# Does God exist? I guess this answers the question **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 5, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510 "2006-06-05T18:33:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/21 "2006-06-05T19:48:15Z")
> [@](#): > > I see this as a challenge to the faith of Man, and I call upon all organized religions to take up this challenge and to re-direct the travels of all of their missionaries to worlds zoos.\* [I believe this has been tried](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6396422). Unsurprisingly, the lions were more interested in biting the man than being saved by Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/22 "2006-06-05T19:54:02Z")
So I guess his name wasn’t Daniel, right? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/23 "2006-06-05T19:56:56Z")
Of course, it’s possible that the lion had previously said, “G-d will let me kill a fresh human if he exists,” and this guy just happened to pick the wrong lion at the wrong time. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/24 "2006-06-05T19:58:28Z")
> [@Beadalin](#): > > [I believe this has been tried](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6396422). Unsurprisingly, the lions were more interested in biting the man than being saved by Jesus. 😕 We don’t even have to throw them to the lions any more. They just jump down there among the beasts themselves. Is this a trend? Zoos could sell tickets to the fundy feeding! Or maybe televise, and make a pile selling advertising spots! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/25 "2006-06-05T19:58:54Z")
“Daniel my brother you are older than me Do you still feel the pain of the scars that wont heal…” ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/26 "2006-06-05T19:59:21Z")
The lions prayers were answered. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/27 "2006-06-05T20:03:20Z")
[Sally Struthers] For just 10 Christians a week, you can not only feed the hungry and preserve America’s zoos…you can save Washington from Political Action Committees like the 700 Club. 699 club. 697…but that really doesn’t matter. You sending in those Christians is what matters… [/Sally Struthers] ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/28 "2006-06-05T20:06:06Z")
Perhaps he should have gone with the Tiger cage. Lions have acquired a taste for Christians. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/29 "2006-06-05T20:08:45Z")
“Daaaayyy-veee…! What’s a Lion…?” “Well, Goliath…” _Growl_ _rip_ _shred_ ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/30 "2006-06-05T20:14:42Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Just a good friend. Aha! That must mean you’re [Battle Pope](http://www.woofofsteel.com/woof_blog/archives/p00.jpg)! Now, _that_ explains a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/31 "2006-06-05T20:18:52Z")
Dunno about the lion, but there was a story last week in USA Today about the Colorado Rockies [being a Christian organization](http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/rockies/2006-05-30-rockies-cover_x.htm), and how some felt this revival was responsible for the team’s doing better in 2006. Of course, as soon as the story appeared the Rockies promptly lost five games in a row and fell into last place in their division. This doesn’t prove that God doesn’t exist, of course. Maybe he’s a Diamondbacks fan. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/32 "2006-06-05T20:20:54Z")
> [@Seven](#): > > Perhaps he should have gone with the Tiger cage. > > Lions have acquired a taste for Christians. 😃 Damn, that was going to be my joke! I was going to say: Silly believer, Christians are for lions. He should have tried the bear cage. I hear they are much more forgiving. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/33 "2006-06-05T20:35:26Z")
> [@Madd Maxx](#): > > Damn, that was going to be my joke! I was going to say: > > Silly believer, Christians are for lions. > > He should have tried the bear cage. I hear they are much more forgiving. I heard just a moment ago that Martha Stewart has just been turned away from the lion pit at the San Diego zoo. As she was being led away, one of the guards was supposedly overheard saying, “Sorry Martha. The lions don’t want Christians with good taste. The Lions want Christians who Taste good…!” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![FlyingCowOfDoom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyingcowofdoom/32/21776_2.png) [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/34 "2006-06-05T20:36:05Z")
> [@Madd Maxx](#): > > He should have tried the bear cage. I hear they are much more forgiving. [Apparently it’s rhinos that are more forgiving.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060605/od_nm/korea_rhinos_dc;_ylt=Arkoo7DP2Ti4u.hARjdC19ntiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM-) –FCOD ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/35 "2006-06-05T20:46:46Z")
What an idiot. If I were that lion, I’d have eaten him, too. Who can turn down a free meal? > [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > That sure explains a lot, doesn’t it? Damned if it doesn’t. Jesus lives in Ohio. That could explain the presence of Tim Horton’s. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/36 "2006-06-05T20:52:30Z")
> [@Madd Maxx](#): > > Damn, that was going to be my joke! I was going to say: > > Silly believer, Christians are for lions. > > He should have tried the bear cage. I hear they are much more forgiving. A bad joke, with a point: An old itinerant pastor was heading through the woods between settlements one day on the frontier when he was attacked by a hungry bear. Trusting in God, he dropped to his knees to pray. “Lord,” he said, “I have served you for 40 years. Now it would be too much to ask for a miracle to save me from the bear. But I ask you, make this bear a Christian.” There was a lightning bolt, smoke filled the air, and when it settled, the bear too was on his knees. “Lord,” the bear said, “bless this food before me of which I am about to partake…” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/37 "2006-06-05T22:01:24Z")
> [@LonesomePolecat](#): > > 😕 We don’t even have to throw them to the lions any more. They just jump down there among the beasts themselves. > > Is this a trend? Zoos could sell tickets to the fundy feeding! Or maybe televise, and make a pile selling advertising spots! \< snicker \> Reminds me of how when these “Prayer Warriors” showed up in San Fransisco protesting gays or Halloween or something like that, some counterprotestors waved signs saying “Bring Back the Lions !”. Looks like they did. I also recently read stories about lighting striking kids [praying around a metal cross in Mexico](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12467604/), and a [woman struck by lightning while praying.](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13051123/). God’s on a roll, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/38 "2006-06-05T22:09:25Z")
“Christians: Its What’s For Dinner.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/39 "2006-06-05T22:26:35Z")
On the other hand, we now have proof that lions definitely exist. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/40 "2006-06-05T22:36:26Z")
> [@velvetjones](#): > > Reminds me of a joke I heard once… > . > . > . > “I sent a fireman, a boat and a helicopter, what more did you want me to do?” Years ago, I had heard this joke too…from the priest who was holding mass at church. He then followed it up with the verse that **Lord Ashtar** cited, “Do not put the Lord your God to the test.” A joke? Probably. A modern day parable? Definitely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510.md?page=3)