Comments on: In God We Trust

By: E

Sun, 11 May 2008 04:33:59 +0000

Sob stories and archaic beliefs aside, the guy’s not a bad artist. Maybe not $78,000 worth of not bad, but at least it’s not all crucifixion scenes and “Peaceable Kingdom” knockoffs.

And how appropriate is it that he hails from a town called “Zion”? It’s almost too good to be true.

By: Derek

Derek — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:53:20 +0000

His atrocious spelling and grammar on the page selling his meta-DaVinci make it hard for me to take him seriously…

By: Polly

Polly — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:52:24 +0000

Going through an “extremely painful” divorce
bouts of severe depression
money problems
a life-threatening home invasion

he believes God protected him through it all.

Faith is about setting the bar for god really, really low.

By: Alycia

Alycia — Mon, 05 May 2008 12:44:00 +0000

If I had to engage in conversation with this guy, if he were a coworker, say, I’d call him I.G., which would eventually morph into “Idgie”, then devolve into names like “the Idge” and “Idgie Pop and the Stooges”. Not very soon after I address him as “Sir Idgelots III”, he would refuse to talk to me, which, from what I gather from that article, would not be such a bad thing.

By: Anfractuosity

Anfractuosity — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:27:50 +0000

His name would inevitably be divided by computers as Ingod Wetrust. Do you know what happens to an ingot of wet rust? It crumbles away into nasty little flakes. Hmmmmmmmmm.

By: Kieran Bennett

Kieran Bennett — Mon, 05 May 2008 02:57:20 +0000

Obviously a stunt to promote his unsalably expensive “art”.

Smart, art by no-one is worth next to nothing, art by the guy who got famous changing his name to “In God We Trust”, it might have novelty value… If it’s actually any good it might be worth something.

But not $78 000, he’s living in a dream world if he thinks this stunt is going to pay that well!

By: Jen

Jen — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:36:20 +0000

Why are all the crazy ones from my home state? My hope is that one day he goes to the doctor. "Next up, In God We... ok, let's stop it right here. Please go home and pray. We are tired of you nuts taking credit for our work." Also, that painting? I think I saw it on velvet being sold next to a truck stop. Thought it was overpriced at $10. And In God, I am pretty sure God doesn't want you to promote whore fingernails. And is it just me, or is there something very off about this child?

By: Richard Wade

Richard Wade — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:25:15 +0000

Click on Hemant’s link at the top, “legally change his name.” There’s a picture of Kreuscher standing next to what is apparently his painting of Jesus with a crown of thorns. Does the uncanny resemblance say something….?

By: Richard Wade

Richard Wade — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:12:40 +0000

Who’s going to be willing to sound like a lunatic calling out his name? If you’re looking for him you have to walk around shouting “In God? In God? Yooo hoooo! Iiiiiinnnnnn Gaaaahhhhhhdddd!” If you see him in the cafeteria are you going to yell, “Hey, come join us In God!” Will his close friends (assuming he has any) take to calling him Ingy? How many hundreds of hours will he spend explaining his name every time he pulls out his credit card, trying to reassure the sales clerk that it’s legitimate? If he gets stopped by a traffic cop and hands the officer his driver’s license, will he ever make it down the road again?

Kathryn’s question about what if he marries has lots of possibilities. “Do you, In God take Helen to be your lawfully wedded wife?…and do you Helen, take In God to be your lawfully wedded husband?…Let me be the first to introduce to our guests here, In God We Trust and Helen We Trust.” Later they have kids. I’ll stop there. The potential for stupid names is giving me a headache.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Sun, 04 May 2008 19:58:49 +0000

E Pluribus Unum

Hope I spelled that right.