# An Anecdote that is Supposed to Prove God **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 6, 2012, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anecdote-that-is-supposed-to-prove-god/611942 "2012-02-06T06:02:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anecdote-that-is-supposed-to-prove-god/611942/41 "2012-02-06T20:06:17Z")
[QUOTE=Lev 19:1,27] The Lord said to Moses, … Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard. [/QUOTE] So God hates barbers. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anecdote-that-is-supposed-to-prove-god/611942/42 "2012-02-06T20:12:57Z")
Does this have anything to do with the [Barber paradox](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber_paradox)? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anecdote-that-is-supposed-to-prove-god/611942/43 "2012-02-06T20:46:27Z")
> [@Kozmik](#): > > Does this have anything to do with the [Barber paradox](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber_paradox)? I wonder how often [these people](http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&source=hp&q=%22russell%27s+barber+shop%22&pbx=1&oq=%22russell%27s+barber+shop) get nerdy prank calls. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anecdote-that-is-supposed-to-prove-god/611942/44 "2012-02-06T21:28:03Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Hairesy! What’s next? Religious hairrorism! ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anecdote-that-is-supposed-to-prove-god/611942/45 "2012-02-06T21:43:00Z")
Don’t listen to Der Trihs…he’s a Wahhairbi-ist. :eek: -XT ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anecdote-that-is-supposed-to-prove-god/611942/46 "2012-02-06T21:44:45Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I wonder how often [these people](http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&source=hp&q=%22russell%27s+barber+shop%22&pbx=1&oq=%22russell%27s+barber+shop) get nerdy prank calls. I don’t know - let’s take a pole. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anecdote-that-is-supposed-to-prove-god/611942/47 "2012-02-06T21:46:05Z")
Plenty of people believe in god and shit still happens to them ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anecdote-that-is-supposed-to-prove-god/611942/48 "2012-02-07T00:53:15Z")
Keep a Seville tongue in your mouth… Two guys were out golfing. One said, “There is no God,” and shot a hole-in-one. His friend, after paying off the ten-dollar bet, said, “Yes, there is a God,” and immediately a lightning bolt killed him dead. This proves that unusual things happen, and that if there is a God, he’s a real prick. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-anecdote-that-is-supposed-to-prove-god/611942.md?page=2)