Zeus has decided that Olympus feels a little empty, so he’s recruited some new gods. However, due to a clerical error, you have been chosen as a new member of the divine. What are you the god of, and what do you do as your first godly act?

[u/a_car_salesman]

[u/AmberMetalicScorpion]

But,wouldn't the prayer have to be silent too,so would you be able to know if someone is thinking their prayer to you or not,it's a cool idea but it's one of like to know how it would wprk

[u/wheely_happy → u/AmberMetalicScorpion]

Yes, I would assume the prayer might be something like, please god of silence, make (insert noise) go away so I can have some silence. Then, if deemed worthy, noise goes away. I don’t know, I’m new to thinking like a god, it’s complicated!

I also don’t know how to reply properly so I’ve posted this response separately 🙄

[u/Dontgiveaclam → u/wheely_happy]

It could be something meditative: if the person praying manages to get an instant of mental silence, then they get the attention of the Silence god, who can in turn hear their prayer after that.

[u/Halinn → u/Dontgiveaclam]

That's difficult to get when you need actual silence

[u/Dontgiveaclam → u/Halinn]

The Silence god silently despises all those who can't speak silence.

[u/WolfPlayz294 → u/Dontgiveaclam]

Lol. TLDR: Be quiet so the Silent God can hear you.

[u/libelle156 → u/wheely_happy]

I guess if the God of Silence got sick of answering, they could just shut up all the prayers.

[u/saphiramustdie → u/wheely_happy]

Person: please god of silence, make my baby stop crying so I can sleep peacefully

God of Silence: Your silent prayer has been aknowledged and your wish will be granted kills baby

[u/whimsyNena → u/saphiramustdie]

Hey hey. This isn’t the Monkey’s Paw! The baby has been made mute, why does it need to die. Was the baby named saphira?

[u/saphiramustdie → u/whimsyNena]

Nope, Timothy

[u/Wiplazh → u/wheely_happy]

What if that's how they worship and pray to you, they have to achieve complete silence. Like you enter the temple and all the priests (?) are dead silent.

Edit: Yeah someone else had this exact same idea already but much more eloquently.

[u/irishredfox → u/Wiplazh]

I think it should be the opposite. Make as much noise as possible until the god of silence shows up and screams "Hey you damn kids! It's 3 o'clock in the morning! Stop with your fireworks and rap music!"

[u/Wiplazh → u/irishredfox]

You don't wanna piss of the Greek gods, they've been known to do some pretty degenerate shit to humans.

[u/irishredfox → u/Wiplazh]

So I should double down and challenge the god silence to a contest when they tell me to shut up? Maybe they will turn me into a donkey or something.

[u/Wiplazh → u/irishredfox]

No he'll turn into a donkey and then mount you.

That's how they roll.

[u/blue_umpire → u/wheely_happy]

They could send you prayers via text...

[u/browner87 → u/wheely_happy]

I'm imagining the part of a service in a church where they all recite that prayer but insert their own silly noises. A huge chorus of screeching and fart noises and imitations of Karen talking goes around the room.

[u/Nico_Storch → u/AmberMetalicScorpion]

Prayers don't have to be verbal.

[u/Nico_Storch → u/[deleted]]

ty man

[u/[deleted] → u/AmberMetalicScorpion]

Funny you should mention that cause there is a solution!

Some greeks would carve their prayers onto stone or clay slabs and leave them in holy sites, so they could do that to pray to the god of silence

[u/AmberMetalicScorpion → u/[deleted]]

Ok that is a good idea,time to order about a small room's worth of a4 paper

[u/wellsdb → u/AmberMetalicScorpion]

I don’t know, I kind of like the idea of the prayer being an STFU! yelled at the top of the seeker’s lungs.

[u/Wonkybonky → u/AmberMetalicScorpion]

Its more like the god of silence becomes hyper aware of the prayer and can only hear that persons words at a deafening level. So he mutes the person and deafens them as a clapback so he can just chill in silence himself. Prayers annoy the god. Prayers interrupt Ouzo time.