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God Billboards

nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
edited October 2004 in General Discussion
New billboards are getting attention in Arizona. Some reported seeing one or two messages, but the newspaper listed all of them. Here's a list of all variations of the "God Speaks" billboards. The billboards are a simple black background with white text. No fine print or sponsoring organization is included. These are awesome... enjoy.


Tell the kids I love them. -God


Let's meet at my house Sunday before the game. -God


C'mon over and bring the kids. -God


What part of "Thou Shalt Not..." didn't you understand? -God


We need to talk. -God


Keep using my name in vain, I'll make rush hour longer. -God


Loved the wedding, invite me to the marriage. -God


That "Love Thy Neighbor" thing... I meant it. -God


I love you and you and you and you and... -God


Will the road you're on get you to my place? -God


Follow me. -God


Big bang theory, you've got to be kidding. -God


My way is the highway. -God


Need directions? -God


You think it's hot here? -God


Have you read my #1 best seller? There will be a test. -God


Do you have any idea where you're going? -God


(And my personal favorite...)


Don't make me come down there. -God


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  • pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sounds like the movie(s) coming to real life. I like the little girls phrase "Think God" This could spread across the country (world).Then there is that other movie where the little boy boycotts baseball, and all the sports players join in for total world nuclear disarmament. Now that would be something.

    The gene pool needs chlorine.
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  • DancesWithSheepDancesWithSheep Member Posts: 12,938 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have seen these billboards. I find both them and their messages offensive. They trivialize the bible, glibly hawking the Word like so many Burma Shave slogans. Worst of all, they claim a false authorship. Shame on whomever is doing this.

    Often the mind believes it is thinking, when it is only passing from one metaphor to the next.
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  • HAIRYHAIRY Member Posts: 23,606
    edited November -1
    Be very careful Dances, for you'll be flamed as a liberal! Apparently, thinking for oneself is a no-no for the alleged conservatives (read: nethanderal). (BTW: Wonder what they are trying to conserve?)

    It's not what you know that gets you in trouble, it's what you know that just ain't so!
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  • sodbustersodbuster Member Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I haven't seen any of them, but I have heard of them. I like these signs.
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    P.C. Disclaimer:
    If you don't like 'em, thats fine. Surely we can agree that we disagree without being disagreeable. And we know now that we can't flame liberals on this board.(POOF)

    "Just my opinion."
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  • maggiethecatmaggiethecat Member Posts: 2,381 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've seen these billboards in the dallas area, usually in the suburbs though. i like them. dont care about "false authorship" they put out a good message. and im not even religious

    Give your kids roots and wings. and dont forget the guns!!
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  • ccasey612ccasey612 Member Posts: 901 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've seen a few of them on the highway. I do not remember which state but they are all good.

    If you will blame gun makers for every shooting then blame car maker for every car accident.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sodbuster, no one ever got poofed for flaming me! I'm tough, I can take it, and agree to get along. The billboards are ingenious, but I can't help wondering, "does the name of your deity really belong on the bumper of your car or on a billboard?" I kind of agree with Dances, that it seems a bit profane to me, or maybe disrespectful is what I mean. Being an atheist I am not offended, but I think if I were a believer I would have a less trivial view of the sacred.

    A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand
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  • DancesWithSheepDancesWithSheep Member Posts: 12,938 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Maggie: It is not the sentiment that offends me, it is the method used to convey it and, yes, the signature. I am not a religious person either, but I do respect the bible and I do believe in God. Perhaps it is that I never expected God to be in the direct marketing business, quipping clever for passing motorists.

    Often the mind believes it is thinking, when it is only passing from one metaphor to the next.

    Edited by - DancesWithSheep on 09/24/2002 12:36:53
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  • HAIRYHAIRY Member Posts: 23,606
    edited November -1
    From what I've heard, "God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to perform." Ya gotta admit the billboards are "mysterious."

    It's not what you know that gets you in trouble, it's what you know that just ain't so!
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  • interstatepawnllcinterstatepawnllc Member Posts: 9,390
    edited November -1
    Hairy, don't take yourself so seriously. Your really not that important, in fact who of us really is?

    If your gonna be stupid you better be tough !!
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  • sodbustersodbuster Member Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    He Dog:
    Thanks for the response. I can see where a person might feel that displaying GOD on bumperstickers, road signs or even T-shirts is a form of commercializing GOD's name and his message. I feel that it's not the $2.00 sticker stuck on your back bumper that matters, it's what's in your heart. We believers shouldn't be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and if we want to announce to the world by way of these different items, then I feel that we have every right to. Are there going to be times when we see messages on bumperstickers, signs, T-shirts that offend us? You bet, however I feel that this falls in the freedom of speech catagory.
    My oldest daughter has a closet full of W.W.J.D. and other Christian clothes items.
    My youngest has the same amount of linkin park, ozzy, and emenium clothes. These clothes that my youngest wears, sort of offends me, and the music is even worse, but I feel that she has every right to wear them!
    As far as the flaming goes, anytime that I have let somebody "have it" about something that they have given an opinion about, I feel like a crum. Many months ago, gruntled gave his opinion on a certain subject. Without stopping to think, I gave a rude response to his opinion. I feel that I was wrong in my actions, and to this day I wish I would have kept to myself. Gruntled has every right to his opinion, and whether or not I agree, I should have respected his right to post as he wanted.
    As for road-side signs, in general they are an eyesore no matter whats written on them. However, out here on the treeless plains, the jackrabbits need some sort of shade. If you don't like whats on them, don't read them. If GOD didn't want them there I'm sure he would remove them..




    "Just my opinion."
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  • whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The mormons are putting them up.

    Clouder..
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  • zeus337zeus337 Member Posts: 71 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I like 'em...
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  • airborneairborne Member Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    whiteclouder,

    Do you know, for fact, that the Mormons are responsible for these billboards? If not believe you may be on to something. Either way they do get your attention and make you think for a moment.

    Being an Arizonian have noticed them getting more and more prevalent with time. Personally do not see find offensive, freedom of speech is a right, as is freedom to bear arms.

    B - BreatheR - RelaxA - AimS - SightS - Squeeze
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  • mousemouse Member Posts: 3,624
    edited November -1
    I appreciate the positive messages of them, however
    I don't think God needs are help in anything. It's
    a sad day when you have to put a bill-board up to
    remind people He is there.
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  • mousemouse Member Posts: 3,624
    edited November -1
    I appreciate the positive messages of them, however
    I don't think God needs are help in anything. It's
    a sad day when you have to put a bill-board up to
    remind people He is there.
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  • HAIRYHAIRY Member Posts: 23,606
    edited November -1
    Why would the Morons put them up?

    It's not what you know that gets you in trouble, it's what you know that just ain't so!
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  • lokdok1lokdok1 Member Posts: 383 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey folks, this will pass. It's a better alternative to the people who want us to forget God altogether. This is right in their face, now excuse me while I go cover my eyes and smoke a fine cigar.

    If you don't know your rights, you dont't have any!
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    I never saw them,but I don`t think I
    like the way they are signed "GOD".

    I`ll tell ya what does look pretty cool,
    those big crosses high on the hillsides,
    from N.C. up through the Virginias.
    2 white ones,with a bigger yellow one in between.

    Who else has noticed them?

    .218
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  • Rob GreeneRob Greene Member Posts: 102 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    In the end, couldn't God claim responsibility for the signs? He put words into the mouth of Moses. David. Solomon. Isaiah. Samuel. Paul. John. Why not someone who puts up signs? Or couldn't He just give the guy an idea to work with? Unfortunately, too often people think that God is some great, all knowing, all seeing, untouchable, unreachable, unknowable "thing" when all He really wants to be is "Our Father". I'm a father. I'd try to get a message across to my kids that way. They'll remember it, and I'd have made them smile. I'd like to think that God would do it that way, too!

    **It is your right to posess a firearm. In case of questions, please refer to amendment 2, United States Constitution.**
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  • Go JoeGo Joe Member Posts: 36 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am a christian and I find them great. I don't care if the mormons put them up or not. They haven't signed it to themselves. Some folks feel God is inapproachable. The signs help remind folks about God and are simple to relate to. He sent his son to earth to show he was approachable in a simple way..........FOR ALL PEOPLE. I give the signs 2 thumbs up they are great we have them all over NC.

    Here is the story of the 3 crosses you see all over the highways and why they are there and who started them
    http://www.christiancrosses.org/History.htm

    Sir, we are both blowing smoke, but I at least have the courtesy to be smoking a fine cigar
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  • sfettysfetty Member Posts: 349 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I like them cause they make you for a moment to think about our Creator and take our minds off of our everyday problems and worries. That's their purpose. They are meant to be a little humorous. I believe God has a sense of humor. I do and I was created in His image and likeness, so He must have a funny bone too.
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  • DancesWithSheepDancesWithSheep Member Posts: 12,938 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Suggesting these billboards are proper because you happen to agree with their message or find them humorous misses the point. Try these on for size:

    That "Love Thy Neighbor" thing...includes Muslims and lesbians. -God

    Keep taking my name in vain, I'll take away your guns. -God

    Tolerating anyone pretentious enough to say they are speaking in God's behalf on a road sign just because the words "make us laugh" or "makes us think" says nothing about the practice itself, which is to sell one's church like so many Grand Slam breakfasts.

    Often the mind believes it is thinking, when it is only passing from one metaphor to the next.
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  • interstatepawnllcinterstatepawnllc Member Posts: 9,390
    edited November -1
    GOD bless AMERICA and GOD bless DEMOCRACY.

    If your gonna be stupid you better be tough !!
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  • sodbustersodbuster Member Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Dances with Sheep:
    If ya see Donnie and Marie putting up some of those signs could you get their autograph for me? I got room right next to Tony Orlando and Dawn's place on my mantle.
    Hey, it'd be worth a 10 spot to me to get theirs too!

    "Just my opinion."
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    quote:
    I am a christian and I find them great. I don't care if the mormons put them up or not. They haven't signed it to themselves. Some folks feel God is inapproachable. The signs help remind folks about God and are simple to relate to. He sent his son to earth to show he was approachable in a simple way..........FOR ALL PEOPLE. I give the signs 2 thumbs up they are great we have them all over NC.

    Here is the story of the 3 crosses you see all over the highways and why they are there and who started them
    http://www.christiancrosses.org/History.htm

    Sir, we are both blowing smoke, but I at least have the courtesy to be smoking a fine cigar


    Go Joe,Thanks for the link.

    I have a place just a few miles from the original crosses,near Flatwoods.
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  • HAIRYHAIRY Member Posts: 23,606
    edited November -1
    There's a new one up:

    I love you and you and you and you but not you... -God [;)][}:)][}:)]


    Don't assume malice for what stupidity can explain.
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  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,040 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by HAIRY
    There's a new one up:

    I love you and you and you and you but not you... -God [;)][}:)][}:)]


    Don't assume malice for what stupidity can explain.



    Dang, I could have written that. Don

    "I would not mind being the last man on earth just to see if all those girls were telling me the truth"
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  • anderskandersk Member Posts: 3,627 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I live in a different part of the country and have not seen this batch. So thanks for passing them along. I think they are great![:)] If they get people thinking, that would be good![8D] If it gets them to asking Jesus to come into their hearts and take over as Lord and Saviour, that would be fantastique!![:D][:D][:D]
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