Saw someone yesterday walking around town wearing a “I hate God” t-shirt. I find a belief in God to be bizarre enough, and I’m presuming he must first believe in order to hate, but then to advertise your hate for God on a t-shirt, just as bizarre. Not some goth teen either, this chap must have been in his thirties.

seems you had a few pre-conceived notions blown all at once there!

So what does Woppitt actually look like then?

I was tempted to stop and have a chat. Was most curious about this.

iDave – Member
So what does Woppitt actually look like then?

You stole the words right out of my mouth (or my keyboard). 😆

Not the most handsome of men. Had a bad ponytail. Didn’t look like he’d ride a bike but I could say that about a lot of my bike riding mates 🙂

Technically it means nothing! Rather like saying ‘I hate Mr’ ‘I hate Sir’ ‘I hate Lord’ God is a title not a person or being.
So it’s a bit of a w***y teeshirt really, probably just like it’s owner.
‘I hate Gods’ might have been better, or I’m assuming he means ‘I hate Jehovah’
I’m thinking of buying one that reads ‘I hate bell ends’

I’m thinking of buying one that reads ‘I hate bell ends’

If you get one printed I’d buy one!

I think what puzzled me is that I assumed people either believed in God and thought he was great, or didn’t believe. To believe and hate seemed a bit bizarre. I wonder how much thought he’d put into his apparel.

I’m pretty sure most people who believe in a Monotheism would say God is not just a title, but a specific being/person.

I’ll have to Google that bluebird, so hang on.

tantamount to wearing a donald duck tie

I think what puzzled me is that I assumed people either believed in God and thought he was great, or didn’t believe. To believe and hate seemed a bit bizarre. I wonder how much thought he’d put into his apparel

Have you considered that he may not believe in god, but just likes pissing off people who do?

Ah of course. Thing is what they beleive doesn’t change the meaning of ‘a word’ regardless of the proof of existance, there are many Gods.

tantamount to wearing a donald duck tie

Are they a no no then 😳

Possibly it’s just snappier than “I hate the fictional character of God as expressed by religious halfwits”?

I hate Allah would have been harder.

Are you sure it wasn’t http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyehategod ?

Slightly bizarre that this plonker can walk round with that on which must offend quite a lot of people but if he was to change the name from ‘God’ to say, ooh I don’t know, another religion’s main man then he would be vilified. I nearly said all hell would break loose.
5th – beat me to it.

oldgit – Member
Are they a no no then

Good lord 😉 no, they’re just as valid as, say, a **** (french connection UK) shirt

Surely they would take some solace from the fact that he actually believed in God?

Maybe I’ve put more thought into this that the wearer of said t-shirt?

Good lord no, they’re just as valid as, say, a **** (french connection UK) shirt

Phew.

Assuming that the wearer had some level of intelligence and realised the illogical tautology of the message, it does seem likely that the intention was to offend.

Given that the impulse generated would more likely be an urge to convert the wearer to the alleged “love” of the alleged Nazarene, I think this would have been more effective, although requiring considerably larger family jewels to parade around in public…

I’m thinking of buying one that reads ‘I hate bell ends’

Ooh I dunno, I’m quite fond of mine.

Is it unreasonable to hate a fictional character though? I hate Miss Marple.

I hate Noddy, bloody goody two shoes.

I’m thinking of buying one that reads ‘I hate bell ends’

Ooh I dunno, I’m quite fond of mine.

Plural though, do you feel the same about everyone else’s?

maybe he was angry as god had taken away a loved one

if you area christian forgive him

if you are god smite his ass

if it was ‘eye hate god’ they’re a band from new orleans

If you turn that fish through 90° counter clockwise, it kind of looks a little bit like a very simple/stylised lady’s front bottom, and the very top of the inside of her thighs.

Perhaps Mary was, and consequently always lying down, So, it’s not a fish but Mary’s foofee.

Any link to the band Eye Hate God?

“foofee” word of the day 😀

My mate has a t-shirt that says: Your Retarded

(Note the grammar)

Love it.

Maybe he was a dyslexic cat person.

I still cringe about the fact I used to wear a tshirt with “Fu€|<ing hostile” written on it!! Teenagers 🙄

EyeHateGod are pure New Orleans sludge:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj6XHuiQLvw[/video]

Bower Power!

I was at a gig at The Academy in Manchester a few years back and some charmer had a tee shirt with “Jesus is a c…” embalzoned across the back.

I was quite shocked by it.

Derek, that’ll be an old cradle of filth T shirt then 😆

‘I ate God’ would have been slightly more impressive..

That eye hate god track sounds like a cross between that Wolfmother song and some QOTSA, not a bad thing.

It’s ok. non-harming attention seeker. They are everywhere. Don’t worry, there is nothing to fear.

other notable doom-sludge bands

grief
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iron monkey (from nottingham iirc)

i think the guy is still in prison for looting during the floods whilst armed, though this might have seemed a perfectly necessary thing to do given the circumstances.

I’d like ‘I ate Cod’ on the inside of a hat.

I love Eyehategod: Seen them many times.

I have a Eyehategod t-shirt It says “Kill your boss” on the back 8)

With reference to the OP: I think the t-shirt is actually meant to reflect an aggression towards authority, as much as anything. I could probably just as easily have said “I hate laws”, or “I hate the police” etc etc

Even if you don’t believe in god, many see the representation of “god” as a means of suppression and control, and therefore saying you hate god suggests that you are against such institutionalized control.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjvZ2r4gzxs[/video]