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  • suzywang3000, on 04/16/2008, -44/+140Awesome!!
    • burnin8r28, on 04/16/2008, -27/+119i hate when christians complain that this is offensive.
      I'm christian and i lol'd. so would Jesus.
      • SurrealDream, on 04/16/2008, -21/+7Jesus lol'd for my (epic) wins.
        • nospinhere, on 04/17/2008, -3/+1I have no idea what that pic says
      • daRoach, on 04/17/2008, -3/+7Who complained?
      • Tiak, on 04/17/2008, -8/+2The original sounds more like a Muslim slogan to me...
        • Nevarius, on 04/17/2008, -5/+15Replace 'Muslim' with 'Abrahamic religion'. (btw Abrahamic religion is Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Baha'i) Got to love 'absolutism' when its combined with 'religion', esp when all the Abrahamic religions worship the same god. They just disagree on how to do it and go ape ***** once in awhile and kill people. Its easy to focus on the negative aspects of the muslim faith but you must realize that even christianity has many of the same negative aspects due to them both stemming from the same source.
          • bitterbug, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2I guess there's a new moderation setting... dugg down for being insightful?
      • celkin, on 04/17/2008, -3/+4So would Ceiling Cat
      • Cenobia, on 04/17/2008, -6/+17Yeah because defacing a church (no matter what kind) is HILARIOUS...idiot.
        Now some poor guy is gonna spend hours scrubbing/painting graffiti off the church (probably for no money). It would have been funny if it were chalk.
        • artliquide, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3Oh come on. If they had put "lucifer" instead, it wouldn't have been funny, but Godzilla...that's hilarious.
        • inhaler, on 04/17/2008, -3/+2Right. I'm sure all the collection plate money is used only for base operating costs, the rest of it ceremoniously burned so that god can use the greenbacks up in heaven. My friend has a job making 28k a year (great for a college student) for 18hrs/week as an organist for a local church. I guess oaths of poverty are really subjective, eh?
          • card51short, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2how dare they pay they workers!!!
            Evil religious freaks!!!
      • bobbyi, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1So would mothra.
      • ElWizardo, on 04/17/2008, -2/+4History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of men.
        • ElWizardo, on 04/19/2008, -0/+3This would have been funnier if you people knew the words to the song "Godzilla" by Blue Oyster Cult.
    • sanman, on 04/16/2008, -14/+15Happiness is...

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxOvnTtyQSg
      • seabass10, on 04/16/2008, -3/+2wow i now truly understand
      • Klinky, on 04/16/2008, -1/+6Why is he being dugg down!? The Walrus is awesome...
    • b04155, on 04/17/2008, -10/+4Yay Graffiti!!!
      /not really
      //not christian either
    • acephreak, on 04/17/2008, -6/+3I want it to be my wallpaper! Too small :(
    • oxilite, on 04/17/2008, -2/+3Thats crazy, i was thinking that it looked familiar (not the Zilla part) and when i saw the google street map picture i couldnt believe that was in Tucson! I drive by that place all the time. Right by the U of A and all of its hotties.
      • didgital, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2yup. 1st and park. there used to be a house across the street with a sister sign "god is submission to happiness". till the first house made them take it down.
    • cheesygoldfish, on 04/17/2008, -7/+3I think the scientologists have some sand in their vaginas
    • cannabrain, on 04/17/2008, -4/+8he just said "Awesome!" and he gets 67 diggs. Diggers are so inconsistent with their diggs, any other article anyone who comments "AWESOME!" or "LOL" get dugg down. Just pointing out this interesting observation.
      • learn2, on 04/17/2008, -0/+4it has to fit man.
        For instance if the guy wrote "AWESOME!" in all caps... it would have got -70 diggs.
    • goodluck4287, on 04/17/2008, -6/+0I saw the U of Arizona license plate. That's my school. ***** Yeah! My g/f says she's seen that church on the west side of campus. (Yes, I am a digger with a girlfriend, bow down)
    • Cofaloaf, on 04/17/2008, -2/+1Great first comment, I rarely talk to myself but when I saw this I just said "awesome" aloud. Thanks for agreeing.
    • crzdmnsldy, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1and by awesome, I mean not awesome.
      ;P
  • rkbabang, on 04/16/2008, -26/+196History shows again and again how nature points up the folly of men
    • aaaleman, on 04/16/2008, -8/+19Yes. All that radiation we produced!
      Let's mourn the stomping of Tokyo together.
    • masterJDK, on 04/16/2008, -3/+33Godzilla!
    • tattertech, on 04/16/2008, -2/+10And stuck in my head... thanks.
    • mooseofshadows, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1wow, that was the first thing I thought too.
    • chicken101, on 04/17/2008, -1/+5I'm glad to see so many people down with the BOC!
    • mrwizard14, on 04/17/2008, -2/+3Wow that was random. But funny. Love BOC!
    • caffiend, on 04/17/2008, -4/+1Fu Manchu also cover this song.
    • solidcube, on 04/17/2008, -0/+4hahaha! Oh, no, there goes tokyo!
    • EricBoyers, on 04/17/2008, -0/+4He picks up a bus and he throws it back down
      As he wades through the buildings toward the center of town
    • SlayerX91, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3Helpless people on subway trains, scream "My God!" as he looks in on them.
      • Wendigo6x3, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1* scream bug eyed
      • Entroper, on 04/17/2008, -0/+5I wish I could post the awesome riff that follows that line.
        • 265358979323846, on 04/19/2008, -0/+1BAAA BA NA BA NAAA ! bwe neow
    • whereiseljefe, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2Oh no, they say he's got to go!
    • nova912, on 04/17/2008, -0/+31/2 the people here only know that references b/c of guitar hero 1, admit it!
      • Lobstertacular, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1If not more than half. Still, it's a good song, so I don't really care where they know it from.
  • prakashpv, on 04/16/2008, -26/+13Hilarious
    • LeonidasStokely, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2If this was the first comment it would have 100+ diggs. Still, buried.
    • chubbybubba, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Ya it's funny now. Just wait till mothra starts coming around starting crap then your gonna be praying Godzilla makes the rounds. Godzilla, please forgive them, they know not what they say.
  • kmanpwnudwn, on 04/16/2008, -41/+347Thats pretty much a strait shot to hell, but totally worth it.
    • sockpuppets, on 04/16/2008, -5/+149Unless Godzilla is the almighty.
    • crazyhorse13, on 04/16/2008, -12/+62I'm a Christian, but that one got me good.
      • engityra, on 04/16/2008, -2/+10Same. It's still good for a laugh.
      • jesuswuzanalien, on 04/17/2008, -14/+2Buried for being a christian.
        • bitterbug, on 04/17/2008, -0/+16What's next? Mummified for being Egyptian?
    • Sabazou, on 04/16/2008, -2/+49Straight
    • kingcorran, on 04/16/2008, -6/+22Naw... God has a great sense of humor. He's probably all over that one, vandalism aspect aside. ^_^
      • ExitMoose, on 04/17/2008, -8/+28The God who hates fags and murdered his way through the Old Testament? Yeah, that guy is HILARIOUS!
        • Meltz014, on 04/17/2008, -5/+8God does not hate fags
          • dunk71, on 04/17/2008, -8/+21Of course not. How can an imaginary entity hate fags? That's absurd!
          • ttocs186, on 04/17/2008, -0/+9Unicorns hate fags, and they don't even exist!
          • samgab, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1ghey
        • Tiak, on 04/17/2008, -0/+9Wrong diety... You have to realize there are at least a couple hundred thousand different conceptions of a being that answers to that name... You seem to have just confused two of them.
        • thedragon4453, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2umm, platypus? I think god might have a sense of humor. Either that, or he's into weed.
      • Tiak, on 04/17/2008, -13/+3digg this down.
    • nubnub, on 04/16/2008, -7/+1Sure....?
    • cowsgonemadd3, on 04/16/2008, -18/+7What a dumb comment.
      • giveer, on 04/17/2008, -0/+7Your irony just kicked me in the nuts.
    • jaydoj, on 04/17/2008, -4/+1oh cmon you know god has a sense of humor.....http://youtube.com/watch?v=YbwPm-BgkvE
    • Tetraca, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3It is very difficult to shoot a strait.
      • exomni, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1Are you kidding me? The strait of Dover is huge. You couldn't miss!
    • ICSU, on 04/17/2008, -1/+31FSM doesn't mind jokes.
    • skyshock1, on 04/17/2008, -2/+13Smile! There is no hell!
      • badassninja, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1Frown! There is no after life!
        Sorry, had to. I enjoy a fun and meaningful life now and make plans for the after life.
    • Ghiren, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2I was thinking "Submission... baa..." but no... this is much better.
    • kmanpwnudwn, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1*straight
  • Grova, on 04/16/2008, -4/+169There goes tokyo
  • JlmAWP, on 04/16/2008, -10/+146- "This is the happiest day of my life!"

    - "RAWWWWRRRRR!!!!

    - "*****, sorry."
    • klick37, on 04/17/2008, -3/+13What the hell is that supposed to be? Someone discussing their faith with Godzilla?
      • ProfessorFoo, on 04/17/2008, -0/+14Obviously someone being submitting to godzilla...
    • Locke23, on 04/17/2008, -1/+6I don't know what that was.. but it made me laugh
    • pagno, on 04/17/2008, -1/+3"This is the happiest day of my life!
      I think my testicles are dropping!"
  • talonstriker, on 04/16/2008, -70/+95godzilla ftw, god ftl
    • acex23, on 04/16/2008, -16/+51sometimes the idiotic sentiments of diggers astounds me.
      • tattertech, on 04/16/2008, -32/+13You're right. Your unquestioning belief in the Invisible Pink Unicorn is a testament to rationality.
        • wellyuk, on 04/17/2008, -6/+26Invisible Pink Unicorn? Codswallop! My lord god waved His Noodley Appendages and told me there was no such thing!
          • Tiak, on 04/17/2008, -3/+4Then please explain to me the miracle of the existance of "Hawaiian style" pizza genius. CAN YOU?!!!
          • itsgotyou, on 04/17/2008, -1/+3He did, indirectly of course, but He did. And I quote 'I shall set forth a periwinkle leaf and unto it life shall be bestown. It shall sit at my right side to mediate in the affairs of men. From this day forth it shall be known as the Invisible Pink Unicorn' - Chapter 4; Verse 8 book of Rainbow Brite.

            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Brite
      • blitzkrieg047, on 04/16/2008, -27/+15Godzilla is more believable than god
        • Radical5, on 04/16/2008, -11/+13they're pretty much the same.

          godzilla is wicked cool though
        • feliks2, on 04/17/2008, -5/+10Godzilla vs. Magical Sky Wizard?!?!?!
        • Murdats, on 04/17/2008, -4/+4well for one godzilla was a dinosaur, we know they existed.
          all we need to find a zilla that is also god!!!!
          but we are half way there.
          • Tiak, on 04/17/2008, -2/+9Godzilla wasn't a dinosaur, that's the problem... Godzilla was a reptile mutated by radiation until it was a hundred feet tall capable of exhaling streams of radioactive particles, breating underwater, and singlehandedly taking on Mothra, the defender of planet earth. I posit that a being arising in these conditions (mostly the Mothra one) is physically impossible, and as such, cannot be. God on the other hand is an intentionally vague concept that except in specific implimentations which some deny, cannot be disproven.

            God wins the likelihood war :/
    • Vimmy, on 04/16/2008, -15/+11they are both ftw.
      • unorginalityftw, on 04/17/2008, -3/+9But does God have atomic breath? Hmm?
      • bosssmiley, on 04/17/2008, -2/+1They are one and the same.
  • evancalkins, on 04/16/2008, -5/+19LVSPN?
  • DrummerAndrew, on 04/16/2008, -61/+130Religion is the opiate of the masses.
    • sockpuppets, on 04/16/2008, -5/+199Masses are the opiate of gravity.
    • neutrascrub, on 04/16/2008, -6/+66Opiates are the opiate of the masses
      • alienunknown, on 04/16/2008, -3/+12And they are less dangerous then religion too.
      • tomjm5000, on 04/17/2008, -0/+7and so much more fun
    • boydrew, on 04/16/2008, -4/+117Clichés are the opiate of the unoriginal
      • oldhick, on 04/16/2008, -10/+6Believe it or not, I bet he thought he was clever reciting that one...
      • DrummerAndrew, on 04/16/2008, -19/+3Not understanding what opiate means is the downfall of your comment.
      • Hraes, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1Eh, it's still true.
    • kingcorran, on 04/16/2008, -4/+12Masses are the religion of opiates.
    • ShempRider, on 04/16/2008, -3/+71Godzilla could light up a massive bowl of opium.
    • Ob1masterjd26, on 04/16/2008, -6/+11God could light up a massive bowl of ONLYHEKNOWS
      • badassninja, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3OH MY SELF! That's some good stuff.
    • C0MF0RTABLYnumb, on 04/16/2008, -9/+34Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.
      • thepompano, on 04/17/2008, -1/+11Dugg for *correct* Marx quotation. Bravo!
      • NetPyro, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2Seconded.
      • bdschwartz, on 04/17/2008, -2/+1Thirds! We needs more people like marx. Then we need them to unite!!!!!!!!!!
    • cakerun, on 04/16/2008, -1/+4Opiates are tasty.
    • sny1120, on 04/17/2008, -16/+4happiness is submission to godzilla
      happiness = submission to godzilla
      happiness-zilla = submission to god
      happiness-plant = islam
      exhilaration-plant = islam
      hashish = islam
      • dustinwag, on 04/17/2008, -1/+2Happiness is submission to godzilla
        happiness = submission to godzilla
        happiness - zilla = submission to god
        hapzilla = submission to god - penis
        - submission to hapzilla = godpenis

        and that's mathlish.
      • Namaha, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2happiness - zilla = submission to god
        hap - zilla = submission to god + piness
        By the commutative property of adding the letters to make "piness" we can make
        hap - zilla = submission to gods penis

        that's how it's supposed to go.
    • jaydoj, on 04/17/2008, -1/+4which also happens to be a kick ass band.
    • kylere, on 04/17/2008, -3/+2Nice of you to misquote Karl Marx, but the actual quote is "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people"
      • area51x, on 04/17/2008, -4/+5Funny how he conveniently didn't define what he meant by "religion" since Marxism is just as ideological as any other religion.
        • vtnerd, on 04/17/2008, -2/+5Marxism doesn't have a creation story or an ancient book of fairy tales. I think that no definition of religion is necessary.
      • Cougaboy, on 04/17/2008, -1/+7truncated quote != misquote
    • sofaKing812, on 04/17/2008, -4/+12Religion is the vitamin of the weak.
    • cheeseysynapse, on 04/17/2008, -4/+7Marx is the opiate of the disenchanted
      • bosssmiley, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2"Marxism is the opiate of the intellectuals." - Geirge Orwell
    • xtinamo, on 04/17/2008, -1/+8*****, I'm on opium right now and it's FANTASTIC!
    • DeFex, on 04/17/2008, -2/+7Religion is the death of mankind.
      • itsgotyou, on 04/17/2008, -2/+2Death is the mankind of religion.
      • Punjaber, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1Then I guess mankind has been dead for about 4,000 years..... if not longer.
    • celkin, on 04/17/2008, -3/+2SCIENCE DAMMIT!!
    • Fallout911, on 04/17/2008, -1/+3Opium can be purchased on ebay
    • Mard, on 04/17/2008, -1/+2In that case it's time to up the dosage. Just enough so they stay out of the voting booth.
    • 4d669, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Poppy seed cake
    • OneLess, on 04/17/2008, -0/+7Poppy seeds are the opiate of bagelry.
      • Cyberen, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3I logged in to digg this.
        Or is it the bagel?
    • dtfinch, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2Opiates are more fun.
    • matador3, on 04/17/2008, -1/+6Marxism is the opiate of dumbasses.
    • pagno, on 04/17/2008, -0/+4TOOL fan, are we?
  • wrongonce, on 04/16/2008, -26/+7Godzilla: "Do you submit?"
    Me: "Yup"... :^)
  • Dumbledorito, on 04/16/2008, -16/+363I tried submitting to god, but he wouldn't publish ANY of my fanfic.
    • Needles13, on 04/16/2008, -12/+5A play on words!
    • IEatBabies223, on 04/16/2008, -7/+3he's so PUNny!
    • xkorbin, on 04/17/2008, -1/+7I submitted some stuff I found on 4chan and look where I ended up.
    • RussellDovey, on 04/17/2008, -1/+4Yeah, when will people see the genius inherent in your Jesus/Paul slash fiction?
    • thailand1972, on 04/17/2008, -1/+20I tried submitting to God, but his CAPTCHA is just too difficult to decipher.
    • Zihuatanejo, on 04/17/2008, -1/+8That's funny, he published the Book of Mormon.
    • Sandhog, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1A word on plays.
    • Spudster, on 04/17/2008, -1/+4If I have to find Jesus, does that mean he is hiding?
  • hades8408, on 04/16/2008, -11/+54I have to digg this just cuz the pic was taken from the front yard of the house I live in at U of A. I got to look at that wall every time i walked out the door. You just have to love Tucson!!!
    • Genshinx, on 04/16/2008, -5/+10Hahah I thought this looked familiar, I pass this stupid thing at least once a week.
    • budser, on 04/16/2008, -5/+10Every time I pass that on my way to school I think, "damn I wish someone would tag that thing." Digg, you have made my day.
    • SQUIDwarrior, on 04/16/2008, -5/+6LOL I forgot about that damn place! Made me laugh every time I passed it on my way to class. Thanks for the memories. :-)
    • fishbert, on 04/16/2008, -1/+9Your front yard is the sidewalk on Euclid? I hope your bedroom isn't the center turn lane...
    • slightlygifted, on 04/17/2008, -2/+9theres always like 5 or 6 people on digg who somehow live/pass near these places every day. im started to doubt it.
      • moedawg, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3Do you know how many people have gone to U of A? Here's one more, champ... and back in my day, it was no zilla.
      • Parisian, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2That's my car in the pic!!
      • Wacer, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2I took that pic. /sarcasm
        There are so many liars on here.
    • cheesey, on 04/17/2008, -0/+4haha i thought this looked really familiar then i saw the wildcat license plate and knew exactly where it was. oh tucson...
    • bandomac, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1I have spent a couple of nights in those attached apartments as well.
    • rmiller07, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3I am about 2 blocks away from the site of this photo at this very moment.
      Go Cats!
    • metaliq, on 04/17/2008, -0/+7I sleep in the bathroom there!
    • eedge, on 04/17/2008, -0/+4Oh wow, amazing to see this on Digg.
      I live in the crawl space INSIDE that wall!

      Small world guys, small world.
    • mojoface, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1I delivered a pizza there once.
    • thirtyoneflavs, on 05/04/2008, -0/+2Good ol T-town! Dunno whats funnier, the fact that someone re-tagged that up there (I went to Tucson high and knew the guy that did it the last time, but in black not red) or that the license plate on that car says loves poon parked in front of a church?

      and people ask me why i love this place
  • EASwanson, on 04/16/2008, -3/+55type "528 N Euclid Ave Tucson" into street view and there you have it!
  • ggnictee, on 04/16/2008, -33/+14shrug, every time they do one of those "how happy are you" surveys the people who are happiest are those who have jobs where they give more then they get. Nuns, Pastors, Social workers, teachers; etc. Even if you're not a 'believer" it should certainly at least raise your eyebrow that someone living in a third world country who has no possessions and has dedicated their life to giving everything they ahve to other people is happier then every CEO in America.
    That is what was originally meant by "submit to God's will" by the way. It didnt' mean vote republican or go to hell. it meant Love your got and Love One Another. Period.
    If you do this, if you are kind to everyone you meet. If you are patient. If you love eachother. I promise you (money back garentee) you will be happier then everyone else. That is the Commandment Christ gave. That is God's will: that you love one another.
    give it a go. I'm not saying go to church or you'll go to hell. I'm not saying turn or burn. and i'm certainly not saying you should vote for one persons over another. All i'm saying is if taking care of yourself has never (in the whole history of the world) made anyone happy and and an octogenarian in Pakistan who's been digging wells and bandaging wounds for 60 years can't stop giggling she's so happy: maybe that's something to look into.
    shrug, it's got to be worth a shot.
    • sockpuppets, on 04/16/2008, -5/+28I'm not reading that.
    • Lutremi, on 04/16/2008, -3/+7*money back guarantee

      Sorry, my inner grammar nazi couldn't help it. Also, I understand what you mean. I just think you're generalizing a little; you can be happy if you believe in God, or in a god, but it can be the same even if you don't - the keyword here being can.
    • HiKevinRose, on 04/16/2008, -4/+1Then is for telling time relationships. Than is for comparing. I'm not saying type correctly or burn, but give it a go. Look into it.
    • darwinwins, on 04/16/2008, -5/+14I would rather be pissed and enlightened than than to be happy and live in ignorance.
      • Syric, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1The truth will set you free, brother. Amen to that.
    • SkinnerBox, on 04/16/2008, -5/+7Welcome to humanism, now lets work on all those silly superstitions.
    • guyinjapan, on 04/16/2008, -6/+3Ah, ignorance is bliss. Of course you're going to be happier when you're living in a fantasy world where a big benevolent bearded man in the sky loves you and promises you eternal happiness for worshiping him. I, however, choose reason and intelligence. I'd rather be right than happy.
      • guyinjapan, on 04/16/2008, -4/+2And I was editing in another comment but Digg screwed up. Anyway, that was just in response to your first sentence. I do, in fact, agree with the golden rule and being kind to others, like you say. I just don't buy into all the religious *****. Being religious and being a good person are two completely different things, although you religious people love to suggest that nonreligious people are inherently evil because of their lack of faith. The reality is, there are a lot of good atheists and agnostics out there, and a lot of bad religious people. So it irritates me when people use religion to define what "being a good person" is.
        • icenineiv, on 04/17/2008, -1/+2I don't think he was saying that. I know many atheists and agnostics that are amazingly good people, I also know many believers who are jerks and do not work to live like Christ. But those who do good works for others, regardless of creed, are always happier than those that are selfish and do not give themselves to others. But, that being said, anyone who is honestly attempting to live a Christ-like existence it is guaranteed that they strive to help others as it's impossible to be like Christ without giving yourself up.

          Call believers what you will, maybe you're right about some of us that live in their little Christian bubble fantasy lands, but to judge all of us as you have you are no better than those "religious" people who say you are not moral because of your beliefs.
    • TuxedoMax, on 04/16/2008, -3/+5couldn't disagree with you more, but dugg for the sentiment
    • LokitheComplex, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2Thank you for that reasoned response. I get what you mean. I'm sure most diggers are good natured but they are sick and tired of being lectured in morality by religions they don't believe in by religious leaders that don't like or trust. As for doing good in the developed world that can mean try to earn more to give up more or giving up time to work in a job thats as dull and depressing as their paying job. I suspect the well digger you refer to is getting that "moral hit" from the direct social interaction that is under pressure in the industrialised world.
    • Daz3, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2If you surveyed a group of religious people, and then a group of drunk/high people the latter group would be happier - so what is your point? That we should all be drunk/high?
    • michael43, on 04/17/2008, -2/+5It's amazing how consistent unbelievers are in being so ***** sure that they are "enlightened" and anybody who believes in God is automatically ignorant. A mark of true intelligence is the ability to entertain all possibilities and being meek enough to realize that you could be wrong. I've never heard of an atheist whose ego was not inflated by believing he or she knew something everyone else did not. If any of them truly studied the teachings of Jesus, they would find a philosophy of life that would be hard to argue. Can anyone, or at least anyone sane, argue that the world wouldn't be a better place if we all loved and treated one another as brothers and sisters? Could Christ have been wrong in teaching peace and love. Jesus never said to hate a sinner, he loved the sinners, but hated the sin. Every time I see a comment like yours dugg down it scares me to see how moral values have declined. There are thousands of Christians out there setting bad examples because they are not perfect, but the teachings of Jesus are perfect. When I see comments like "I'd rather be enlightened than happy" as "darwinwins" stated above it makes me sad. If he were truly enlightened, he would experience a happiness beyond his wildest dreams, but that requires you to admit you are not the center of the universe, your life has a purpose, and the forces of good and evil are real. I consider my faith in the Lord to be strong and believe it with all my heart and all my soul and all my mind. However, before I came to Christ, I considered the teachings of man and looked at all the possibilities I could. That's all I would ask of an unbeliever, read the teachings of Christ yourself with an open mind, and don't judge Christianity completely by it's followers. We are all sinners and fall short, so don't expect us to be perfect, but understand a true Christian is striving to live a better life, so how in the world could that be a bad thing?
      • ecidnac, on 04/17/2008, -2/+4Teachings of Christ as explained in the bible, sure, mostly pretty good. But I'll take the worthwhile bits of the message and throw out the fictional framework, thanks. Including this "God" person.
      • Arcan, on 04/17/2008, -2/+4To paraphrase Gandhi: "I like your Christ." Your Christians, not so much.
      • icenineiv, on 04/17/2008, -2/+3Couldn't have said it better, brother.
      • Syric, on 04/17/2008, -2/+4Why should I go out and seek something that I do not want? The idea of an afterlife, the meaninglessness of earthly life, and an objective "right" or "good", disturbs me. Organized religion, as a concept, goes against my very moral fiber.
        • icenineiv, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2I don't think that "the meaninglessness of earthly life" is even close to as universal as you think it is. For myself, I feel that my life here is extremely important, and not just to earn my ticket on the heaven express. In daily life I don't even think of heaven, it barely ever even crosses my mind. I think about how living a Christ-like life makes me happier today, gives me love and hope today, makes my friendships and sacrifices more joyful today. Today, I live for my life, for my earthly life, I just find the most joy in living it through Christ.
      • TheCatsPants, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1I think any Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Jew, Humanist or Athiest would agree that a person will best achieve happiness through acts of selflessness and though reaching out to other people in love. These are not purely Christian beliefs. But the whole "earthly life has no meaning", or "without belief in people become evil", or "you will burn in hell forever if you don't believe in ", or "acts are not good unless ordained by " thing is just scarey. I know not all people think this way, but those that do are just plain terrifying. In fact, I think it might even be a dangerous mindset.
    • ursername180, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2Get it? It says 'zilla' on the end.
  • gnslngr1919, on 04/16/2008, -3/+108I was told that happiness was a warm gun.
    • uncouthyouth, on 04/16/2008, -2/+23Then, by the Transitive Property, God is a warm gun.
      • dissident10, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Actually, submission to god is a warm gun... Let the crusades... begin! Again...
    • Ob1masterjd26, on 04/16/2008, -6/+3So was Mark David Chapman.... ;(
    • dougdiggerton, on 04/16/2008, -1/+9bang bang shoot shoot
    • dafunkmonster, on 04/17/2008, -3/+2...that's why I cling to my gun...because it is warm.

      ...oddly enough, its also why I cling to God, and also antipathy...
    • Avngr75, on 04/17/2008, -0/+7She's not a girl, who misses much
      doo doo doo doo doo doo, yeah yeah.
    • DarkAlchemist, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Bam, bam, shoot, shoot.
    • thailand1972, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1My lyrics inferior jumped the shark, my lyrics inferior jumped the shark
    • whoreable, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3replace gun with vagina and you got it.
    • gapingass, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1so..... A warm gun is a submission to God
  • budser, on 04/16/2008, -5/+22google streets: http://tinyurl.com/5ejvah
    (no this is not a rick roll video: http://preview.tinyurl.com/5ejvah )
    • Bukowsky, on 04/16/2008, -2/+6It's too bad that the Google Van didn't drive past it AFTER the graffiti artist struck.
    • hermslice, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1dont you have to submit videos or something??
    • wavesmachine, on 04/16/2008, -3/+38This is a rick roll video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
      • verynegative, on 04/17/2008, -4/+1I was thinking if i should click it, just for a check.
      • Mpwns, on 04/17/2008, -1/+2i loved this song as a kid in the 80's and now i can play it with out shame. its not that bad of a song.
      • MonkCanatella, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2Dammit! Rickrolled! Who'd have thought?
      • Pyroteknik, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2Dugg for honesty and sweet song.
    • AdamJaz, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Nice, you can see THS's bitchin observatory.

      How many high schools have friggin observatories?
    • smeenz, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Is there something wrong with my video drivers, or are there really bright cyan patches all over those images in street view?
      • krieg25, on 04/17/2008, -0/+0That just happens when Google stitches the photos together.
        lol its not your drivers
    • dtfinch, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1How did you find the address?
  • Bukowsky, on 04/16/2008, -5/+8That's totally not what I was expecting to see!! I freakin' love it!
  • ciano, on 04/16/2008, -8/+2Happiness is being with The Spinners.
  • jadenton, on 04/16/2008, -1/+3Is this a mosque? There is a banner like this on private property along highway 87 in San Jose, CA. I assumed it was just a devote Muslim showing his/her faith. Now I'm wondering if this is from some other group or sect.
    • SkinnerBox, on 04/16/2008, -0/+6Yeah, I wondered if this was a Muslim mosque, just becaue the concept of "submission" is much stronger in that faith. (Islam actually means "submission")
    • IyeCee, on 04/17/2008, -0/+4It once was, but the units are rented out.

      The house once served as the church of the United Submitters International, a religious group founded by University of Arizona professor Rashad Khalifa in the 60's. Khalifa discovered a mathematical pattern in the Qur'an related to the number 19, rejecting two verses from the texts that did not follow this pattern.
      Khalifa formed the church based on this principle, but was assassinated in 1990, allegedly by a member of Jamaat ul-Fuqra, a terrorist organization made up mostly of African-American Muslims.
      Khalifa's wife is still the landlord of the property. The graffiti "Zilla" has been added to the sign several times, but it appears as though she has maintained the original message of the church.
      More info:
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Submitters_Int ...
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashad_Khalifa
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaat_ul-Fuqra
      • dtfinch, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1I don't know why someone dugg you down.
  • wsuBobby, on 04/16/2008, -5/+19Took me a while to realize what the hell it says
  • Elliottx, on 04/16/2008, -15/+2I do not like religion...
    "You'll be happy if you're in our religion"
    • PopcornDave, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3The English comedian Dave Allen said it best at the end of every show, "Goodnight and may your God go with you."
  • Hefelumpman, on 04/16/2008, -14/+2Happiness is submission to Digg!
  • pappyblueribs, on 04/16/2008, -2/+22
    Tucson, Arizona -- we're a God(zilla) fearin' people!
    • AdamJaz, on 04/16/2008, -1/+5Nice to see so many Tucsonans on Digg!
    • IncogMosqui, on 04/16/2008, -1/+4Yup. I pass this on the way home every night.
      / Wildcat alum
    • billygoatzz, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3I'm always amazed at how many people I meet from Tucson on the web.

      I show this pic to my dad and he told me about how the owner of this place thought he was god or something and was murdered
      • ShadowMerchant, on 04/17/2008, -0/+0I wonder if that's the guy that used to own "Someplace Else", a bar like no other. I think he even legally changed his name to God. I remember seeing his customized BMW with the fireball paint job and the GOD vanity license plate.
    • Fundillo, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2go 520!
    • bone625, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Ex-Tucsonan here :) Nice to see things from home, even if its this I suppose? Haha. That Star Pass video from a couple of weeks ago was funny too.
  • Chalks777, on 04/16/2008, -15/+100As a Christian, I thought this was offensive...
    Then I realized I was still laughing. Dugg.
    • kingcorran, on 04/16/2008, -7/+16We tend to get too easily offended; it's our first instinct. "How has this threatened or endangered me? I better get mad!" This one is totally non-threatening, and well worth enjoying... although I could find myself wishing the artist would volunteer their services for cleanup.

      And Christians aren't the worst at getting offended over nothing, not by a long shot. No excuse for us, but still a point.
      • uncouthyouth, on 04/16/2008, -3/+8Browsing Digg does tend to put us on the defensive though, and not without just cause.
        • groupthinker, on 04/17/2008, -4/+2Yeah, its a shame. Digg is a laptop used as a bludgeoning weapon by cavemen. A waste.
        • Charklii, on 04/17/2008, -0/+9On the contrary, I find browsing Digg challenges my faith and keeps me thinking. At least, it did back in the days where intellectual arguments against God were actually being submitted.

          Nowadays browsing Digg reminds me what's the point of being offended? I don't have to agree or aprove or digg anything up - but nothing's going to come out of taking everything personally.
        • Teburninator, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1So far you've made the best post I've ever seen on Digg.
    • oldhick, on 04/16/2008, -21/+6You'll be dugg down for admitting you're a Christian on Digg. I dugg you up.
    • senatorpjt, on 04/16/2008, -14/+14As an atheist, I thought it was funny. Just one of the benefits.
    • RandomTaskMan, on 04/17/2008, -14/+7Gather fellow Atheists.

      Another beliver has come forth!

      Don your robes and hoods and we'll nail him to a tree!
      • ChuyMatt, on 04/17/2008, -0/+5ummm... the last guys that did that believed in god(s) too.
    • mashw, on 04/17/2008, -7/+3How progressive.
    • zspade, on 04/17/2008, -3/+10I love how everyone expected you to get dugg down. As an atheist and digger, I only bury those who say ignorant things, on either side.
  • tomgsmyth, on 04/16/2008, -7/+2sorry, i was getting my prozac filled what were we talking about?
  • ygarrard, on 04/16/2008, -7/+1Right by the University of Arizona. How ironic.
    • SQUIDwarrior, on 04/16/2008, -1/+18Why is that ironic? I do not think that word means what you think it means.
  • darwinwins, on 04/16/2008, -4/+177I hope the little vandals are happy with themselves. What are they going to tell their Mothra?
    • Goblin, on 04/16/2008, -2/+10Epic win
    • nullifidian0, on 04/16/2008, -0/+7Nicely done!
    • tekn04, on 04/16/2008, -7/+2It's funny how often the most dugg up comments are puns.
      I mean they're good, but it's like christmas cracker humour...
      • exomni, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1Christmas with my cracker family is the best.
        • looselips, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1..a serious masochist, huh?
          Torture and a meal, is still torture in my opinion.
    • FranksValli, on 04/17/2008, -1/+8I had to look that up on Wikipedia before I got the joke, and by then it was too late to laugh.. :(
      • shadeOfGrey, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Don't give up. It's never too late.
  • fishbert, on 04/16/2008, -4/+22This building is on a corner right across the street from the University of Arizona and Tucson High School. I lived maybe 3 blocks from that damn thing while I was in grad school and had to pass by it every day.

    Annoyed the hell out of me... until I started picturing God holding a flail, with a leather-clad gimp on a dog leash.
  • aclockwork3, on 04/16/2008, -30/+3D I C K Z I L L A
    • cyberwiz01, on 04/16/2008, -2/+13F A I L
    • goldenratiophi, on 04/17/2008, -2/+1hahaha that's clever! you took the word "dick" and combined it with "Godzilla!" Hilarious!

      also fail
  • YodaJones, on 04/16/2008, -3/+32Think about the size cross you'd need for Godzilla.
    • Namakemono, on 04/17/2008, -2/+1It would actually be Godzilla's smaller son, Minilla.
      • BevansDesign, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Can you fit him in a yellowish envelope?
        • ChuyMatt, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1maybe throw him out accidentally with the newspapers?
    • garnetrook, on 04/17/2008, -2/+0No,
  • mark076h, on 04/16/2008, -5/+4digg users will never be happy, there will always be something for us to be up in arms about
  • AdamJaz, on 04/16/2008, -5/+11OMG! This is across the street from my school.

    There used to be a sign adjacent to this that said

    GOD IS SUBMISSION TO HAPPINESS

    HAHAHA
  • mburk, on 04/16/2008, -1/+6OMG I used to drive by this house all the time when I was in school. That thing is a graffiti magnet!
    • AdamJaz, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Did you go to UA?

      Or THS?
    • cheesygoldfish, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1this is in los angeles
      • andrew1338, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1o rly?
        Last I checked it was about 3 blocks from my apartment, which happens to be in Tucson.
  • codyman, on 04/16/2008, -14/+8i'm most happy when drop kicking puppies but whatever
    • feliks2, on 04/17/2008, -1/+4Off of cliffs? Or just down the sidewalk?
    • hansk, on 04/17/2008, -1/+3get a messed up life and an ugly wife in the aaaarrrrmmyyyyy
  • n8o8, on 04/16/2008, -28/+6Shame on Digg readers who think that vandalizing places of worship is a good thing; not that you would care about shame or desire to avoid it. How would you respond if Christians vandalized FSMonster signs? Grow up and learn respect.
    • LemmingJesus, on 04/16/2008, -3/+9I'm not sure if I should dig you up or down, because I can't tell if that is sarcasm.
    • DraconPern, on 04/16/2008, -2/+6I know I won't care if you vandalized FSMonster signs. What's FSMonster anyways?
    • etherreal, on 04/16/2008, -4/+15Vandalizing a church is no worse than vandalizing anything else. Except in this case its ***** hilarious.
    • mateoberry, on 04/16/2008, -3/+3*yawn*
    • ecidnac, on 04/17/2008, -2/+2Wait, *if*? Christians vandalize atheists property all the time. Sticking a Darwin fish on your car is a good way to get it keyed. If most people knew what FSM was, I'm sure it's be just as risky.
  • DiggasWAttitude, on 04/16/2008, -13/+4All your base are belong to God.
    • nullifidian0, on 04/16/2008, -1/+8...zilla. There, fixed that for you.
    • RandomTaskMan, on 04/17/2008, -0/+3not my base!
    • DavidGX, on 04/17/2008, -4/+2***** religion.
      • looselips, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1I thought we were all trying NOT to do the christian thing.. what you suggest is mostly ***** and should remain out of the public or finally be brought forward in a list to legally punish the guilty. Include anyone who hides the guilty behind a vatican cover.
        (implied- I wouldn't screw that with your dick.- /serious-sarcasm)
  • synaesthesia, on 04/16/2008, -1/+8I thought this had something to do with the fact that the sign says happiness comes from submission to God, yet theres an expensive sports car parked in front of it (at least, it looks expensive to my unknowledgeable eye).
    • bwtaha, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2a mazda 6 with aftermarket rims, i suppose it's expensive, idk about sports car though
    • Goblin, on 04/16/2008, -0/+6It's a Mazda 6, about as bog standard a 4 door family hatchback as you could find. It is neither expensive, nor a sports car.
    • RandomTaskMan, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1It was gods will that allows him to drive that car.

      Millioniares for Jesus!
    • groupthinker, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1If you want to play that card, then may I ask that Al Gore stop flying around on jets when he preaches conservation.
  • Ob1masterjd26, on 04/16/2008, -0/+16Happiness is submission to godzilla is one thing, submission to ***** is in cloverfield is quite another.
  • NOFXY, on 04/16/2008, -0/+8awesome "loves poon" plates on the car.
  • papastout, on 04/16/2008, -1/+5...and don't forget - Mothra's day is comin - second sunday in may. Be sure to tell Mothra all that you think of it.
  • Falor42, on 04/16/2008, -15/+4So the Smashing Pumpkins were right: "Happiness in Slavery." After all, god does demand obedience and perfect adherence to impossible laws with a VERY strict punishment program; sounds a bit like slavery to me. I'm happier as an unhappy Atheist;)
    • Falor42, on 04/16/2008, -5/+1Er.....I meant Nine Inch Nails... caught the mis-type .5 seconds after hitting submit...too bad there is no comment edit...
      • zspade, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2but there is a comment edit, for 120 seconds after submitting a comment...

        (Edit: I edited this comment after submission)
    • etherreal, on 04/16/2008, -1/+3"Happiness in Slavery" was Nine Inch Nails, not Smashing Pumpkins. But, ya, Happiness in Freedom for me too.
    • PopcornDave, on 04/17/2008, -0/+2Better a prince in hell than a drudge in heaven.
      • double_doose, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1I'll bet my life you're wrong.
        • etherreal, on 04/19/2008, -0/+1I'll bet my life that neither exist.
  • yipeyipe, on 04/16/2008, -0/+7Happiness is submission to Zod! KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!
  • 4321234, on 04/16/2008, -5/+1In the movie Godzilla kicked God's ass, but the book had it the other way round.
  • Ford_Prefect2nd, on 04/16/2008, -12/+6Funny, but defacing a church is kinda really wrong. I am not christian, but I still would not do that.
    • platypusREX, on 04/16/2008, -6/+1Exactly, but not funny. It is just uncool.
    • mateoberry, on 04/16/2008, -2/+6How do you know this is a church?
      • Ford_Prefect2nd, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1It looks like a church....
        • mateoberry, on 04/18/2008, -1/+1How does it "look" like a church? What is the indicator? A Steeple? Cross? The car parked in front with the "I love poon" license plate? ...Seriously, my neighbors have a giant cross stuck in their front yard for every heathen to see... does that make it a church???
      • mleick, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1It's not a church, I live 3 houses down from it. Its literally within view from the University of Arizona Campus. The largest dorm on campus can see it out their window. Thats why they're pricks
    • feliks2, on 04/17/2008, -3/+8A church is no different from any other building, so there's no reaon to emphasize it like that.
      • Ford_Prefect2nd, on 04/17/2008, -3/+2Some people belive in them, you should respect other people, thus you should respect thier beliefs. It how to be a good person.
    • visionaryIX, on 04/17/2008, -2/+4I don't know why you're being buried. You're absolutely right.

      They could have had the same effect with a piece of cardboard, duct tape, and a marker.
      • Samsauce, on 04/17/2008, -1/+2He's being buried cause Digg is full of pricks. Digg up crap like pictures of kittens and turtles but down with standing up for the defacement of someones property? You suck.
    • cheesygoldfish, on 04/17/2008, -2/+1dont digg this good samaritans comment down

      evil bastards
  • pizzas, on 04/16/2008, -2/+18bored-- this is what i thought of: http://i26.tinypic.com/j7pzeu.jpg
  • badogg, on 04/16/2008, -7/+1They should have changed the G to a Z. Submission to Zod.
  • mleick, on 04/16/2008, -3/+6I live a few houses down from these nutjobs. Today they came by our house with "awake" a publication about jehova's witnesses and in it they highlighted reasons to avoid blood transfusions and how a doctor in mexico city is pioneering bloodless operations.

    These people literally believe the end of the world is at hand, its in print, and we trust our government to them WTF?!
    • PopcornDave, on 04/17/2008, -1/+2Return the favor. Go bother them and tell them about your religion or lack thereof. I'm sure they'll listen as patiently as they expect you to. And while you're at it, suggest that Jehova should go in to witness protection.
    • visionaryIX, on 04/17/2008, -0/+5Jehovah's Witnesses != Christian
    • billygoatzz, on 04/17/2008, -0/+0That isn't a kingdom hall.

      Also anything that you say to them that you think is orginal,
      they have heard about a hundred times before you.
  • omegaredIX, on 04/16/2008, -2/+3That is silly people in Tuscon, Arizona. That town is a little....different. You are certain to meet quite a few interesting creatures there.
    • ihavefish, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1It's a college town... pretty much like every other college town in America.
      • azjunglist, on 04/17/2008, -1/+0Different, try being born there and growing up there half your life! So glad I found civilization.
  • Cajole55, on 04/16/2008, -6/+0HAHA Tucson, AZ. The ***** town in America but possible the hottest girls on the campus of the university of Arizona. ***** town but hottest girls, i'm not sure how it works.
  • grabadores, on 04/16/2008, -0/+5happiness is a warm-blooded reptile monster.
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