God Squad

Guy: Do you have Jesus in your heart?
Woman: Do I have cheese?

–Smith/9th Street station

Boy, 6: It was magic.
Mom: No, it wasn’t magic; it was a miracle. There is a difference.

–Broadway & Dey

Crazy lady: I hate my fucking mother and I want to kill her. I want to watch her bleed. She is a fat lazy bitch. She was nothing but a container!
Guy: God will not forgive you if you kill your mother. Can you also keep it down please?

–PATH train

Overheard by: JMK

Girlfriend: So let me get this straight, you think that God used the tiger to punish Roy?
Boyfriend: I think it’s possible.
Girlfriend: I can’t believe I’m dating you. What’s wrong with you, you have gay friends.
Boyfriend: Whoa, do you think I’m some sort of right-wing nut? I have no problem with gays. God punished him for dabbling in the black arts.
Girlfriend: Oh…huh?

–LaGuardia

Overheard by: Peter Lucas

Preacher: What does God think of your sex life? Are you a winner or are you a chicken dinner?

–42nd Street station

Overheard by: Brian Lang

Teen boy: I must be the Antichrist! Every time I pass by a church it blows up. It’s happened twice already!

–30th & 7th

Guy: Why? Because I’m lazy, and I’m Jewish!

–MacDougal Street

Charity mugger: Hey, you girls like puppies, right?
Girl #1: I hate puppies.
Charity mugger: Umm, well you want to help the Katrina victims, right?
Girl #1: I hate Southerners.
Girl #2: New Orleans was a place of sin. Good riddance.

–Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station

Jesus freak: Before you make love to your wife, you must make love to God.
Blonde: Ewww!

–2 train

Overheard by: invid

Old man with sign reading “sinners without faith are going to hell”: Do you know where you're going?
Hot girl: Yeah, old man…I'm going shopping.

–W 53rd St

Overheard by: Melissa Platt

[On Ash Wednesday]Female pastor: Come get ashy for Jesus, no credit, bad credit, God don’t care. Come get your blessing! Free Jesus with all ash.
Daily newspaper hawker: Daily News, 50 cents, Jesus for free!

–Fordham Rd & Jerome Ave

Italian man: It seems Americans can't spell, like they don't even have command of their own language.
Muslim woman wearing a burqa: Why should anyone learn to spell when all you have to do to get ahead in this country is show some crack? …if you know what I mean.

–Tillies, Brooklyn