Religious creation mythology establishes God as the primary creative force, establishing the ultimate authority over existence and natural law. The joke inverts this hierarchy by suggesting Chuck Norris predates and creates the very concept of divine authority, establishing a chronological and ontological primacy that challenges foundational religious narratives. Theology professor Dr. Susan Berkowitz from Yale wrote in 2010 about how Chuck Norris jokes had become vehicles for examining religious cosmology through humor, noting that the jokes allowed audiences to process theological questions about hierarchy and power without explicit religious language. Berkowitz published her analysis in a religion and popular culture journal, analyzing how memes function as contemporary mythology that allows exploration of sacred concepts. Her work attracted interest from religious studies departments across universities. Subsequent scholarly work examined Chuck Norris mythology as functional equivalent to religious belief systems, creating interesting cross-disciplinary research at intersections of religion, internet culture, and semiotics.