As expected,whoopsby quite a large margin in total Wikipedia word count. In a miraculous turn of events, however, Mario'🧜s Legacy section is actually longer than Jesus' Legacy. Yes, you heard right - a pixelated plumber is considered to have had a bigger impact on the world th🌄an the central figure of Christianity and, to some, the physical embodiment of God. Wow.

Then again... Jesus can walk on water and heal the sick, but Mario can shoot fireballs out of his hands and turn into a raccoon. Jesus has an awe๊some beard, but Mario's got a super sweet mustache. Jesus ushered in much of modern religion, but Mario ushered in much of modern gaming. Both can come back from the dead, though🌟 to be fair, Jesus only didthat once.

Dunno, seems like a tie to us.

Also less important than Mario's legacy!

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At last, we reach the ultimate showdown. In this corner, we h𝐆ave God, who Wikipedia describes as:

"... the principal or sole deity in religion..."
"...the creator and overseer of the universe..."
"... omnipotent and eternal..."
"... the source of all moral obligation, and the greatest conceivable bei🃏ng existent..."

His opponent? Knuckles ༺of Soni🥀c the Hedgehog fame, who Wikipedia describes as:

"... a red, teenage, anthropomorphic echidna..."
"... the fourth most popular character in the series..."
"... shy around girls..."

And, uh, yeah. How did this guy beatby more than 4,000 words again? Well, to reach Knuckles' number, we did have to add two pages together, one forand one for. To level the playing field, we should probably give Godor something, right? Of course, we'll also have to give Knuckles hisand two videogames (and)to keep things even...

Damn! Sorry God - you lose again. L🦩ooks like we have a new omnipotent overseer in the universe... or at least in the strange, silly, scary and seriously skewed universe that is Wikipedia.

Editor's Note: All Wikipedia word counts were gathered during the week prior to this article's date. Due to the encyclopedia's open source nature, numbers arealways subject to change.

Jun 25, 2008