# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/41 "2006-06-05T22:42:08Z")
> [@](#): > > The man shouted ‘God will save me, if he exists’ God: If? _IF?_ ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/42 "2006-06-05T22:47:05Z")
_Christians are proof that God loves Lions and wants them to be happy._ I think Benjamin Franklin said that. _I’ll let you be in my den if I can be in yours._ I said that. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/43 "2006-06-05T23:55:00Z")
Well, maybe the Lion prayed harder… MG Born-again atheist ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/44 "2006-06-05T23:55:08Z")
Well, maybe the Lion prayed harder… MG Born-again atheist ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/45 "2006-06-06T01:28:15Z")
I still don’t understand why he jumped down, _took off his shoes_, and approached the lions. Why the shoes? What does that accomplish? ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/46 "2006-06-06T01:51:15Z")
> [@appleciders](#): > > I still don’t understand why he jumped down, _took off his shoes_, and approached the lions. Why the shoes? What does that accomplish? May be his dogs were killing him. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/47 "2006-06-06T02:13:04Z")
> [@Count Blucher](#): > > [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] [off topic]You know, it just occurred to me to wonder: _why_ is it The 700 Club? I consult [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/700_club). > [@](#): > > In 1961, Robertson bought the license for WTOV, channel 27 in Portsmouth, Virginia. It had gone off the air five years earlier due to poor viewership. The station returned in October as WYAH, broadcasting twelve hours of Christian programming to the Hampton Roads market each day. > > In 1962, the station suffered financially and almost closed. To keep the station on the air, WYAH decided to produce a special telethon edition of the show. For the telethon, Robertson set a goal of 700 members each contributing $10 a month, which was enough to support the station. Robertson referred to these members as the ‘700 Club’ and the name stuck. The telethon was successful and is still held annually. Somehow, I knew it had something to do with money. [/OT] ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/48 "2006-06-06T02:57:51Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > That’s easy. They meet just before 5 1/2 hours into their journey, between Painesville and Chardon, OH, and the engineers have had the same amount to drink since they’ve been on the road the same length of time, and neither should be drunk if they’ve been nursing their bottles for five and a half hours. > > Unfortunately, we have to disallow your question, since the only way to get from NYC to Chitown in 713 miles is to tunnel through the Alleghenies, and below Lakes Erie and Michigan to have a direct line distance. It’s so typical of the Dope that someone fact checks an obviously silly post. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/49 "2006-06-06T04:25:11Z")
If the guy had had one of Pat Robertson’s protein shakes, he could have fought off the lion and lived to tell the tale. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/50 "2006-06-06T05:00:53Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book\_id=49&chapter=4&verse=12&version=31&context=verse](http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=49&chapter=4&verse=12&version=31&context=verse) > **[Bible Gateway passage: Daniel 6:22 - New International Version](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Daniel%206:22&version=NIV)** > > My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.” > [@Daniel 6:22)](#): > > Holy shit! Lions! > [@velvetjones](#): > > Reminds me of a joke I heard once Reminded me of the joke Polycarp told in Post #36. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2006, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/51 "2006-06-06T05:06:38Z")
> [@Subterraneanus](#): > > _Christians are proof that God loves Lions and wants them to be happy._ I think Benjamin Franklin said that. > > _I’ll let you be in my den if I can be in yours._ I said that. Them old Gods are only in your head. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2006, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/52 "2006-06-06T05:08:28Z")
This just goes to show that we don’t know whether God exists, but Darwin certainly does. (This will be going up on the Darwin Awards site, right?) ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/53 "2006-06-06T07:17:19Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Just a good friend. Don’t you mean [buddies](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/if6was9/buddy.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/54 "2006-06-06T09:02:30Z")
To paraphrase Hunter S Thomposn… Call upong God, but row away from the lions. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/55 "2006-06-06T11:40:46Z")
> [@FlyingCowOfDoom](#): > > [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 Don’t be silly, everyone knows that rhinos stomp out fires. ---
**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 6, 2006, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/56 "2006-06-06T12:01:33Z")
> [@Count Blucher](#): > > “Christians: Its What’s For Dinner.” 😃 OR: Christians: The _other_ white meat. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/57 "2006-06-06T12:53:28Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > It’s so typical of the Dope that someone fact checks an obviously silly post. 😃 Can you imagine if he applied that kind of effort to making money? He could buy the damn message board and wouldn’t have to put up with silly old farts like me any more … let’s be glad his focus is so narrow and his ambition so limited … 😃 ---
**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 6, 2006, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/58 "2006-06-06T13:06:26Z")
The losing streak of the Colorado Rockies (God’s Team) is now at six games (after last night’s loss to Pittsburgh, one of the worst teams in the majors). Can the Rockies win on 6/6/06??? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/59 "2006-06-06T13:15:45Z")
Warning sign found outside the enclosure: Lioness is hungry. -Nietzsche ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510/60 "2006-06-06T14:14:39Z")
This is like the Darwin-shark eating the Jesus-fish… a Darwin Award for that guy, definitely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-god-exist-i-guess-this-answers-the-question/359510.md?page=4)