…and this is a 
There is a wonderful program in place at a bible camp in Massachusetts: the children get phone calls…from God. He tells the kids to proselytize for him, to be just like Jesus, and if they're really, really good, that he'll swoop in some day on his magic sleigh and harvest their souls to bring to heaven with him (OK, that last bit is an extrapolation). I like this plan, though. It sets the kids up with concrete expectations that will be shattered later, and then there's always the wonderful day when Mommy and Daddy explain that that really wasn't God, it was just Pastor Greg pretending to be the voice of God, just like he does every Sunday.
This program is so good that it has won Atheist Ireland's really, truly True Believer™ of the month award.
Comments
Posted by: gussnarp
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September 3, 2010 9:43 AM
Am I crazy or are you doing re-runs? I swear I've read this story and the ICR post below here before. A while ago. Maybe it was a different blog?
Posted by: mrgenius
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September 3, 2010 9:55 AM
wow, that is despicable.
Posted by: Timberwoof
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September 3, 2010 9:55 AM
Wait a moment! Isn't pretending to be God a form of blasphemy?
Posted by: Ing: PhD Trollologist
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September 3, 2010 9:58 AM
@3
They really really need to make an "is it sin?" flowchart to keep that straight. Apparently we can but those who believe can't
Posted by: Capital Dan
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September 3, 2010 9:58 AM
This story has been flying around for the better part of a month, Guss. I don't know if it's been here before or not.
Aside from that, however, I kind of love the idea of Christians turning God into something akin to Santa Claus. The longer those expectations go unfulfilled, the more they question. And, the more they question, the more they see. And, the more they see, the less they blindly believe.
Posted by: THEHARMONIKZ
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September 3, 2010 9:59 AM
It is reverse charged I hope! God knows how much he/she can go on forever......:)
Posted by: artconserv
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September 3, 2010 10:01 AM
@1 Gussnarp. I heard about this on either the Atheist Experience program or Ask an Atheist show this past week. That might be where you heard it, also.
Posted by: chrstphrgthr
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September 3, 2010 10:04 AM
Not only have those idiot xians placed their dog on the same footing as Santa Klaus; from here to the next global cataclysm every generation will be, in part, raised by the internet. I wouldn't be surprised if most children learned of Santa's fictitiousness online before most parents get around to confessing it.
Isn't secularism growing in younger demographics b/c of this very fact?
Posted by: FounderEffect
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September 3, 2010 10:07 AM
From the news story: "We’re teaching them life lessons about trust."
Yep.
Posted by: Andyo
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September 3, 2010 10:07 AM
Not if you're a pastor and you're doing it to children, you silly, you. Get with the program.
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp
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September 3, 2010 10:07 AM
Concrete proof that in their eyes God is no different than Santa Claus.
It's really just Mom and Dad or [insert adult figure here (unless you are a catholic, then no insertion please)] lying to their kids to make them feel better.
Posted by: Gerald Snit
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September 3, 2010 10:07 AM
Still, at least a phone call's more environmentally friendly than a burning bush.
Posted by: legistech
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September 3, 2010 10:08 AM
Wow. I just can't believe they'd be stupid enough to actually try something like that.
Posted by: Ing: PhD Trollologist
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September 3, 2010 10:08 AM
@7]
I didn't hear it on AE...did I miss that?
Posted by: Ewan R
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September 3, 2010 10:12 AM
Wonder how many kids ask him why he's using the phone rather than speaking directly into their heads - I'm pretty sure that'd be my first thought as a kid.
Posted by: Andrés Diplotti
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September 3, 2010 10:14 AM
If Jack Chick is to be believed (and why wouldn't he?), pastor Greg is raising a generation of Osamas.
Posted by: Alex-NH
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September 3, 2010 10:17 AM
god must not be too tech savy...Billboards signed "-God" and phonecalls, eh. How about emails/twitter/facebook.
Posted by: Rey Fox, Bird Caller Guy
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September 3, 2010 10:19 AM
It's true, there is no god, and they had to invent him.
I wonder if they disguise the voice at all. Like maybe put an echo effect on it? Or would that be too cheesy?
Posted by: ecurve
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September 3, 2010 10:19 AM
Ewan R @ 15:
"And Kent--stop touching yourself!"
"It really is God..."
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp
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September 3, 2010 10:21 AM
Jesus Christ has a twitter account
So does God
Posted by: Rorschach
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September 3, 2010 10:22 AM
Vulking child-abusing nutbars.
Posted by: Anubis Bloodsin the third
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September 3, 2010 10:28 AM
When my daughter was 4 years old we visited a Rosy & Jim exhibition where you could get a phone call from either Rosy or Jim by buying a ticket!
She duly got her call, from Rosy I think it was, and which she promptly declared foul and fake...because the little girl next door was talking to Rosy as well.
I would not exactly say the 'mystery of life' left her unduly that day, she had precious little to start with.
But I did notice a harder more pointed cynicism emerge way beyond her years.
I do believe though that god never had a ice-cubes chance in hell of exerting anything remotely woo soaked anywhere near her anyway.
And that was apparent in her demeanour well before even Rosy revealed her true colours!
Posted by: Zeno
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September 3, 2010 10:28 AM
Pastor Greg: Doing the Lord's work to disappoint children and turn them away from superstition (and from trusting their parents and preachers).
The ICR story sounds familiar because it's been a long, slow slide into disarray as the move from California to Texas turned into a debacle for its graduate program in fake science. PZ has covered it before and so have I.
Posted by: rob
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September 3, 2010 10:29 AM
god: children! children at bible camp! oh, don't grovel! If there's one thing I can't stand, it's children groveling.
children: sorry--
god: and don't apologize. every time I try to talk to someone on their cell phone it's "sorry this" and "forgive me that" and "I'm not worthy". what are you doing now!?
children: we're covering our ears, oh lord.
god: well, don't. It's like those miserable psalms-- they're so depressing. now knock it off!
children: yes, lord.
god: right! children, of the massachusetts bible camp -- you shall have a task to make yourselves an example in these dark times.
children: good idea, oh lord!
god: 'course it's a good idea! behold! children, this is the your sacred task. heed well, children, for it is your sacred task to emulate jesus. that is your purpose, children -- to get crucified. just like jesus.
children: A blessing!
pastor greg: A blessing from the lord!
parents: god be praised!
Posted by: MrFire
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September 3, 2010 10:39 AM
Yeah, talking on the phone to kids under an assumed identity and telling them to take orders from you isn't creepy at all.
However, I did have a laugh at this section:
See, it instantly reminded me of Baldrick's ludicrous 'escape kit' scene from an episode of Blackadder Goes Forth.
BBC FTW.
Posted by: gussnarp
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September 3, 2010 10:41 AM
@Rev. BigDumpChimp - You've got the wrong twitter account. That should be: http://twitter.com/almightygod
Posted by: Timberwoof
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September 3, 2010 10:42 AM
chrstphrgthr, you reminded me of a web site for $cientology kids: http://www.xenu.net/archive/FAQ/answer_for_kids.html
Perhaps there need to be a similar site specifically for Christian kids. We'll hold a betting pool to see how quickly it gets banned from Illinois school libraries.
Posted by: jay.sweet
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September 3, 2010 10:45 AM
Heh, I said the same exact thing about it two weeks ago. PZ's plagiarizing my blog! ;)
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp
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September 3, 2010 10:46 AM
IDOLATER!!
Posted by: Dr. I. Needtob Athe
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September 3, 2010 10:47 AM
"“We’re teaching them life lessons about trust, love, caring and sharing and we’re connecting with them,” Nunes said."
I think that "trust" lesson is going to backfire when those kids discover the truth about the phone calls.
Posted by: mel.unique
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September 3, 2010 10:52 AM
At least, when I believed in Santa Claus, there were *actually* presents under the tree on Christmas morning.
Posted by: https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawmVT1LBhwmO9ej9LNg7a5e9d-AVJ8ezfmE
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September 3, 2010 10:54 AM
I bet those parents would be totally upset if they started getting prank called by Cthulhu.
Posted by: Moggie
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September 3, 2010 10:55 AM
Don't these kids have caller ID? They've now got God's number - literally.
Posted by: Moggie
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September 3, 2010 10:58 AM
#30:
Alternatively, you're teaching those kids that when a strange man phones them out of the blue, they should do what he says. I'm not sure that's such a great life lesson, for a child.
Posted by: https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawmVT1LBhwmO9ej9LNg7a5e9d-AVJ8ezfmE
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September 3, 2010 11:00 AM
Ya know.. if we atheists wanted to "proselytize" we'd have some old guy dressed in white robes in a chair at the shopping mall around xmastime: "talk to God!" make it cheesy and stupid enough that the parents don't catch on, but you know the kids would. Instant atheists!
Posted by: dvizard
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September 3, 2010 11:04 AM
I love how these kids will, later on, talk to people about how they got a phone call from God and suddenly realize they just made a fool out of themselves...
Posted by: GenghisFaun
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September 3, 2010 11:18 AM
ecurve @ #19:
I see what you did there, and it was, "real genius," of you!
Posted by: jeffery.g.davis
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September 3, 2010 11:21 AM
Note: The voice of God is provided by Patrick Stewart
Posted by: Teshi
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September 3, 2010 11:31 AM
I like how the first thing they aim to teach at this camp is "trust".
In whom, exactly?
Posted by: bcstractor
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September 3, 2010 11:31 AM
On the day that I have been banned from Doug Groothuis' blog this seems appropriate.
Doug doesn't like facts or debate or having the blatant lies of Christianity exposed.
Posted by: No One
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September 3, 2010 11:34 AM
I'm sure the flood victims in Pakistan would really appreciate those...
Posted by: bbgunn071679
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September 3, 2010 11:40 AM
I suddenly have a taste for popcorn.
Posted by: Andyo
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September 3, 2010 11:49 AM
Pfft, amateur gods. This is the REAL God's Twitter. And this is what he has to say about them imitators.
Posted by: Erulóra (formerly KOPD)
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September 3, 2010 11:52 AM
Wow. That's a lot of hubris.
Posted by: Silič O'Nopolitanopoulos, Färschdbischuf Beesknees aus Ulm und Klein Elguth, Elector Pharynguline.
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September 3, 2010 12:02 PM
Ooooh.
See ya later, Idolator.
IN HELL!!
Posted by: MosesZD
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September 3, 2010 12:04 PM
So, they lied to these kids. Then they won an award. It's great to be a Christian, get rewarded for being unethical and immoral.
What happens when they figure it out? I don't know, but hazarding a guess, they're going to create distrust that will interfere with subsequent mind-washing attempts.
Posted by: God
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September 3, 2010 12:10 PM
pm me for tips
Posted by: AJ Milne OM
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September 3, 2010 12:15 PM
Ummm... while this prolly isn't so far off as a principle (most convincing liar gets to give the sermon), this award is from Atheist Ireland, and not exactly meant in that vein...
And yeah, broadly agreeing, here, too, with all saying do let's encourage this enthusiastically...
Y'know, normally when people want to put words in their convenient Ultimate Authority™'s mouth, they pretend they heard him, somehow, not that they are him...
Doing the latter, seeing as it is a bit easier to demonstrate is a con, is pretty awesomely kind of 'em...
(/Mebbe we can talk 'em into doing some sorta 'Great Carlos' 'channeling' thing, too... Get 'em on late night talk shows, do some schtick where 'God' takes over their larynx, starts speaking to Leno through them in some cheesy put-on accent. Equally good for a laugh.)
Posted by: masturbating monkey
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September 3, 2010 12:25 PM
Every time I get a call from God he tells me to not tell anyone what my Bishop did last summer.
Posted by: fauxrs
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September 3, 2010 12:52 PM
Then all the parents and pastors bent over and stuck trumpets in their ass.
Posted by: McCthulhu is taking ∞ to eat all the pi
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September 3, 2010 1:11 PM
Trust? HA! I can't imagine a better punishment for this git that the kids get older and find out they've been lied to for bullshit indoctrination and line up to kick this shitbag in the nuts for half-an-hour each.
Posted by: darvolution proponentsist
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September 3, 2010 1:27 PM
BRR~RRR~RRR~RRR~RING !!!
Posted by: elonin
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September 3, 2010 1:30 PM
Doesn't this prove that these people don't believe in god? At least those involved with this stunt? If you acted under the premise that there is a god out there who is all powerful and does withhold affection, would they do something like this?
Posted by: rob
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September 3, 2010 1:32 PM
@darvolution proponentsist:
yup yup yup yup yup yup yup
Posted by: geneb123
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September 3, 2010 1:42 PM
Nah... should be James Earl Jones.
Posted by: Aquaria
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September 3, 2010 2:03 PM
Have this person call.
Posted by: Stushie
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September 3, 2010 2:08 PM
I guess then that Stephen Hawking is atheism's equivalent of Pastor Greg. Maybe he should wear a Santa suit too.
Posted by: Steve Jeffers
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September 3, 2010 2:12 PM
Has anyone thought that, y'know, this might be genuine?
It's *evidence* for God. Those kids heard God's voice, saying godly things. That's better than most theists get.
So are the strident, aggressive New Atheists just going to ignore actual evidence?
The alternative is that there's no god, and that from an early age, priests lie to their followers.
Which is more likely?
Posted by: Silič O'Nopolitanopoulos, Färschdbischuf Beesknees aus Ulm und Klein Elguth, Elector Pharynguline.
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September 3, 2010 2:19 PM
Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring BANANAPHONE!
Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring BANANAPHONE!
Posted by: Markita Lynda: Healthcare is a damn right
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September 3, 2010 2:26 PM
Gee, they don't trust God to provide his own evidence.
In other news from Irish Atheism, "Raping children in same category as ordaining women" and cracker abuse.
Posted by: Markita Lynda: Healthcare is a damn right
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September 3, 2010 2:29 PM
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain." —The Wizard of Oz
Posted by: peggesis
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September 3, 2010 2:32 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vWm47yPLGc
Posted by: raven
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September 3, 2010 2:52 PM
Doubtful. God should be using email these days. As an omni-everything super-being, he must have a really fast high bandwidth connection.
Posted by: Yoav
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September 3, 2010 2:53 PM
Around xmas time the morning show I listen to on the drive to work (Bob and the showgram in NC)had a similar stunt where parents who want to blackmail their kids will call and tell them what is it they want the kid to do. They then put the kid on and the host, pretending to be santa, will tell him that he's not going to get any present if he doesn't clean his room or whatever.
Posted by: Chemgirl
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September 3, 2010 2:57 PM
Beautiful. Makes God as easy to disbelieve as Santa Claus.
Unless of course these people are the sort that believe that all of those guys in red at the mall are the Real Santa's helpers...
Posted by: M31
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September 3, 2010 3:06 PM
Andyo, #10:
I think they've used this excuse before.
Posted by: a.human.ape
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September 3, 2010 3:15 PM
It's interesting that the Bible Belt of Idiot America is not just in the Deep South. There is god-soaked Massachusetts and in Connecticut even their best public schools suck up to Christian assholes.
-- Human Ape
Posted by: Qwerty
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September 3, 2010 3:20 PM
I wonder if PZ's children, were they still young enough to attend such a camp, would say to God, "Sorry, you have a wrong number."
Posted by: cousinavi
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September 3, 2010 3:58 PM
Don't understand the big deal. God calls me all the time...COLLECT.
I always refuse the charges.
Posted by: Sal Bro
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September 3, 2010 4:09 PM
God schmod. To really get the little childrens in line, they should put SATAN on the phone.
Posted by: https://me.yahoo.com/hairychris444#96384
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September 3, 2010 5:49 PM
Shit. Professional trolls.
Posted by: Gregory Greenwood
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September 3, 2010 5:51 PM
You can tell that the theists know that their woo is in trouble because they have had to sink to doing impressions of god*. Just like dad pretending (unsuccessfully) to be Santa, clerics are now pretending to be god. At the moment it is phone calls**, but how long before a more enthusiastic (or insane) minister decides to dress up in a long white robe and a big fake santa-beard? At this rate, in a couple of centuries time all that will be left of Yahweh will be few corny christmas specials and a seasonal job in competition with people in Santa outfits. All in all, it would be a great improvement.
* Yahweh, Allah and Brahmen walk into a pub...
** I wonder when the first child with a spark of intellect and temerity will ask;
"But if god is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient, why does he need a telephone? Why doesn't he just speak directly into our minds? Does he get free broadband? Why did god get cut off? Did he forget to pay his bill?"
Posted by: Dhorvath, OM
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September 3, 2010 5:54 PM
Well, I would pay to see Yahweh, Allah and Brahmen walk into a bar.
Posted by: MosesZD
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September 3, 2010 6:11 PM
My daughter is very competitive. When she was four she devised a game that consisted of her pushing her head against mine in order to push me backward. Sort of a test of strength game she had no chance of winning.
But I quickly saw a learning opportunity and named the game the "buttheads" game. And let her win for four years. And after each victory I'd proclaim her "the biggest butthead."
When she was eight, she "got it."
Now she's almost 14, and is still gets mad at me when I use it as an example of "winning without thinking it through..." That is, you get so focused on victory, you don't think about the consequences of "winning."
I'm hoping by the time she's 20 shell get over it... But keep the lesson: winning, regardless of the cost or havoc, isn't always the smartest option...
And, yes, I still LMAO about it. Kid was so wrapped up in winning she totally missed the pun...
Posted by: Gregory Greenwood
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September 3, 2010 6:14 PM
Stushie @ 57;
Would you care to identify any statement made, or action performed, by Steven Hawking that is in any way equivilent to the Pastor's attempt to brainwash children by pretending to be god?
Do you have any evidence that Professor Hawking has ever deliberately attempted to mislead others in relation to the existence of god? I would remind you that I am not asking for an instance where he says something with which you disagree, but a specific instance of the professor deliberately misleading others in a bid to strengthen his case?
Is it not fair to say that Stephen Hawking simply made a wholly reasonable and accurate statement about our current state of knowledge of the universe; that the principle of parsimony may be satisfied in relation to the formation of the observable universe without an appeal to a supernatural godhead?
Just because you disagree with what someone says, this does not automatically make them wrong, certainly not if they have the evidence on their side and an argument that is superior by every recognised metric, as is the case here. If you do not find the idea of a godless universe paletable, then I pity you your fundamental conflict with reality and I recognise your right to believe in what you will. However, this does not mean that I or anyone else is required to accept your mish-mash of superstition as an accurate description of the cosmos.
If you wish your concept of god to be taken seriously, then Russell's Teapot demands that you provide some physical, scientific evidence for god's existence. Nothing less will suffice.
Posted by: MadScientist
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September 3, 2010 6:30 PM
I don't approve of that - it only encourages the neurotics and the weak-minded who will never be able to accept that it wasn't really god who was talking to them. Imagine more Mabuses out there.
@Timberwoof: It's not blasphemy, it's heresy. Church-approved punishments include beheading, execution by stones, and execution by conflagration.
Posted by: Nurse Ingrid
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September 3, 2010 6:51 PM
"The Easter Bunny is why we have all these heroin addicts. Your parents tell you there is an Easter Bunny, and everyone knows it’s a lie. Then, when you grow up and they tell you drugs are bad for you, you say “Sure, just like the Easter Bunny? Pass me the syringe.” "
--John Waters (of Pink Flamingos fame, not the other one)
Posted by: https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawmVT1LBhwmO9ej9LNg7a5e9d-AVJ8ezfmE
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September 3, 2010 8:05 PM
Having to lie to bolster your faith is evidence of its weakness. After all, if they really believed in god they'd still be praying for him to call the kids directly. Lying was "Plan B" that they adopted after they admitted to themselves that god doesn't care or doesn't exist.
I recently managed to help crush a young lady's faith with the assistance of Strobel's "case for a creator" - which she gave me and asked me to review. I was able to show her where Strobel knowingly and deliberately 'spun' information to bolster his 'case' and then asked her what that said about Strobel's 'faith'. Whee.
Posted by: DLC
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September 3, 2010 8:07 PM
You know, really, as the likelyhood that Yeshua ben Joseph was yet another of many roman era charlatans, doing parlour tricks and staged magic events, I think it's charming that now the parson is committing fraud on behalf of his invisible friend. Really, he is carrying on in his organization's traditions, isn't he ?
Posted by: 朴競花/박경화 (Gyeong Hwa)
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September 3, 2010 8:12 PM
People read emails infrequently. If God really wanted our attention, he'd text or IM us.
Posted by: Ompompanoosuc
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September 3, 2010 8:18 PM
RBDC owes me half a sinus full of Captain.
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp
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September 3, 2010 8:20 PM
You never fail to provide one of the dumbest comments in any given thread Stushie.
Posted by: melissa.b.elliott
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September 3, 2010 8:25 PM
Another vote for @almightygod being the one true twitter account of God. All who claim otherwise are at best deceived and at worst heretical.
@#40 bcstractor Shame. The Gruuthuse Manuscripts are some of my favorite music. A good Dutch name like Groothuis shouldn't be wasted :) http://www.kb.nl/galerie/gruuthuse/index.html
Posted by: Gregory Greenwood
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September 3, 2010 8:42 PM
You know, if I did not know better I would start thinking that Stushie had no intention of answering my questions @ 75.
Fortunately, I am not in a cynical mood at the moment. I am sure that Stushie will display a dazzling wit soon enough.
Well, half of one anyway...
OK, I admit it. I lied about the not the 'being in a cynical mood' stuff. I am permenantly in a cynical mood.
Posted by: lenoxuss
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September 3, 2010 9:42 PM
Is Stushie's comment intended to reference Hawking's artificial voice or something?
Answer: nope. It's just the result of applying tu quoque to every anti-theistic thing he encounters, even when it makes absolutely no sense.
(Will atheists one day grow up to discover that what Hawking told them was "black holes" is actually the work of a team of sneaky physicists?)
Posted by: Crudely Wrott , Drinking Solo Since Death's Back On The Wagon
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September 3, 2010 9:46 PM
Sick.
Bent.
Broken.
Or . . . How To Turn God Into An Uncle.
Posted by: circleh
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September 3, 2010 10:09 PM
I found his blog and read the following:
http://theconstructivecurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2010/09/futility-submitted.html
This message was brought to you by the letter P! I am not amused.
Posted by: Ing: PhD Trollologist
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September 3, 2010 10:20 PM
I guess then that Stephen Hawking is atheism's equivalent of Pastor Greg. Maybe he should wear a Santa suit too.How on earth would he get that chair down the chimney?
I ask risking amazingly poor taste
Posted by: Robster
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September 3, 2010 10:34 PM
Brain Free. These poor kiddies will go through their empty lives waiting for the big guy to call back. Never will. Isn't this blatant lying? Isn't this another example of the dodgy product these twits are selling? It doesn't work. Things on sale need to do what they are sold to do. That's common consumer protection legislation. After two thousand years of abject failure, surely governments need to consider the suitability of the product and whether it actually does what it supposed to do. It would seemn that gawd, the other supposed members of its threesome fail again and again. Why can't the sadly deluded see this?
Posted by: Crudely Wrott , Drinking Solo Since Death's Back On The Wagon
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September 3, 2010 10:35 PM
Not in poor taste at all, Ing. That's something that the good professor would surely take into consideration.
The reactions to Hawking's latest publication promises to be most entertaining.
[background sound: blades on whetstones.]
Posted by: Rutee, Shrieking Harpy of Dooooom
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September 3, 2010 10:40 PM
With Science?
That almost makes me want to write a Hawking/GLaDOS fanfic, even though I ship GLaDOS/Chell.
Posted by: Harbo
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September 3, 2010 10:51 PM
If impersonating god is blasphemy then god has got some 'splaining to do.
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp
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September 3, 2010 10:55 PM
I'll willingly admit I have no idea what any of that meant.
Posted by: Rutee, Shrieking Harpy of Dooooom
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September 3, 2010 11:03 PM
Hehehe.
Slashfics!
Short explanation:
GLaDOS is the AI from Portal. Her theme song has a lot of mentions of Science! in it. But I already have a ship for her, so I couldn't very well put her with Hawking :|http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SlashFic
Also Hawking is real, and i think that breaks a shipping law somewhere. I'm not sure, I'll have to check the latest internet statutes on the transportation of romantic materials....
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp
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September 3, 2010 11:07 PM
ok i think i knew what slashfics were, just the rest was very confusing
Posted by: Marella
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September 3, 2010 11:22 PM
More a form of fucking insanity I would have thought! There's Jesuses in asylums all over the place, some gods too I guess.
People who would come up with this idea are obviously so completely impervious to reality that they are no doubt a danger to themselves and all those around them. Just try and put yourself in the mind of someone who would think that telling kids god's on the phone is a good idea! You can't, can you? Me neither. Sick, very very sick.
Posted by: ronsullivan
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September 4, 2010 1:11 AM
But Jesus on the Main Line!
Posted by: Samantha Vimes
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September 4, 2010 2:50 AM
I eagerly await the day one of the children turns to their parents and says, "God says he has to call me back; we've got a bad connection."
Posted by: Gregory Greenwood
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September 4, 2010 6:38 AM
Rutee, Shrieking Harpy of Dooooom @ 91;
I do declare that this is the single most awesome thing I have read all week!
I take my hat off to you.
Steven Hawking with a Portal Gun? The possibilities are quite literally endless...
Rev. BigDumbChimp @ 93;
It helps if you have played Portal.
As for GLaDOS well, she is something of a virtual celebrity these days. She even has her own song
Remember; the cake is a lie...
Posted by: Audley Z. Darkheart OM, purveyor of candy and lies
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September 4, 2010 10:02 AM
Rev BDC:
The sad thing is, I've played Portal and I had no idea what Rutee was talking about.
*sigh* You know it's been a tough week when I can't even get video game references straight.
Posted by: https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawk8nuEGr2AboPw3B5JlVHLruh87cSf2gi4
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September 4, 2010 10:16 AM
What, a hundred posts and no one's mentioned the "God wants girls at Welton" prank phone call from Dead Poets Society?
--Lauren Ipsum
Posted by: Markita Lynda: Healthcare is a damn right
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September 4, 2010 11:23 AM
Actually it was kind of scary how many bible camps we passed while driving across Canada. At least half a dozen. Maybe a dozen.
Posted by: Iain Walker
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September 4, 2010 3:47 PM
Ing (#88):
Have you ever seen Hawking in that chair? I mean, like close up? It's terrifying. It's like a main battle tank. He doesn't need to get it down the chimney. All he has to do is drive it through the wall and into the fireplace.
Posted by: Ing: PhD Trollologist
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September 4, 2010 3:49 PM
@103
DALEKS NEED NO STEPS. THEY SIMPLY LEVEL THE BULIDING!