# "God sent his son" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 14, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-sent-his-son/644036 "2012-12-14T16:26:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-sent-his-son/644036/21 "2012-12-15T06:55:06Z")
…to play QB for the Jets, but He doesn’t start. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-sent-his-son/644036/22 "2012-12-15T08:24:21Z")
… some water. Now that their pressure is equalized, they are in hydrostatic union. ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-sent-his-son/644036/23 "2012-12-15T23:58:29Z")
…to the movies for the afternoon so He could get in some alone time with the wife. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-sent-his-son/644036/24 "2012-12-16T00:29:30Z")
**"God sent his son"** …but he didn’t send the deputy. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-sent-his-son/644036/25 "2012-12-16T00:54:52Z")
…to take the rap. Seriously. > [@Oakminster](#): > > …to play QB for the Jets, but He doesn’t start. 😃 And we know what idle hands are… ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-sent-his-son/644036/26 "2012-12-16T03:44:30Z")
to reform school. to borrow a cup of sugar from the neighbors to school without his breakfast to answer the door and tell the Jehovah’s Witnesses to go away to the “Time Out” corner for saying bad words ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-sent-his-son/644036/27 "2012-12-16T10:53:33Z")
A little-known fact is that God isn’t really all that powerful. In fact, he’s just a farmer in another world, and was faced with the loss of a major cash crop. He decided to attempt to grow legume, but wanted to see if there was market first for that and better than average seasoning. God figured that it would be unusual for one farmer to supply both. Consequently, he sent his son: To see how much peas are worth with good dill. The rest was an unfortunate misunderstanding. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-sent-his-son/644036/28 "2012-12-16T18:34:58Z")
…to get his DNA tested. He wanted proof of paternity. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-sent-his-son/644036/29 "2012-12-16T18:46:08Z")
**"God sent his son"** …and then bitched for 2000 years privately about how, “…If you want something done right, you’ve got to do it yourself”. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-sent-his-son/644036/30 "2012-12-16T20:13:04Z")
“God sent his son” …to his ex-wife’s for the weekend. I’m sure he’ll be fine. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-sent-his-son/644036/31 "2012-12-17T00:32:04Z")
… to the market to sell the cow, but he came back with some worthless beans. ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-sent-his-son/644036/32 "2012-12-17T00:40:04Z")
Yesterday in the car we were listening to Handel’s Messiah - “For unto us a child is born…” From the back of the car a voice comes. “Why are they singing about Simon’s Chinese balls?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-sent-his-son/644036.md?page=1)