So, my friend directed me to this site http://www.godhatesgoths.com/main.html. I glanced over it and thought, "okay, yeah, some of their music could be considered satanic, most goths I know do have suicidal tendencies, and parents always have the right to be worried".

Then I actually read some of the stuff on there... I didn't know if I wanted to cry or laugh. The organization who wrote that website should not be considered Christians. If you want my opinion, who ever wrote that website was helped by the devil himself.

But I try to look for the positive things in life, so let's talk about their "warning signs" of being goth. Some can be very hilarious. (I've edited out the vulgar ones and bolded the ones that I think are particularly funny.

· Wears an unusual amount of black clothing. (That's like every teenager in America)

· Has piercings or tattoos. (Even most adults have tattoos!)

· Wears a pentagram, inverted cross, or an ankh (an ancient Egyptian symbol used in Satanic Ba’al-worshipping rituals).

· Wears rock or heavy metal T-shirts.(Again, most teenagers in America...)

· Listens to dangerous GOTH bands such as Marilyn Manson, Rammestein, or to other antisocial music (See our 'Banned Music' section for more information). (We're all living in Amerika... x) I love Rammestein.)

· "Hangs out" with new friends. (New friends? o_O)

· Cross-dresses or wears eye-liner. (xD I know a few cross dressers and they are anything but goth.)

· Eats cockroaches/bugs/insects. (That's like every little kid in the whole world.)
· Demands an unusual amount of privacy.


· Dyes his/her hair black/red/green.

· Takes drugs.

· Shops at ‘Hot Topic’ (I love that store.)

· Self-harms or mutilates their own body.

· Attempts to cut off a part of their own body. (ie. fingers/arm/leg)
· Attempts suicide

· Talks about suicide( /: That's not goth, that's depression and it isn't fun.)

· Owns a copy of the ‘Satanic Bible’

· Prays to Satan.

· Has friends who are losers. (ie. Doesn't associate with Jocks, cheerleaders, preppies and other normal intelligent well-adjusted teenagers - the right sort of friends)( Apparently all my friends are losers.)
· Has bad personal hygene.

· Kills people for fun.( XD Your kid is killing people and you're worried about them being goth?)

· Stays up late at night. (People who pull all nighters must be the devil.)

· Is a vegan/vegetarian. (Goths go from one extreme to the other)( D: I'm a vegetarian. I would be a vegan but I like eggs and cake.)
· Watches MTV. (Most preps I know watch MTV)

· Complains of headaches, boredom, nausea, stabbing pains or thirst. (Sick people are goths?)

· Is secretive.

· Spends large amounts of time alone.

· Spends large amounts of time with people you don’t know.

· "Forgets" to do chores, possibly because of drug or alcohol abuse.

· Hears music which only sounds like noise, possibly because of drug or alcohol abuse. (We're all living in Amerika...)

· Uses a computer or the Internet. (That's right, everyone on Menewsha is a goth. XD And we dress up cute little avatars. That's so gothic.)

· Plays video games or role-playing games. (But I love Spyro the dragon. D:)

· Has a ‘myspace’ account. (xD)

· Reads science fiction or fantasy books.(I could not live without Redwall, War o the Worlds, or Ray Bradbury.)

· Owns any movie by director ‘Tim Burton’ or 'Peter Jackson'
(Nitemare Before Christmas!)
· Writes angry entries in a secret diary (you can usually find the diary easily if you search your child’s room).

· Writes poetry.(you can usually find the poetry book easily if you search your child’s room) (Not all poetry is sad.)

· Has a ‘myspace’ account. (you can easily monitor your child’s net activity by checking their internet ‘history’) (Sir, you are repeating y ourself.)


· Pursues dangerous cult religions such as WICCA, SATANISM, PAGANISM. · (If my kid was into that stuff I would be a little worried. I've never met a well adjusted Satanist who can function in society...)

· Owns a copy of ‘Mein Kampf’ ( Goths = Nazis? )

· Reads Anne Rice books.

· Owns Nazi memorabilia.

· Has paranoid fantasies (many GOTHS accuse their parents of spying on them).
· Insists on spending time with friends while unaccompanied by an adult.
( What about dating? x_x )
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· Wears fangs or dresses like a vampire.
· Owns an exessive amount of Horror movies.
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· Has friends who are Jews.
· Hates Jews. (Goths go from one extreme to the other)( K, do you're not allowed to be friends with someone who is jewish, but not allowed to hate them...? )
· Attacks random people in the street.
· Talks to himself/herself.


· Sleeps too much or too little.

· Eats too much or too little.


· Refuses to leave the house during daylight hours

· Refuses to eat any food containing garlic.

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· Summons the Devil or holds Satanic masses.

· Smokes dangerous drugs, such as marijuana / crack cocain.

· Reads Harry Potter books. (Your children can become possessed when reading Potter)
(XD Wow, I must've been way possessed 2nd-6th grade. )
· Leaves syringes or other drug paraphernalia around the house.

· Mocks authority figures such as teachers, guidance counselors or Jesus.

· Dresses like everyday is Halloween.

· Says, "I am a GOTH."

· Wears a pin that says, "I am a GOTH."
( XD )
· Talks about going to GOTH clubs or parties.

· Asks for locks of hair from casual acquaintances.( XD spells and voodoo! )

· Sleeps in a coffin.( Why are you allowing coffins in your children's bedroom? )

· Behaves in any unusual or alarming way.

So, my Menewsha friends, how many of those apply to you? I counted about 40 on there that apply to me. I included the bug eating one because I think I ate one when I was little. xD

Um, I'm pretty sure that site was a joke site. Seriously..

I know it's pretty old, too. I saw somebody talk about it on Myspace a while ago and realized the post was from a years ago. So, yeah. ^^;

Not Christian, just hilarious.

Hooray for satire! :D It was meant as a commentary against the Westboro Baptist Church, I think - their site (which I am not going to link here, due to vile amounts of hatrid and silliness) has had a series of lists like this which give laundry lists of anything they can think of, and claims (or has claimed) that anyone who does any of those things is gay.

Fun satire, jerky original site. :3

Lol, my library blocks that site under "racism and hate". Is everyone sure it's a joke site or just inadvertantly hilarious?

Edit --

Yay for post at same time as Byaggha. So the library filter sucks, what else is new?

I lol'd.

Wasn't there another site called "godhatesgays?"

Oh, silly Christians. :lol:

@Guivre: Given the list of other websites they offer ('God Hates Retards' and 'God Hates Women' among them) and the fact their opening site for Goths starts with the phrase "Dear Loser", I'm going with yes, satire. XD

Wow, 30 matches for me... I must be a goth at heart [/sarcasm] lol~

I like Rammsteain too, btw :)

x_x I hope it's a joke.
It's pretty cruel satire, though.

Despite the saying, the internet is not serious business.

Satire. A jerk-ass variety of satire, but still...

@Byaggha -- gotcha. ;)

@ Captain Howdy: It isn't as jerk-ass as what it satirizes, but it is pretty bad none the less. Suppose that says quite a bit about the parish it mocks.

@ Guivre: :angel:

Oh man. that website just makes me laugh. XD I can't remember the number, but a good bit of that applied to me. Ahh...gotta love satire. lol

Wears a pentagram, inverted cross, or an ankh (an ancient Egyptian symbol used in Satanic Ba’al-worshipping rituals).

Anyone who wears that thinking its in any way related to Satan or anything of the sort is a complete moron in themselves (except for the inverted cross).

Has a ‘myspace’ account.

Apparently my Aunt is a goth then. Odd.

Kills people for fun.

That's INSANE not GOTHIC.

This is the dumbest crap I've heard all day. D:

I read these out loud to my husband

had me laughing so hard i CRIED

lol, that is the funniest list ever! And I don't doubt that it's satire now that others have said things.

I have to admit before I saw someone say that it is satire, I was slightly offended by the premise. I have a friend who is a Goth but also a Christian, and I hate the way some people treat him for being Goth. I actually got to know him because we were going to the same Christian private college, and he's really an awesome guy. One day he had what he calls a "prep day" just to freak people out, and he dressed all preppy... you know, light pink polo, khaki pants, sweater tied around his neck... and we were totally shocked when some people came up to him and said, "Oh, we're so glad you got saved! We've been praying for you!" We were all like, WTF?? He's a good Christian, why should it matter how he dresses? He's actually able to reach out to Goths because of it, which is awesome.

oh, and lol... no movies by Peter Jackson... didn't he direct the Lord of the Rings? Oh..oh... and weren't those movies based off of books by a Christian author? That made me laugh so hard to see that on the list.

@Morwyn: They're probably listing Peter Jackson for the LOTR stuff, linking it (as I have seen some people do) to Dungeons and Dragons, and from there to Satanic ritual. How they link D&D to Satanic ritual is beyond me though - I've played that game for years and I've never met a DM like the lady in that silly old Chick tract. XD

Where's my crazy evil DM who recruits for a cult?

But LOTR was written by JRR Tolkien, a Christian author, is my point... and LOTR actually has a lot of Christian symbolism in it (trust me, I wrote a research paper on it in high school) So it's just silly that they'd list that. He was even good friends with C.S. Lewis (yeah, the Narnia author), who wrote all kinds of Christian theology type books as well (Mere Christianity, The Great Divorce...)

I mean, I can sort of see the connection, but not really... I think it's absolutely ridiculous to think that LOTR could be harmful to any "good little Christian children" that people who would take this kind of thing seriously are trying to "protect"

My dad is a pastor, actually, and he actually encouraged me to read the books!

I just died laughing just a little. XD

Look at the de-gothing section. XDDD It's all medeival torture weapons!

Oh, I know he was a Christian, I'm just sayin' that's probably the party line on why they satirized it as being evil - the whole elves and demons and things from beyond with magic deal. The same reason D&D always gets lumped in with evil, really. :3

Well, that and the man WAS a Christian. It's funnier making that claim when you know he was. XD

*snickers* I swear, I must be going to hell for sure based on this list. but yeah, I found that particularly amusing XD Oh, and my hubby got a kick out of the Harry Potter line too XD He loves those books...

I seen that a few years ago, I thought it was a joke.
Haha?

17 of those apply to me. I'm so goff.

And yeah, it's satire.

I lol'd.

Whenever I see these sites, I never quite know if that person is being serious, or is writing a satire. Fred Phelps (wiki him if you don't know who he is) claims that God hates, among other things, Sweden!

Which, I mean, is totally logical. Gotta watch out for those Swedes. You never know when they'll turn around and start a nuclear world war with their large stockpile of incredibly dangerous weapons.

-.-

Interesting, only one thing I really have to comment about with this. The Ankh is an Egyptian symbol which means life.

I must say it was it was mildly amusing to read. Got a chuckle out of me.