Holy Crap

Our photo essay on the proliferation of hipster churches in Toronto was surprisingly polarizing. It was popular among the God squad.

“Praise the Lord. Love You, Jesus. May Toronto, Canada and the whole world worship You.”

—Annie RA, Facebook

“This is my church, and I love every bit of it.”

—Natan Lintiso, Facebook

“#pewparty!” —@SWMET, Twitter

Less so among non-believers.

“Bullshit. Gods are not real. Stop brainwashing people with ancient lies. The scourge of human history is without a doubt the scam of religion.”

—Dave Mabey, Facebook

“Cults. No better than Joel Osteen, Jim Bakker, Paula White, Peter Popoff and the Billy Graham shakedown.”

—Allison Lee-Clay, Facebook

“People are willing to pay them 10 per cent of their income?? I’m in the wrong business.”

—Fran Pougnet, Facebook