Just what the title says 
Does Q ever refer to himself as a god??
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Thanks. Does he actually say anything to that effect? Something like "You should be nicer to God" or somesuch?
Thanks as well. Any canon references where he refers to himself as a god?
BTW, that's a funny line about the platypus.
BTW, that's a funny line about the platypus.
The closest I can think of is in Tapestry when Picard dies, enters the white light, then a figure in the distance reveals himself to be Q, with which he says, "Welcome to the Afterlife Jean-Luc. YOU'RE DEAD."
If I recall correctly, there is a brief exchange that goes as follows:
Q: I told you, you're dead, this is the afterlife, and I'm God.
Picard: You are not God!
Q: Blasphemy. I should smite you or cast you out or something.
All this being said, Q's line about being God is done sarcastically, even if it is subtle. You can tell Q is toying with Picard, and he doesn't want to spoil the fun that he is not, in fact, God. He's more or less trolling Picard with the above statements.
Q: I told you, you're dead, this is the afterlife, and I'm God.
Picard: You are not God!
Q: Blasphemy. I should smite you or cast you out or something.
All this being said, Q's line about being God is done sarcastically, even if it is subtle. You can tell Q is toying with Picard, and he doesn't want to spoil the fun that he is not, in fact, God. He's more or less trolling Picard with the above statements.
There's a difference between saying you're "a god", presumably in the pagan tradition, and you're "God", presumably in the Judeo Christian tradition. To use the Greco Roman pantheon because it's the best known, a pagan god is an immortal being of great power, but essentially human nonetheless. He or she will periodically turn into a swan and seduce people, transform people into spiders, or gobble up his offspring like burritos. Q would fit right in with those guys.
Q does refer to himself as "omnipotent again" when his powers are restored in Deja Q. True omnipotence would fulfil the "God" criteria. But then, how omnipotent are you if it can be revoked?
You need the guardian-of-afterlife bit to be God in the Christian or Muslim sense, too. Plus some sort of an interest in human morals and fates. Q really is doing a good job there! Where he falls short is failing to claim he is the Creator of Everything as well. Sure, Q was there at the very beginning, but failing to take credit is not what we'd expect from him...
Timo Saloniemi
Timo Saloniemi
And according to "Quinn" the Q aren't quite as omnipotent as they'd like others to believe.
http://www.chakoteya.net/Voyager/210.htm
QUINN: But you mustn't think of us as omnipotent, no matter what the Continuum would like you to believe. You and your ship seem incredibly powerful to lifeforms without your technical expertise. It's no different with us. We may appear omnipotent to you, but believe me, we're not.
I love that bit...Q says that line in such a normal, matter-of-fact tone of voice that even Picard starts to get chills.
That does indeed answer the question I asked. I tend to agree with the others who've said that Q is baiting Picard in this scene, though.
^^this
He even says he is God. Picard knows he isn't, Q knows he isn't, but Q is saying it so just to ruffle Picard's feathers - a trope that, somewhat surprisingly, never became a cliche...
IIRC on one planet he is known as the God if Lies.
But the only time he calls himself God is Tapestry and it feels like he’s just pushing Picard’s buttons.
But the only time he calls himself God is Tapestry and it feels like he’s just pushing Picard’s buttons.
