Emperor: 1, Religion: 0

Had to widen the aspect ratio to keep Youtube from uploading it as a short.

[anguset]

I like the idea of Biggy's telepathic aura sounding like a peaking mic when he's *ABSOLUTELY LIVID.*

[AtlasGaming-]

"Humanity should follow reason. It's me, I'm Reason."
- the God-Emperor of Mankind

[nightsong]

And that's why the Imperial Truth became the Imperial Creed basically the second Big E took a long nap.

[BLK_MN]

The Emperor’s biggest problem is that he never looked in the mirror.
Might make him realize,
“Ohhhh, they were praying to *me* that whole time. Whoops”

[TheUSgoverment]

"humanity should be free to follow Reason"
-John Reason, emperor of mankind

[mikeindiacharliehotelalpha]

"Okay, but you'll at least tell your sons what a demon IS so they don't get their souls corrupted thinking they're dealing with natural phenomena, right emperor? Like when Fulgrim picks up a scary sword and starts hearing voices he'll know to bring that thing to the nearest nullmaiden, yes? Or when Horus gets mortally injured his legion won't just chuck him into a pagan snake temple while he's vulnerable, will they? Emperor?"

[deplorabledegenerate]

The Emperor is the average reddit atheist in a giga chad body and that's horrifying.

[sparking]

10k years later, stuck on a golden throne, three dead sons, others turned to chaos, blueberry boy has ultradepression, there is a demon birb in the warp, the galaxy has a bug infestation problem, and he's worshipped as a god by a bunch of fanatics because another of his sons decided to make fanfiction about him being a god.

Meanwhile, the priest's soul: "who's laughing now, old man?"

[UnfunnyGoose]

We found him, the Chaos God of Atheism

[baloocallout]

The emperor continued, "...afterall, I am the Warhammer 40k."

[vicroy]

That man is literally a walking religion

[dutch_asocialite]

The Imperium honestly would've been better off if the Emperor just set up and directed the Imperial Cult himself, especially since it wasn't like he needed to secure a competent heir or anything being, y'know, *_I M M O R T A L_*

[altechelghanforever]

If hypocrisy was a God it would be the this golden goofball.

[invisi-bullexploration]

How did Big E even blend in with humans? I mean the lore says he just assumed identities and hid in plain sight.

Did the customers at Blockbuster wonder why the dude working the counter was ten feet tall? Was he a cast member at Disneyworld like a giant ass Donald Duck walking around? Did everybody talk about that 'one weird waitress' at Hooters?

[valmid]

“The danger with people like him…is that we put them on pedestals. They become symbols. Icons. *And then we start to forget about their flaws”* —Baron Zemo, MCU

[mrtoestie]

"gleaming golden god-man" is poetry at its finest

[bastian]

I mean when a 10-foot tall gleaming golden god-man tells me that religion is bad, then I will believe him without question and obey to his every command, maybe he has a paradise he can sent me to when I die. We should build temples and hold festivals in his honor for showing us the light of truth.

[TheTSense]

"Don't follow God, follow reason, like me" -god

[uberfeel]

The entire 40k in its core is basically the "Curb your enthusiasm" meme

[filiformis]

Emperor: Humanity should be governed by reason. I am the only reasonable person in the universe. Ergo...