# God listens............ TO SLAYER!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 30, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330 "2014-04-30T01:32:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SlayerFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@SlayerFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlayerFan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330/1 "2014-04-30T01:32:50Z")
Really. I’m not making it up. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330/2 "2014-04-30T01:34:25Z")
My cat’s breath smells like cat food. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330/3 "2014-04-30T01:36:07Z")
Cool story bro. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330/4 "2014-04-30T01:36:17Z")
Moved to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330/5 "2014-04-30T01:38:13Z")
God listens to _everything_. He’s nosy that way. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330/6 "2014-04-30T01:42:43Z")
God has a thing for Buffy Summers? ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330/7 "2014-04-30T01:43:14Z")
I can’t believe in a god that listens to Slayer. Rammstein, maybe. But not Slayer. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330/8 "2014-04-30T01:46:43Z")
What god wouldn’t listen to Reign in Blood? I mean, jeez - it was produced by Rick Rubin - God _loves_ his work. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330/9 "2014-04-30T02:06:10Z")
God loves the delicious taste of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. Link is SFW. > **[San Francisco's Answer to Westboro Baptist Church](https://laughingsquid.com/san-francisco-answer-to-westboro-baptist-church/)** > > photo by EDW Lynch Westboro Baptist Church showed up to protest in front of Twitter's San Francisco office on Thursday, but found themselves severely ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330/10 "2014-04-30T02:15:46Z")
> [@SlayerFan](#): > > Really. I’m not making it up. Is that good? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330/11 "2014-04-30T02:17:49Z")
“…Christ came and taught us about love, about doing unto others. That was his preach: Accept each other for who we are. Live peacefully, and love one another.” - Tom Araya, vocalist/bassist, Slayer He has the _shocking_ ability to not have his head up his ass. Dave Mustaine, take notes! > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > God loves the delicious taste of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. > > Link is SFW. > > [San Francisco's Answer to Westboro Baptist Church](http://laughingsquid.com/san-franciscos-answer-to-westboro-baptist-church/) Skimmed it, I must be missing something. But are suggesting that God might be… **Canadian!?** ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330/12 "2014-04-30T02:21:16Z")
If God was Canadian, He would refer to it as “Kraft Dinner”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330/13 "2014-04-30T02:26:12Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > What god wouldn’t listen to Reign in Blood? > > I mean, jeez - it was produced by Rick Rubin - God _loves_ his work. It’s funny, 'cause it’s true. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330/14 "2014-04-30T02:29:18Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > “…Christ came and taught us about love, about doing unto others. That was his preach: Accept each other for who we are. Live peacefully, and love one another.” > > - Tom Araya, vocalist/bassist, Slayer Stealing this for my facebook quote for Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330/15 "2014-04-30T06:00:55Z")
“Let’s meet at my house Sunday, before the game.” [indent][indent][indent][indent][indent] – God. [/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent] “Keep using my name in vain, I’ll make rush hour last longer.” [indent][indent][indent][indent][indent] – God. [/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent] “Have you read my #1 best seller?” [indent][indent][indent][indent][indent] – God. [/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent] “Life is short. Eternity isn’t.” [indent][indent][indent][indent][indent] – God. [/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent] **"I don’t exist, either." [indent][indent][indent][indent][indent] – Satan. [/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent]** ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330/16 "2014-04-30T07:45:48Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > God listens to _everything_. He’s nosy that way. You’re thinking of the NSA. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330/17 "2014-04-30T11:26:22Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > If God was Canadian, He would refer to it as “Kraft Dinner”. > > 😉 If God was a _real_ Canadian he would refer to it as “KD”. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330/18 "2014-04-30T11:56:54Z")
God wants you to [wear a hat](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djSp1NVsTrI). ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330/19 "2014-04-30T15:20:06Z")
Chuck Shurley listens to Slayer? I’m not surprised. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330/20 "2014-04-30T15:43:06Z")
In 1989, Christian talk-show host Bob Larson, who had a popular call-in radio show, spent a week on tour with Slayer and wrote about it for SPIN magazine. > **[SPIN](https://books.google.com/books?id=8Yh9p0GCKsEC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=bob%2Blarson%2Bslayer&source=bl&ots=1tIPA8--dV&sig=kkadhZ5Cv93Gs7sHvGI-vdBav-g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oxlhU6yNEqXM2gWmwoHYCA&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=bob%20larson%20slayer&f=false)** > > From the concert stage to the dressing room, from the recording studio to the digital realm, SPIN surveys the modern musical landscape and the culture around it with authoritative reporting, provocative interviews, and a discerning critical ear. ... The less said about what happened to Bob in the years that have followed, the better. :dubious: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-listens-to-slayer/687330.md?page=2)