# Here we are god **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 19, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265 "2012-10-19T20:05:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265/1 "2012-10-19T20:05:38Z")
Here in the Midwest protestant churches have taken to putting little sayings on a sign by the road. I find the concept annoying. It’s not like I’m going to see “Brush up on your bible; it prevents TRUTH decay“ and suddenly have a spiritual revelation, renounce my life of sin and spend the rest of my days in a heavenly rapture. It’s really just spiritual masturbation designed to make the believers feel they are special and clever. But today I saw a sign that made me want to attend a church. It said: HERE WE ARE GOD Which I read as “Here, WE are God”. Yes, I thought as my fist clenched and my eyes narrowed, I will join this church! I will be a God! The world will crouch at my feet and weep at my wrath! Then it occurred to me that they meant “Here we are, God”, and that it was just more of the same. What a shame. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265/2 "2012-10-19T20:28:32Z")
Did it say “Entertain us” underneath? ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265/3 "2012-10-19T20:33:43Z")
At least we can take amusement in the implication that their supposedly omniscient magic sky pixie doesn’t know where they are. Or imagining them being issued a smitation because their deity was also thrown by the lack of a comma. [SMITE] “What have we done to draw Your wrath upon us O Lord?!” “YOU DECLARED YOURSELVES GODS ON THAT SIGN, THAT’S WHAT.” “But we didn’t! We only meant to show you that we’re here!” [SMITE] “omgwtfbbq…” “THAT ONE WAS FOR THINKING I’M TOO STUPID TO USE GOOGLE MAPS.” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265/4 "2012-10-19T20:45:46Z")
Yeah, God would never think to find Christians in a church, of all places. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265/5 "2012-10-19T20:58:54Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Yeah, God would never think to find Christians in a church, of all places. Maybe he’s looking for them in closets. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265/6 "2012-10-19T21:02:19Z")
I’m not saying God is aliens. But, God is aliens. We need to tell them where to land and who to take with them when they leave. Kidding aside, brim fire church signs annoy me, but ones with generic uplifting sound bites or clever puns amuse me. And I really loved the church sign dueling over pets in heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265/7 "2012-10-19T21:22:15Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > And I really loved the church sign dueling over pets in heaven. What was this about? Tell! ---
**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265/8 "2012-10-19T21:31:31Z")
I may regret this, but: [http://www.says-it.com/churchsigns/](http://www.says-it.com/churchsigns/) Do your worst! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265/9 "2012-10-19T21:33:39Z")
> [@Kelevra](#): > > But today I saw a sign that made me want to attend a church. It said: > > HERE WE ARE GOD Where’s the sharpie when you need it? A comma after the first word would be appropriate sabotage. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265/10 "2012-10-19T21:37:07Z")
> [@PatriotGrrrl](#): > > I may regret this, but: > > [http://www.says-it.com/churchsigns/](http://www.says-it.com/churchsigns/) > > Do your worst! Check out some of the real ones. I liked “Women’s Bible Stud”. There’s also ones that are pro-sports rather religious. (I could see that happening around here) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265/11 "2012-10-19T21:37:08Z")
Ooooo, I made me a Westboro Baptist Church sign! “THE FAMILY THAT HATES TOGETHER, MATES TOGETHER!” Since I live in Topeka, where the rock the WBC is located under is, this felt special. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265/12 "2012-10-19T21:55:09Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > What was this about? Tell! Snopes says its a hoax but it still makes me crack up > **[All Dogs Go to Heaven](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/all-dogs-go-to-heaven/)** > > Photographs show a church sign debate over whether dogs go to heaven. “FREE DOG SOULS WITH CONVERSION” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265/13 "2012-10-19T21:58:58Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Did it say “Entertain us” underneath? That was my first thought. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265/14 "2012-10-19T23:15:53Z")
… just in case you were omniscient about everything except where WE happen to be right at this moment. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265/15 "2012-10-19T23:17:17Z")
Lets eat grandpa. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265/16 "2012-10-19T23:42:57Z")
I went into a building labeled “Assembly of God” once, but there were no manufacturing processes going on at all. Kind of disappointing. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265/17 "2012-10-19T23:44:39Z")
Here we are god Godisnowhere. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265/18 "2012-10-19T23:50:36Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I went into a building labeled “Assembly of God” once, but there were no manufacturing processes going on at all. Kind of disappointing. It’s like most DIY things, the instructions are vague and open to interpretation, leaving you to figure it out on your own. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265/19 "2012-10-20T00:36:17Z")
Funny, i immediately read it as a challenge, like, “Here _we_ are, God! Where are _you_ at? You better step to, God!” ---
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265/20 "2012-10-20T00:51:43Z")
> [@](#): > > I went into a building labeled “Assembly of God” once, but there were no manufacturing processes going on at all. Kind of disappointing. :)OK, That made me laugh more than the church signs. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-are-god/638265.md?page=2)