILL THE BASTARD MYSELF]].'''
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** And given that Jesus maintains, as of most recent estimates, a general adherence quantity of roughly 2.2 billion people...or ''one quarter the population of Earth''...Lennon's comment wasn't particularly accurate, either.
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** Let's just say his attempt to do better doesn't quite go according to plan.
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-->'''Dr. Juuzo:''' If you have Mazinger Z, you can be either a god or a devil...But with Mazinkaizer, you can be ''superior'' to god!
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-->'''Dr. Juuzo:''' If you have Mazinger Z, you can be either a god or a devil...But with Mazinkaizer, {{Mazinkaiser}}, you can be ''superior'' to god!God!
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* ''TroperWorks/TouhouNekokayou'': Referred to as a "Blasphemous ... um ... Battlecry" in TheRant for [[https://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic109 comic #109]]:
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* ''TroperWorks/TouhouNekokayou'': ''TouhouNekokayou'': Referred to as a "Blasphemous ... um ... Battlecry" in TheRant for [[https://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic109 comic #109]]:
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* The ''MazingerZ'' is said to be so powerful that it effectively renders it's pilot a PhysicalGod. Then they had to go on and make an even ''more'' super SuperRobot.
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* It was boasted of the Titanic (yes, ''that one''): "God Himself could not sink this vessel". Oops.
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Your Mileage May Vary on blasphemous boasts being epic—not everyone is a Philip Pullman fanboy.
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* A variant in ''SuperRobotWars'', Sanger's {{Catchphrase}} and BadassBoast is that "I am the sword that cleaves evil! There is nothing I cannot cut!" (Which becomes "smites evil" in the English localization.) When fighting more powerful opponents, he sometimes replaces "evil" with something more dramatic and context-appropriate, including at one point [[DeusEstMachina "God"]]. It's unfortunate that the game in question was [[NoExportForYou never localized]], since nothing could be more epic than a character claiming he can ''smite God''.
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* A variant in ''SuperRobotWars'', Sanger's {{Catchphrase}} and BadassBoast is that "I am the sword that cleaves evil! There is nothing I cannot cut!" (Which becomes "smites evil" in the English localization.) When fighting more powerful opponents, he sometimes replaces "evil" with something more dramatic and context-appropriate, including at one point [[DeusEstMachina "God"]]. It's unfortunate that the game in question was [[NoExportForYou never localized]], since nothing could be more epic than a character claiming he can ''smite God''.
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* ''{{Titanic}}'': "God Himself couldn't sink it!" [[TemptingFate Um...]]
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* ''{{Titanic}}'': "God Himself couldn't sink it!" [[TemptingFate Um...]]
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*** Is it really still bowling if more than 300 is possible?
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-->'''Jackie Jr.: I don't care if ''God'' passess by, you ''do not'' move this car.
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* In ''TheSopranos'', Jackie Aprile Jr. to his getaway driver before robbing [[spoiler: Tony's gang]]:
-->'''Jackie Jr.: I don't care if ''God'' passess by, you ''do not'' move this car.
** But averted in that Jackie Aprile Jr. is in fact a TooDumbToLive Darwin Award contender that has little claim to such authority.
-->'''Jackie Jr.: I don't care if ''God'' passess by, you ''do not'' move this car.
** But averted in that Jackie Aprile Jr. is in fact a TooDumbToLive Darwin Award contender that has little claim to such authority.
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* At the end of ''{{Policenauts}}'', [[spoiler:Gates Becker]] goes on a MotiveRant, claiming that God made a mistake in designing humanity as naturally unfit for life in space, and justifying the extensive organ harvesting syndicate which he oversees as merely "picking up [His] slack".
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* ''AwesomeHospital'' alters a [[StockPhrases dialogue standard]] of the MedicalDrama for context, [[http://www.awesomehospital.com/?p=39 but retains the sentiment]]:
-->'''Nurse Punk Rock''': You can't play someone's life like a Stratocaster, Sven! ''You're not [[JimiHendrix Hendrix]]!''
-->'''Dr. Guitar Solo''': In ''this'' hopsital, '''I ''AM'' HENDRIX!'''
-->'''Nurse Punk Rock''': You can't play someone's life like a Stratocaster, Sven! ''You're not [[JimiHendrix Hendrix]]!''
-->'''Dr. Guitar Solo''': In ''this'' hopsital, '''I ''AM'' HENDRIX!'''
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Note this is not claiming "God himself couldn't." That's just TemptingFate. Also compare to SmithWillSuffice, which is a more indirect way of stating this.
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Note this is not claiming "God himself couldn't." That's just TemptingFate. Also compare to AGodAmI and SmithWillSuffice, which is a are generally more indirect way serious statements of stating this.
blasphemy or pride.
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Note this is not claiming "God himself couldn't." That's just TemptingFate.
TemptingFate. Also compare to SmithWillSuffice, which is a more indirect way of stating this.
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* Near the start of the life of the ''PlayStation'', Sony released an ad campaign in the US that explicitly stated that the Playstation was "More powerful than God", attempting to prove that it wasn't for kids. Unsurprisingly, shortly afterwords, the campaign was taken down.
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* AlvinAndTheChipmunks parodied the Lennon controversy in one episode where The Chipmunks popularity plumets after Alvin declares the group bigger than MickeyMouse.
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* In ''Bride of ReAnimator'', Herbert West has a pretty high opinion of his work. "'Blasphemy'? Before what, 'God'? A God repulsed by the miserable humanity he created in his own image? I will not be shackled by the failures of your God. The only 'blasphemy' is to wallow in insignificance! I have taken the refuse of your God's failures, and I have triumphed!"
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*** Cassiopeia was a queen; when people say "the leader is representative of the country", they're ''serious''.
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* In ''TropicThunder'', the director Damian Cockburn calls the helicopter that brought them to the remote part of the jungle as God, and himself as Jesus Christ, making this the ultimate Blasphemous Boast. Of course, given [[RefugeInAudacity the nature of the movie]], it was probably inevitable.
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* In ''TropicThunder'', the director Damian Cockburn calls the helicopter that brought them the actors to the remote part of the jungle as God, and himself as Jesus Christ, making this the ultimate Blasphemous Boast. Of course, given [[RefugeInAudacity the nature of the movie]], it was probably inevitable.[[JustifiedTrope inevitable]].
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* Zoro of OnePiece has been described as being "more arrogant than God", due to the swordsman making several of these. Fitting that this comes up in an arc where the BigBad is a guy who actually [[AGodAmI thinks he IS God]]. (Who then kicked Zoro's ass with ease, SoYeah.)
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* Zoro of OnePiece has been described as being "more arrogant than God", due to the swordsman making several of these. Fitting that this comes up in an arc where the BigBad is a guy who actually [[AGodAmI thinks he IS God]]. (Who then kicked Zoro's ass with ease, SoYeah.ease.)
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* John Lennon's "Bigger than Jesus" comment wasn't really a boast, but religious fanatics in the United States sure made it out to be. He was actually saying that it was a bad thing.
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* John Lennon's "Bigger than Jesus" comment wasn't really a boast, but religious fanatics in the United States sure made it out to be. boast. He was actually saying that it was a bad thing.thing. Given John Lennon's later songs like ''Imagine'' (where he [[OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions very blatantly considers it a good thing]]), it's not too hard to see why he was misinterpreted so easily.
