# God must be a sadist **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 25, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080 "2012-12-25T01:04:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080/21 "2012-12-25T21:02:35Z")
God is bipolar. ---
**Author:** ![wildorchid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/82dd89/32.png) [@wildorchid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wildorchid)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080/22 "2012-12-25T21:21:09Z")
God is no respecter of persons ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080/23 "2012-12-25T21:22:52Z")
> [@TheCrow](#): > > I have come to the conclusion that if there is a god he is; > > 1.) Dead > 2.) Just doesn’t give a damn > 3.) a sadist (the most likely in my opinion) You forgot 4.) Expecting us to fix it ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080/24 "2012-12-25T21:41:21Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > You forgot > > 4.) Expecting us to fix it ourselves. You mean things like hurricanes, flash floods, earthquakes and the like? On behalf of Mankind, I apologize for causing those things to happen, and will try to do better in the future. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080/25 "2012-12-25T21:50:19Z")
I’m sorry I caused all that cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Cats\_pajamas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Cats\_pajamas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cats_pajamas)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080/26 "2012-12-25T21:54:39Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > God is bipolar. Yup, and off his meds. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080/27 "2012-12-25T22:26:43Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Man makes God in his own image. If the image of God that people keep telling you about seems too much like a made-up person in the sky, then you aren’t obligated to keep believing in such things. > > Either don’t believe in God, or believe in a more grown-up version of God, your choice. Either way, stop complaining. I was told over and over in catholic grammar school that WE were made in god’s image. This makes more sense to me since we created “him”. (sings XTC) “And the devil too..” ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080/28 "2012-12-26T18:26:00Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > No, God is an iron. Google auto fill-ins for “God is a[n]”: [ul]astronaut [li]DJ[/li][li]ETA: Oops, the third should have been “Hi, Opal!”[/li][li]jealous god[/li][li]awesome god[/li][li]american[/li][li]englishman[/li][li]automaton[/li][\*]iron[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080/29 "2012-12-26T18:58:43Z")
And you get many more results if you put in a first letter to follow “a[n]”. My favorite: [“God is a fist”.](http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/ShirtforBrains/5093529/god_is_a_fist_a_painting_by_ryan_lowrie_/fine_art/painting/people) Original painting, direct from the artist. Only 30 bucks. I’d put that on my wall, except I already have plenty of original paintings, from artists just as good, who gave them to me for free. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080/30 "2012-12-26T19:32:18Z")
A metal band should make a song and an album with “God is a fist” as the title. And I can’t tell. Are those man-boobies or woman-boobies? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080/31 "2012-12-26T19:35:09Z")
Who cares what kind of boobies they are? Boobies are proof that God ain’t all bad. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080/32 "2012-12-26T19:36:57Z")
God is inordinately fond of beetles. He’s not too crazy about primates. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080/33 "2012-12-26T19:55:02Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > A metal band should make a song and an album with “God is a fist” as the title. > > And I can’t tell. Are those man-boobies or woman-boobies? How about [Verve Pipe,](http://thevervepipe.com/music_lyrics2.html) “Photograph”. “When i’m alone and the world is a fist,…” There’s plenty more where that came from… ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080/34 "2012-12-26T20:09:44Z")
If God is a sadist, then the afterlife is gonna suck. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080/35 "2012-12-26T20:16:49Z")
I’m in the photograph… I’m in _the photograph!!_ I’m _in the photograhph!_ Picture this! ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080/36 "2012-12-26T21:06:12Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You mean things like hurricanes, flash floods, earthquakes and the like? On behalf of Mankind, I apologize for causing those things to happen, and will try to do better in the future. Rather to live in such a way to mitigate the effects of such disasters. Like not building on flood plains, for instance. Or building earthquake-resistant homes. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080/37 "2012-12-26T21:22:30Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Rather to live in such a way to mitigate the effects of such disasters. Like not building on flood plains, for instance. Or building earthquake-resistant homes. Do you know why cities and towns are built on waterways, or why fertile valleys tend to flood? If expensive earthquake-resistant homes were required, do you know how many more people would be out on the streets? A large percentage of people live where and how they have to-not where and how they want to. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080/38 "2012-12-26T21:30:56Z")
Indeed, and to stop being flooded, some cultures build their houses on stilts. And in Japan they used to build houses which would not do so much damage when they collapsed. Or they built water systems to store water for the dry season and to prevent flooding in the wet - Ankor Wat. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080/39 "2012-12-26T21:41:46Z")
There are also things that nobody knew, such as that straight, concrete-lined drainage ditches _increase_ flooding. Intuitively, one would think (and engineers used to) that this would simply enhance run-off. But in practice, it funnels big peaks and high-water-events to the same place and time. Today, engineers know this. (In Los Angeles, they are working on breaking up the big concrete “rivers” and doing planting along the paths. Sometimes, nature knows best.) (Not always, please! I’m not that kind of Luddite! Smallpox is much, much better gone!) ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080/40 "2012-12-27T00:01:33Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Indeed, and to stop being flooded, some cultures build their houses on stilts. And in Japan they used to build houses which would not do so much damage when they collapsed. Or they built water systems to store water for the dry season and to prevent flooding in the wet - Ankor Wat. Didn’t work so well when they got _nuked_, did it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-must-be-a-sadist/645080.md?page=3)