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You don't need to know much German to tell that Herrgottb'scheisserie does not quite translate to "Fool the Lord".
Does "bullshit the Lord" work better?
Yeah. I am not a native speaker of either language though, is "shitting sb." something one might say?
Anyway, the etymology, as I understand it, is:
So yeah, you could translate it as "thing to bullshit the Lord", or "Godbullshitter".
Close, but the word ends in -le, not -ie. The -le suffix is used as a diminutive form in some German dialects.