I'LL post the first comment because people say that's a good thing to do to promote your post! Besides, I think this is funny!

It is funny, I hope they were doing it a comedic spirit and not spite. You gotta laugh.

I am totally non-ambivalent about church sign generators: they are an unalloyed good in the world. :-)

We human beings have a way of messing up a good thing.

Sorry for the link to the slow site; it may be broken. But my roundabout contribution was to say that the signs were digitally generated. (With funny text.) Look at the white car to the left of the Martyrs' sign; it hasn't moved.

Dammit, Rob, I'm heartbroken! I thought this was for real! Couldn't they have done it all on the same day? Huh, huh!

It is very funny, and I believe it was intended to be funny.

Hilarious, regardless of whether the text was digitally generated. I have no doubt that dogs go to heaven - and cats too!

love it!!!!!

Grrrrr...I hate being gullible! I need to develop some cynicism and street smarts and know about thinks like church sign generators!

ah well, even if it wasn't actual real time church sign wars, the exchange was truly hilarious no matter who generated it! It could have happened! good ones, thanks!

I'm actually strongly opposed to organized religion.
If they exhibited a sense of humor like this a little more often, there's a tiny chance they could win me back.

You can't go a mile around here without seeing these signs. Some are just stupid. Some clever. Your's are funny.

The church where I lived in Michigan allowed dogs at the service. I don't have anything against dogs, but there's a time and place for everything . . .

This is great. While studying at a university in England for one glorious year, I had a professor, Richard B., for the only theology class I ever took. He'd been to Oxford and he contended that animals will go to heaven because of a verse in the New Testament that said the cosmos will be recreated in a more perfect form in heaven. The cosmos, he told us, was everything--tables, cats, dogs, people. I wrote him again asking him to remind me of this when I lost my cat years later. Here is his reply:

"Dear Delia,

I'm very sorry to hear about the loss of your cat. I remember how devastated I was when my cat (Hieronymus) died.

The key text is Romans 8.19-21 but study the whole passage 8.18-39. It may be that cats don't have 'souls' but this text points to the renewal of the whole of creation. I hope it will be of some comfort to you.

Best wishes

Richard B."

So, that won't settle it for some, but it does for me. I have to give the Catholics credit on this one for their signs. Maybe the Presbyterians think cats aren't predestined to go?

This is hilarious. I'm sending it on to my former pastor. Someone with a wicked good sense of humor. Thanks!

Just read Rob--I thought it was possible it was recreated by looking at the quality of the letters on the Presbyterian sign, but I never would have thought to notice the car on the left side of the pic in the Martyrs sign. Very clever, Rob!

This reminds of a church in Brookline Mass that had a sign:

The 11th commandment: Thou shall not park except in designated spots. Sinners will be towed.

Rated.

I pass a Baptist church on the way to work every day, and they have a brand new neon sign with bright red messages for the passing cars. One recent message: "Free trips to heaven! Details inside." Maybe I watch too many bad horror movies, but it occurred to me to worry a little about going inside and hearing, "Get ready, 'cause the next trip is five minutes from now!"

Funny is ALWAYS redeeming!

"Heaven would not ever heaven be unless my pets were there to welcome me." My apologies because I don't know who wrote it, but it definitely applies.

There's a church on my street (I think it's either the Vieux Carre Baptist Church or the Vieux Carre Assembly of God) that has something called "Puppy Church" on the third Sunday of the month. "Bring your humans!" the sign reads.

I think it's actually an attempt to get the gutterpunk kids (ALL of whom have dogs) into church. I don't know whether it works or not.

Interestingly, the church is a storefront church that takes up one half the building. The other half is taken up by The Double Play, which is the second-sleaziest gay bar in the Quarter.

I do still love this one!

I like to think that there's a lot of laughing in Heaven. Unfortunately, most of it is probably directed at us.

Hilarious!! Thanks for the laugh..

Too dog-damned funny!

I'm glad y'all enjoyed it despite the fact that it was all Forrest Gumped-Up with the digitizing and stuff. The back and forth of it was just perfect. It takes a little disassociation from reality to enjoy a good joke!

I think from now on all bloggers should write posts with no redeeming qualities. You're off to a good start, my friend.

Hilarious!

OMG, that is too funny! I'd seen this before, but the debate ended at the Free Dog Souls message. Thanks for continuing the saga!