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Leave God a Message

Posted by samzenpus on from the XTC-already-did dept.

If you've ever wanted to pick up the phone, and leave a message for god, dutch artist Johan van der Dong has just the number for you. Johan has set up a local telephone number in the Netherlands, where he urges people to leave messages for God on his answering machine. "Like praying, leaving a voicemail message is a way to organize your thoughts," he said. "It's a perfect combination for some contemplation." If you dial 06-4424-4901 (or +316-4424-4901 if calling from outside the Netherlands) starting March 7 you will hear, "Hi, you are speaking to God. I'm not in right now so leave a message after the beep." It's strange that the almighty doesn't have a vanity number or at least one that is easier to remember.

5 comments

  1. No more prayers unanswered by revjtanton · · Score: 1

    This is why God didn't have an answering machine before. Now you can be like, "but I left you a message! I know you got it, and yet I STILL have the herpes!" It will make for awkward times later.

  2. Marvelous by mcsporran · · Score: 1

    I'll configure my electric monk to call twice a day, and be sure all my prayer needs are fully automated.

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  3. It's been done. by snl2587 · · Score: 1

    You mean like the one people have set up in the past (like the one Pain of Salvation set up for their album BE)?

    1. Re:It's been done. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      leavegodamessage.com

  4. Not even new by impaledsunset · · Score: 1

    This has already been done.

    From Wikipedia's article on Pain of Salvation - BE:
    'Another song consists entirely of voice messages to be left on "God's answering machine". To approach this song, the band asks the subscribers of their newsletter to call a certain phone number and say what ever they would want to say to God.'

    You can even listen to the result on YouTube: Vocari Dei