# God even loves \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ !
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [June 4, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911 "2010-06-04T12:20:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911/1 "2010-06-04T12:20:57Z")
I saw this on a church sign a few weeks ago and I’m still wondering if most people would consider it offensive or not. While I wasn’t personally offended (though I am \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_), I did see the potential for upset and wondered WTF the person who decided to put that there was thinking.
I’ll post what \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is a little later.
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### Author:  [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2010, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911/2 "2010-06-04T12:23:55Z")
I’m bettin’ it was either “Atheists” or “Homosexuals”, with my money on “Atheists”. What do I win?
It would have been hi-larious if “\_\_\_\_\_\_” had been “Hitler”, but I’d be surprised if they took their idea that far. Oh, and you’re probably not Hitler.
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911/3 "2010-06-04T12:28:20Z")
I bet the word was “you”, although I voted offended just in case it was “atheists”. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2010, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911/4 "2010-06-04T12:37:51Z")
You’re both wrong, but Dung Beetle I actually thought somebody might guess that. 🙂
I should have mentioned in the OP that \_\_\_\_\_\_ is something you would find in the small print of an EOE ad (race, creed, national origin, etc.), not something completely silly like “kittens”.
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### Author:  [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911/5 "2010-06-04T12:42:24Z")
The only thing they could have said that would not be potentially offensive is “us” or “Christians”. I suppose those were not the answer, though.
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### Author:  [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911/6 "2010-06-04T12:42:44Z")
Is the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ , _“those in interspecies relationships.”_?
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### Author:  [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2010, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911/7 "2010-06-04T12:43:29Z")
The word “even” implies a lower class, caste, or something at least the church deems bad.
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911/8 "2010-06-04T12:44:07Z")
Muslims?
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### Author:  [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911/9 "2010-06-04T12:45:52Z")
Telemarketers?
No, no one could be deluded enough to believe that.
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### Author:  [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911/10 "2010-06-04T12:58:49Z")
…Your mom?
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2010, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911/11 "2010-06-04T13:00:17Z")
The Yankees?
Flyers?
Celtics?
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### Author:  [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911/12 "2010-06-04T13:04:02Z")
I am not a telemarketer! 😛
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### Author:  [@Telcontar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telcontar)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911/13 "2010-06-04T13:22:32Z")
I would have voted not offensive regardless, but I suppose I could have been an ethnic slur 😛
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### Author:  [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911/14 "2010-06-04T13:26:45Z")
The unwritten second half of “God even loves \_\_\_\_\_” is “although they don’t deserve it.”
If it’s clearly a joke (Yankees fans, preachers, texters, etc.) I’d say it’s a mild rib, and not offensive.
If it appears it could reasonably be taken seriously, and \_\_\_\_\_ are a group who feel no shame being \_\_\_\_\_ (Muslims, atheists, homosexuals, etc.), then I’d say it’s a slam on them and the sign is offensive and just begging to cause trouble.
If \_\_\_\_ are a nondescript group whose flaws are universally recognized (e.g. sinners or jerks), then I don’t see it as offensive. I’d put it in the same category as the bumper sticker that says “Jesus loves you, but everyone else thinks you’re an asshole.” A little grating, but theologically sound.
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### Author:  [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911/15 "2010-06-04T13:35:25Z")
God even loves Pot Noodles?
God even loves… sitting next to a fat person on a long flight.
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### Author:  [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911/16 "2010-06-04T14:33:49Z")
Kittens!
I have no clue but I’m not easily offended by other people’s religious stuff as long as I don’t have to believe it.
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### Author:  [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911/17 "2010-06-04T14:52:03Z")
God even loves Republicans!
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### Author:  [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911/18 "2010-06-04T14:54:59Z")
God even loves… timeshare salespeople who harrass him while he is on holiday.
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### Author:  [@Clark\_Cello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clark_Cello)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911/19 "2010-06-04T15:03:29Z")
I think there are certainly many options where this would not be offensive, I doubt anyone here would be offended by “God Even Loves Brussel Sprouts” So I voted for the “It Depends” option. However, if, as you say, we are talking about race, creed, or national origin, I would think most, if not all options would be, at the very least, in poor taste.
Atheists was my first guess, but I guess I was wrong.
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-even-loves-________/541911/20 "2010-06-04T15:06:36Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#):
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> God even loves… timeshare salespeople who harrass him while he is on holiday.
No He doesn’t.
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