# Less Sinning! Tastes Great **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 1, 2002, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205 "2002-04-01T15:07:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205/41 "2002-04-02T04:50:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rysdad \* > \*\* > > Heh. Communion wafer…the other white meat. \*\* 😮 You and MEBuckner are so going to Hell for that one! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205/42 "2002-04-02T05:07:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\* > > CAn I get an AMEN? > > Ugh…those stupid billboards. Yeesh. These are probably the churches that spread e-mail glurge and urban legends. GAG! \*\* You mean, like the one making the rounds now about how the phrase “It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.” is in the [Exact Center of the Bible](http://www.bibleplace.com/trivia/t_center_of_the_bible.htm)? So far, none of the sites I’ve turned this up on have said which version and edition of the Bible that they’re using. Can’t imagine why they’d leave that important piece of information out.:rolleyes: And anyway, wouldn’t the communion wafer have to be the _other_ other white meat? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205/43 "2002-04-02T05:56:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Medea’s Child \* > \*\*Playing devil’s advocate here… some of them aren’t all that bad. Some churches just put out quotes, and I don’t mind that. \*\* This is the first time I’ve seen someone invoke the devil to support God. It gives me a warm fuzzy sense of hope in this topsy turvy world. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Harvey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@Max\_Harvey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Harvey)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205/44 "2002-04-02T07:44:48Z")
When I was in college in Tuscaloosa I was driving home in the middle of the night on the highway, and outside a small one-room church, on one of those cheap “flashing arrow” signs, I saw this: **GOD SHOOK THE WORLD WITH A BONG HIT** Perfectly set, no uneven letters. I raced home to get a camera, but by the time I drove back to the sign, it was blank. Speaking of communion, did you hear the Catholic church is coming out with a new low-calorie wafer: "_I Can’t Believe It’s Not Jesus"_ ---
**Author:** ![kuroashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9a140/32.png) [@kuroashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kuroashi)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205/45 "2002-04-02T08:41:44Z")
Jesus saves your soul on the next “God’s House” Sunday 10, 9 Central ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205/46 "2002-04-02T10:53:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lissla Lissar \* > \*\*There’s a great billboard near my church that’s visible from the highway, and says, **Prepare To Meet Thy God, call 961- 0000** (actually, i can’t remember the phone number. Oh, well) Every time I pass it I wonder how many phone calls they get a week from people asking to speak directly to God… \*\* …and the rabbi said, “For me, it’s a local call.”. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205/47 "2002-04-02T14:58:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beagledave \* > \*\* > > jarbaby ain’t one of us Friday fish eaters… > > Yet. 😛 \*\* You zany Mary Worshippers. I’m stayin’ faaaaaar away. Mr. Jar dragged me to Easter Vigil once…and I felt like I was actually IN purgatory. Three hours with no sign of stopping. yow I’ll take good ol’ Non-Denominational if you please 😃 j ---
**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:** [April 2, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205/48 "2002-04-02T15:03:25Z")
Call me crazy, but I actually find Easter vigil to be my favorite Mass. I mean, fer crying out loud-when else do you get to play with fire in church? That’s pretty freaking cool! ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205/49 "2002-04-02T15:08:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\* > I mean, fer crying out loud-when else do you get to play with fire in church? That’s pretty freaking cool! \*\* In my church we play with fire on Christmas Eve, and it’s only an hour long. Win win 😃 j ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205/50 "2002-04-02T15:26:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Morgyn \* > \*\*You mean, like the one making the rounds now about how the phrase “It is better to trust in the > Lord than to put confidence in man.” is in the [Exact Center of the Bible](http://www.bibleplace.com/trivia/t_center_of_the_bible.htm)? > > So far, none of the sites I’ve turned this up on have said which version and edition of the Bible that they’re using. Can’t imagine why they’d leave that important piece of information out.:rolleyes: \*\* Ah, your own link specifies the New King James Version (NKJV). And it doesn’t matter what edition, since they are counting by chapters, not words – chapter and verse designations are uniform regardless of what version or edition you’re using. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Lao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dr.Lao](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Lao)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205/51 "2002-04-02T15:41:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dewey Cheatem Undhow \* > \*\*Ah, your own link specifies the New King James Version (NKJV). And it doesn’t matter what edition, since they are counting by chapters, not words – chapter and verse designations are uniform regardless of what version or edition you’re using. \*\* It still not the exact center of the Bible, even using chapter and verse. Psalm 118 is 29 verses long and they pick Psalm 118:8 as the center? I’m no mathmagician, but that doesn’t sound right. ---
**Author:** ![Yumanite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b487fb/32.png) [@Yumanite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumanite)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205/52 "2002-04-02T16:19:11Z")
There’s a church wall near my school that says: **Happiness is Submission to God** It’s been like this for years. But the other day I saw that someone had added “zilla” to the end in spray paint. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205/53 "2002-04-02T16:45:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dr. Lao \* > \*\*It still not the exact center of the Bible, even using chapter and verse. Psalm 118 is 29 verses long and they pick Psalm 118:8 as the center? I’m no mathmagician, but that doesn’t sound right. \*\* Hey, I agree it’s stupid – I was just pointing out that it wasn’t stupid for the reasons **Morgyn** proffered. 😃 I mean, why somebody thought that “Add 594 + 594 and the answer is 1188; The center verse of the Bible is Psalms 118:8” was a sensible way to find the middle verse is beyond me. Lessee, if we take as given that Psalm 118 is the “middle chapter” of the Bible (594 chapters before and after), and there are 29 verses in that chapter, then the middle verse would be verse 14.5 – essentially verses 14 and 15. Thus, [this passage](http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=psalm+118&version=NIV-IBS&showfn=yes&showxref=yes&language=english) is the “middle verse”: > [@](#): > > 14 The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. > > 15 Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: Take your pick, I guess. Of course, the more honest way to do this, assuming you want to avoid dealing with different versions and editions, would be to find the actual middle verse without regard to chapters. But I’ll be darned if I’m gonna do it… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205/54 "2002-04-02T17:54:50Z")
Glow sticks! Get your glow sticks! No one gets into heaven without a glow stick! For real - I passed a church in Massachusetts that had a sign that said: “Jesus was a Catholic.” ummmm… Also, there is a college in my hometown with various student groups dedicated to Devotions with God that meet in the evenings and are supposed to be inviting to students, and they all have names like: Jesus and Jellybeans Yogurt and Yahweh and my favorite: Stogies and Scripture ---
**Author:** ![Yondan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/278dde/32.png) [@Yondan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yondan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205/55 "2002-04-02T18:01:51Z")
In Oklahoma City, there’s a (or used to be) a little shop that specialized in custom-made grips for handguns. Had a big sign that said: Tyler Custom Grips Jesus Is Lord Never could figure that out. But I went in once, just to see what was up. Interesting place. Had all kinds of accessories and holsters and stuff for all manner of guns, and signs that said: Jesus Is Lord I didn’t buy anything. ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205/56 "2002-04-02T18:38:15Z")
**Yondan:** (hijack, but I couldn’t resist) I just realized from our respective locations that we can never be in the same place. ::sniff:: ok, back to church this week’s sermon is brought to you by Pepsi. ---
**Author:** ![Rutabegger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9de0a6/32.png) [@Rutabegger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rutabegger)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205/57 "2002-04-02T18:44:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Robb \* > \*\*Next, we’ll have TV commercials with three wise men sitting in a swamp. > > First Wise Man: Sal > Second Wise Man: va > Third Wise Man: tion \*\* OK, that is just as funny as… uh ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205/58 "2002-04-02T19:08:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Harvey \* > \*\*When I was in college in Tuscaloosa I was driving home in the middle of the night on the highway, and outside a small one-room church, on one of those cheap “flashing arrow” signs, I saw this: > > **GOD SHOOK THE WORLD WITH A BONG HIT** > > Perfectly set, no uneven letters. I raced home to get a camera, but by the time I drove back to the sign, it was blank. > > Speaking of communion, did you hear the Catholic church is coming out with a new low-calorie wafer: > > "_I Can’t Believe It’s Not Jesus"_ \*\* Ooooooo! That’s great! Which church in T’town, Max? My favorite such sign is just north of Prattville, Alabama, on I-65, in the field next to the catfish ponds on the right side of the road. It has a picture of Satan holding a pitchfork, and the straightforward slogan, “GO TO CHURCH OR THE DEVIL WILL GET YOU.” Many’s the time when I’ve seen cars pulled over to the side of the interstate with their occupants having their picture taken next to the sign. One time I even saw a group of guys standing next to it stark, bare-assed naked, being photographed by their similarly unclothed friend. I guess he wanted in too. 🙂 Definitely a WTF moment. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205/59 "2002-04-02T19:10:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Yumanite \* > \*\*There’s a church wall near my school that says: > > **Happiness is Submission to God** > > It’s been like this for years. But the other day I saw that someone had added “zilla” to the end in spray paint. > 🆒 \*\* No kidding? Hah! I know the exact church you’re talking about. It always seemed rather crass to me to have that enormous sign painted up there. Happiness is Submission to Godzilla… 😃 Too funny. ---
**Author:** ![Kirkland1244](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dc4da7/32.png) [@Kirkland1244](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kirkland1244)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205/60 "2002-04-02T22:54:30Z")
Those “center of the Bible” things presume that you are using a Protestant-canon Bible, which, of course, the vast majority of the world’s Chrisitans do not. Kirk [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/less-sinning-tastes-great/101205.md?page=4)