#IfICouldTalkToGod Hashtag Starts Trending on Twitter, but It Began as a Joke About Fighting Giraffes

By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Wednesday, July 22, 2015

It all began as part of a joke about fighting giraffes early Wednesday morning but the hashtag #IfICouldTalkToGod has quickly snowballed into a serious trending topic on Twitter and many are recommending that people simply just pray.

America magazine reported that the trend picked up shortly after Twitter user @MustBeTheMeds tweeted, "#IfICouldTalkToGod I would ask him for 4 talking giraffes so I could start a giraffe fight club," shortly after 5 a.m. Wednesday and it was just a joke.

.@SSawyerSJ All I wanted was some talking giraffes.

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— MustBeTheMeds (@MustBeTheMeds) July 22, 2015

Twitter users seeing the hashtag, which was last used in 2013, saw a lot more than a joke and turned it into a trending discussion.

"It's not #IfICouldTalkToGod, you can, anytime, He won't turn anyone away who seeks Him, it's are we listening when He talks to us? #Prayer," wrote Twitter user Eric Tyrer.

Some Twitter users like ‏@VoL_RizZen appeared annoyed that the hashtag became a trending topic.

"The fact that #IfICouldTalkToGod is trending really shows how blind this world chooses to be. It's called read the Bible and Pray. #Atheists," the user noted.

#IfICouldTalkToGod I'd ask him his favorite color. I bet all these people who say they talk to him every day are too selfish to even ask him

— MustBeTheMeds (@MustBeTheMeds) July 22, 2015

The Twitter user @MustBeTheMeds was so suprised his tweet became a trending topic that sparked so many different conversations about God, he later wished he hadn't tweeted the hashtag because it was causing him too much trouble.

#IfICouldTalkToGod I'd tell him never mind about the giraffes. It's causing too much trouble.

— MustBeTheMeds (@MustBeTheMeds) July 22, 2015

Here are some interesting tweets with the hashtag below.

#IfICouldTalkToGod I'd give thanks & ask him to bless me with everything my heart desires.

— Kathy Laurie (@kathylaurie26) July 22, 2015

#IfICouldTalkToGod I would ask him, if you really do exist, why do bad things happen to good people!?!

— Pedro Ürbina (@Urb1na_) July 22, 2015

All that #IfICouldTalkToGod is doing is prompting religious people to point out that "Praying IS talking to God!"

— Max Price (@Maxim_Voltage) July 22, 2015