# Disturbing Church Marque Message **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 6, 2004, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-church-marque-message/243895 "2004-05-06T18:38:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-church-marque-message/243895/41 "2004-05-13T04:09:23Z")
:rolleyes: Who’s bothered? I think that Christians and non-Christians can join together in mocking silly and cheesy church signs. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-church-marque-message/243895/42 "2004-05-13T14:54:11Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > It’s on King just towards Whitby… Oh yes, I remember it now. Just by the little bridge. Can’t say I’ve been by it for a long time… so I didn’t remember the sign. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-church-marque-message/243895/43 "2004-05-13T18:27:04Z")
I think anyone who posts on this thread is going straight to Hell when they die. Umm … Crud! I guess I’ll see y’all there. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-church-marque-message/243895/44 "2004-05-13T18:46:22Z")
Fortunately, it’s God whose judgements count, not Man. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JohnCocktoasten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@JohnCocktoasten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnCocktoasten)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-church-marque-message/243895/45 "2004-05-14T06:25:32Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > “You were planned for God’s pleasure” is a quote from THE PURPOSE-DRIVEN LIFE To further that info, thousands of churches around the US participate in “40 Days of Purpose” [link](http://www.purposedriven.com/content.aspx?typeid=3) where people in the congregation read though Rick Warren’s book, sermons are given on the 5 main topics and, often, small groups meet to discuss the ideas during the week. As a result, many churches have statements from the book on their marquees. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-church-marque-message/243895/46 "2004-05-14T15:38:03Z")
> [@JohnCocktoasten](#): > > To further that info, thousands of churches around the US participate in “40 Days of Purpose” … Oh great. Groupthink. Well the new one is “You were formed for God’s family”. Combined with the pleasure from last week, I now have the image of an incestual God. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-church-marque-message/243895/47 "2004-05-14T16:19:06Z")
“The church says I have to get down on my knees and repent! Well, excuse me, but didn’t being on my knees _cause_ most of my sins?!” - Bob Smith ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-church-marque-message/243895/48 "2004-05-14T19:18:06Z")
> [@rinni](#): > > And a couple of pictures, from a few months afterward - the same church: > [BREAK ANY COMMANDMENTS TODAY?](http://www.rinni.iputthedotinthe.com/images/springbreak/feb23%20046.jpg) > [THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH](http://www.rinni.iputthedotinthe.com/images/springbreak/feb23%20051.jpg) I assume that the spots floating around is dust/dirt on your car window being picked up by the Sony night-sight camera function and not the angry hordes of Hell waiting to eat you. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-church-marque-message/243895/49 "2004-05-15T09:38:00Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > To ruin the blasphemy-fest with an actual fact _G_, “You were planned for God’s pleasure” is a quote from THE PURPOSE-DRIVEN LIFE And that makes it less funny because…😕 ? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disturbing-church-marque-message/243895.md?page=2)