# What Would Jesus Do? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 14, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214 "2005-04-14T00:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MisterThyristor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecccb3/32.png) [@MisterThyristor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MisterThyristor)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214/21 "2005-04-14T10:46:30Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > The WWSD was meant to be "What Would Socrates Do, and I was hoping to point out, once I received a reply, that since Jesus was supposed to be a good person, and he broke religious laws to help people, christians should approve of catholic priests who do similar things, re: aids education and condom use in Africa, as opposed to others on the thread, who believed that the church should not change it’s stance one iota. Actually, I thought WWSD was “What Would Scooby Do?” ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214/22 "2005-04-14T10:50:56Z")
I thought it meant: What Would Satan Do? but that’s my bad… I can see Jesus on the “L”–yeah! Would he take Amtrack, Greyhound or Trailways? Or hitchike? I can see Him doing that. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214/23 "2005-04-14T11:38:11Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Would he take Amtrack, Greyhound or Trailways? Aaaaaarrrrggghhh! Earworm! Now I’ve got that awful “God on the bus” song in my head! Curse you, **eleanor**! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214/24 "2005-04-14T12:17:16Z")
> [@Jeep's Phoenix](#): > > I think Jesus would be into classic cars, especially Plymouths. Don’t I remember reading that He drove some money-changers out of a temple in a Fury? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214/25 "2005-04-14T12:56:37Z")
> [@Sample\_the\_Dog](#): > > Jesus would drive an Accord. > > After all, all the angels were in one. 😃 Apostles, not Angels. (Poly mutters about Biblical illiteracy, until **Scott Plaid** throws a bucket of cold water on him.) > [@](#): > > Aaaaaarrrrggghhh! Earworm! Now I’ve got that awful “God on the bus” song in my head! Curse you, eleanor! But the entire point to Christianity is that God **was** one of us, just walkin’ a dusty road up in Galilee, talkin’ about how to love your fellow man. Let **chaim** and **Jersey Diamond** have their avenging Messiahs coming in glory. Mine knew what it was to be human, and tried to show us how to be the best kind of human. (Sorry if this got too witness-y for MPSIMS or the Pit. But the answer to the question in the OP requires it of me.) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214/26 "2005-04-14T12:59:23Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > (Sorry if this got too witness-y for MPSIMS or the Pit. But the answer to the question in the OP requires it of me.) Not a prob. It’s not often that you and I find ourselves in agreement, theologically – but apparently we are on the issue of “Jesus wouldn’t drive a big honkin’ Suburban.” ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214/27 "2005-04-14T13:03:02Z")
Up here in da UP, it means **W** hy **W** orry, **J** ust **D** rink. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214/28 "2005-04-14T13:03:05Z")
It seems to me that Jesus, if he were to choose an automobile, would go for something made by “Chrystler.” Possibly a JC Cruiser? ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214/29 "2005-04-14T13:15:14Z")
Well I don’t know what he would drive, but I can tell you that **Jesus built my hotrod**. Seriously though why is it always the idiot in the gas guzzling SUV whos switching lanes 15 times in two blocks without a turn signal, cutting people off and almost causing several accidents. . . is the same guy with the “WWJD” sticker and the fish symbol on his bumper??? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214/30 "2005-04-14T13:45:22Z")
::Scott stares at his hands, wondering how this bucket got here, and what happened to the last ten minutes of his life. He can’t remember a thing, but he is clearly holding a bucket half full of water, and Polycarp is soaked with the stuff:: _Shrug_. As long as I have it, I might as well use it. ::throws a half bucket full of water over everyone who has posted since post 25.:: Ok, now that I have your attention, this is a hijack. I will not be taking this thread to Cuba, but I was just hopeing to know if anyone here read post #220 of [Pitting the attitude, not necessarily Evil Captor. Personal Responsibility- extinct?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=310393&page=5&pp=50)? You see, when I quoted it earlier in this thread, [**eleanorigby**](http://www.stevesbeatles.com/songs/eleanor_rigby.asp) (who, incidentally, waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door), thought that WWSD meant “ **W** hat **W** ould **S** atan **D** o?”, while MisterThyristor thought it meant “ **W** hat **W** ould **S** cooby **D** o?” As I said, I was trying to apply it to Socrates.by asking a socratic question. It never occurred to me that it could be read that way. :eek: Sure, I didn’t define it at the time, because I thought it would be sooooo clever :rolleyes: for me to define it later in the same thread, after the question was answered, which it never was. Looking at eleanorigby’s response, it’s unclear if she meant when she saw it here, in that thread, or in RL. Thus, I was hoping to ask, did anyone read the thread I linked to, at the time I originally posted it, and if so, did they misunderstand it? I will take silence to mean “No.”, so as to cut down on the hijacking of this thread. Oh, and here. ::Scott toses hotel towels to everyone he splashed, either now, or when he splashed Polycarp.:: ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214/31 "2005-04-14T14:09:19Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > I don’t think He can transmogrify… Are you tellin’ me that Jesus Christ can’t hit a curveball?!? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Graycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Graycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Graycat)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214/32 "2005-04-14T14:17:56Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > \ Thus, I was hoping to ask, did anyone read the thread I linked to, at the time I originally posted it, and if so, did they misunderstand it? I read it as “What would Satan do?” in the original thread; I assumed you were meaning that lying to people to “save their souls” was more Satanic than Christlike behaviour. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214/33 "2005-04-14T14:22:15Z")
:smack: I am such a :wally. Thanks for the response, Graycat. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214/34 "2005-04-14T15:40:44Z")
wwabmd? What would a Bonobo Monkey do? would be good if there was only a way to make it understandable. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214/35 "2005-04-14T16:05:16Z")
Jesus would drive a suburban. Mini-Cooper? You try getting 12 friends into a Mini Cooper. Actually, Paul would drive and Jesus would sit in the back and get stoned. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214/36 "2005-04-14T16:31:55Z")
> [@mrklutz](#): > > Are you tellin’ me that Jesus Christ can’t hit a curveball?!? 😃 I dunno; some of His most vocal spoksemen seem to be screwballs! ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214/37 "2005-04-14T16:35:48Z")
> [@Rico](#): > > When I played in an oldies rock band a few years ago, the lead singer had a satin jacket. > > On the front was > > WWED? > > On the back? > > What Would Elvis Do? But that gives you only 3 choices: 1. Eat 2. Take drugs 3. Die ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214/38 "2005-04-14T16:47:04Z")
> [@Balle\_M](#): > > But that gives you only 3 choices: > > 1. Eat > 2. Take drugs > 3. Die 1. Profit! ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214/39 "2005-04-14T16:49:57Z")
1. Sing your heart out! ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214/40 "2005-04-14T18:13:10Z")
I thought that WWJD stood for “What Would Jenna Drink?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-jesus-do/299214.md?page=3)