# Lord Jesus Christ Hit by Car in Massachusetts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-jesus-christ-hit-by-car-in-massachusetts/538776>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 9, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-jesus-christ-hit-by-car-in-massachusetts/538776 "2010-05-09T01:37:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-jesus-christ-hit-by-car-in-massachusetts/538776/1 "2010-05-09T01:37:48Z")

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(No, it isn’t witnessing.)

[Story Here](http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/WaterCooler/wireStory?id=10582775)

> [@ABC](#):
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> The victim might have forgiven the woman who ran him down in a Massachusetts crosswalk, but police haven’t.
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> Police say a Pittsfield woman has been cited for running down a man named Lord Jesus Christ as he crossed a street in Northampton on Tuesday.
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> The 50-year-old man is from Belchertown. Officers checked his ID and discovered that, indeed, his legal name is Lord Jesus Christ.

“Struck by a car in Northampton,  
Called a homophobe in Berkeley:  
The way things are going,  
They’re gonna…”

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-jesus-christ-hit-by-car-in-massachusetts/538776/2 "2010-05-09T03:57:37Z")

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Does her bumper have LJC’s imprint on it? The ultimate eBay item.

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-jesus-christ-hit-by-car-in-massachusetts/538776/3 "2010-05-09T05:20:33Z")

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On another board some wit pointed out that the Lord Jesus Christ was hit while in a crosswalk.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-jesus-christ-hit-by-car-in-massachusetts/538776/4 "2010-05-09T06:53:27Z")

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Hitting Jesus Christ costs you infinite points on your license, but have faith that your sins are forgiven and you get them all removed.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-jesus-christ-hit-by-car-in-massachusetts/538776/5 "2010-05-09T06:57:17Z")

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> [@Autolycus](#):
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> Hitting Jesus Christ costs you infinite points on your license, but have faith that your sins are forgiven and you get them all removed.

Not the way I heard it. You have faith that your sins are forgiven, so Jesus isn’t mad at you, but the police don’t care about what Jesus thinks.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-jesus-christ-hit-by-car-in-massachusetts/538776/6 "2010-05-09T07:06:45Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> Not the way I heard it. You have faith that your sins are forgiven, so Jesus isn’t mad at you, but the police don’t care about what Jesus thinks.

The police have no authority except what is given to them from their father in heaven.

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**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-jesus-christ-hit-by-car-in-massachusetts/538776/7 "2010-05-09T08:31:45Z")

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I heard his injuries were serious and thought he was gonna die, but once they got him to the hospital he was saved.

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**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-jesus-christ-hit-by-car-in-massachusetts/538776/8 "2010-05-09T18:38:52Z")

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He’ll be better in three days …

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-jesus-christ-hit-by-car-in-massachusetts/538776/9 "2010-05-09T19:06:00Z")

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This guy is truly fucked once some insane Roman Catholic Twilight fan gets it into their head to use his blood for communion.

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**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-jesus-christ-hit-by-car-in-massachusetts/538776/10 "2010-05-09T19:09:39Z")

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> [@Chimera](#):
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> This guy is truly fucked once some insane Roman Catholic Twilight fan gets it into their head to use his blood for communion.

You mean they haven’t already?

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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lord-jesus-christ-hit-by-car-in-massachusetts/538776/11 "2010-05-10T12:53:32Z")

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Video of the incident…

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r01olgV2jo)
