# I met God yesterday **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 1, 2001, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-god-yesterday/70795 "2001-07-01T03:20:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-god-yesterday/70795/1 "2001-07-01T03:20:16Z")
Yep, thats right, I indeed meet the Almighty One. I was told I could ask one question, so I thought for a while and asked “What organized religious group has it right?” God looked me straight in the eyes and said [/Booming God voice] The Fundies Have It Right[/BGV] I stood there shocked with my jaw on the floor shaking my head in disbelief. God looks at me, sees the expression on my face and busts up laughing, a deep thunderous belly laugh, trying to hold back tears of laughter, He tells me He was kidding. That God sure has a good sense of humor. {Standard disclaimer: No I did not meet God, Nor do I really pass judgment on other religions. But fundies are rather good for poking fun at.} ---
**Author:** ![Trucido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Trucido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trucido)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-god-yesterday/70795/2 "2001-07-01T03:22:34Z")
I have always thought that only God would really understand why I’m an atheist, and that He would be magnanimous enough to respect my decision. ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-god-yesterday/70795/3 "2001-07-01T03:46:14Z")
Did He look like Jerry Garcia like others have claimed? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_A\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@Just\_A\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_A_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-god-yesterday/70795/4 "2001-07-01T06:03:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mercutio \* > \*\*Did He look like Jerry Garcia like others have claimed? \*\* Silly, Silly Mercutio…Everybody knows that God looks like Alanis Morissette…if Kevin Smith writes it, then it MUST be correct. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Fromesiter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Fromesiter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Fromesiter)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-god-yesterday/70795/5 "2001-07-01T06:08:54Z")
Did he have a fro? ---
**Author:** ![DarkPrince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DarkPrince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkPrince)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-god-yesterday/70795/6 "2001-07-01T06:23:48Z")
No way, he has to have dreads. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Fromesiter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Fromesiter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Fromesiter)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-god-yesterday/70795/7 "2001-07-01T06:33:03Z")
White hair dreads? Bwahahahahaha. No way man, fro all the way. What do you think clouds are? ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-god-yesterday/70795/8 "2001-07-01T08:16:41Z")
Why do you assume that he has white hair? ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-god-yesterday/70795/9 "2001-07-01T08:26:21Z")
why do you assume he? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Fromesiter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Fromesiter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Fromesiter)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-god-yesterday/70795/10 "2001-07-01T19:00:41Z")
White hair because what his creations have wrought on Earth must scare the hebbie-jebbies out of him. Male because I was brought up Roman Catholic to the sounds of the trinity, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. ---
**Author:** ![Shera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-god-yesterday/70795/11 "2001-07-01T19:09:00Z")
* * * Quote by Fromeister: Male because I was brought up Roman Catholic to the sounds of the trinity, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. * * * Okay I know who the Father and the Son are (I think) but who exactly is the “Holy Spirit”? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-god-yesterday/70795/12 "2001-07-01T19:23:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shera \* > \*\* Okay I know who the Father and the Son are (I think) but who exactly is the “Holy Spirit”? \*\* It’s Steve from accounts recievable. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-god-yesterday/70795/13 "2001-07-01T20:55:13Z")
I think most Christian religions traditionally claim that the Holy Spirit is conciousness, or your ‘inner moral guide’ or whatnot. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![The\_Fromesiter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Fromesiter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Fromesiter)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-god-yesterday/70795/14 "2001-07-01T23:00:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shera \* > **Okay I know who the Father and the Son are (I think) but who exactly is the “Holy Spirit”?** The Holy Spirit is the entity from which the gifts are given, speaking in tongues, etc. The HS was explained to me as coming about because of and being the embodiment of God and Jesus. The HS is really, really hard to explain, and I never learned exactly what it/he/she is other than that the HS is just as important as the God and Jesus. Oh yes, the HS was also, I believe, the dove that appeared to float down from heaven to Jesus when he was baptized. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2001, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-god-yesterday/70795/15 "2001-07-01T23:03:55Z")
If God looks like Alanis, then God is inexplicably hot, and I want to do him. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-god-yesterday/70795/16 "2001-07-02T00:53:46Z")
Wait, does that mean God is omniscient simply because if he admitted that he wasn’t, he’d get slimed? –Tim ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-god-yesterday/70795/17 "2001-07-02T03:52:08Z")
I always thought God looked like either Fred or Ethel Mertz. Maybe it’s sort of a tag-team thing. That would explain a great deal. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2001, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-god-yesterday/70795/18 "2001-07-02T04:06:54Z")
Have any of you been on that thread that talks about **lightning rods?** 😃