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Claim: All online discussions eventually invoke God or God's will.
 Totally Agree. 7%  7%  [ 1 ]
 Mostly Agree. 43%  43%  [ 6 ]
 Neither Agree nor Disagree. 14%  14%  [ 2 ]
 Mostly Disagree. 21%  21%  [ 3 ]
 Totally Disagree. 14%  14%  [ 2 ]
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25 Jan 2022, 1:46 pm

I think by now we have all heard of "Godwin's Law" (e.g., as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Adolf Hitler approaches 1).

I also think there is a similar "Law" involving God or God's will; eventually the probability of invoking either one (or both) approaches 1.

Do you think this is so, and if you do, what do you think this "Law" should be named?

Of course, if the topic is already about God or God's will, then the question is rendered moot.

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25 Jan 2022, 1:51 pm

Wingod's law :lol:


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25 Jan 2022, 2:02 pm

Seriously?



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25 Jan 2022, 2:08 pm

Serious answer: Thumpers Law


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25 Jan 2022, 2:10 pm

Doberdoofus wrote:
Serious answer: Thumpers Law
I think DisneyCorp might take offense.

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25 Jan 2022, 2:17 pm

Godwin-win?


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25 Jan 2022, 2:18 pm

^^ true

If laws are named after creators - Fnord's law


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25 Jan 2022, 2:35 pm

Doberdoofus wrote:
^^ true

If laws are named after creators - Fnord's law
I did not "create" it so much as I noticed it as a trend.  Three requirements are necessary:

1) The discussion begins on a non-religious topic.

2) Someone insists that God or God's will is somehow involved in the events being discussed.

3) The discussion devolves to include long-winded and incomprehensible speeches on what everyone should or should not believe.



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25 Jan 2022, 4:01 pm

Created it, noticed it - tom-ah-toes tom-ay-toes

Take the win. :D


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25 Jan 2022, 4:05 pm

Let us wait a few pages and see what the consensus says.



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25 Jan 2022, 5:35 pm

Doberdoofus wrote:
Serious answer: Thumpers Law

Why name it after a cartoon rabbit?



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25 Jan 2022, 5:47 pm

^ bible thumper, I guess?


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25 Jan 2022, 5:49 pm

naturalplastic wrote:
Doberdoofus wrote:
Serious answer: Thumpers Law

Why name it after a cartoon rabbit?


I wasn't referring to a cartoon fictional rabbit character, Ernst Stavro Blofeld's bodyguard or a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, I meant thumpers of the bible.


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25 Jan 2022, 5:49 pm

Fnord wrote:
Let us wait a few pages and see what the consensus says.

That is supposing of course
That it does go a few pages
Without devolving into
A heated discussion of God and God's will.


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25 Jan 2022, 5:50 pm

Why not both?

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25 Jan 2022, 7:26 pm

Why not call it 'Godwill's Law'? Seems fitting, appropriate. *shrugs*

As for will god eventually end up in a topic unrelated to god/god-ish things... I chose the middle option. Sometimes it'll happen, other times it won't.