From: ae642@yfn.ysu.edu (Kelley Miller)
Subject: Re: Christian Joke
Reply-To: ae642@yfn.ysu.edu (Kelley Miller)
Organization: St. Elizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, OH
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 02:08:42 GMT


In a previous article, marios@ecs.comm.mot.com (mario smarduch) says:

>In article <1992Sep1.184632.12599@worldbank.org> aki <aki@atlas.worldbank.org> writes:
>>In article <ZocFqB4w164w@cellar.org> John Galt, kml@cellar.org writes:
>>>The third guy says, "Ah, Easter.  Everybody sad.  Jesus, die on cross.
>>>Then, three days later, everybody happy.  Everybody together.  Jesus,
>>>rise from dead.  Sees his shadow, six more weeks of winter!"
>>
>>Personally I find your joke extremely offending.  Being of Japanese
>>decent I find no humor in your joke.  Take your racist jokes
>>and tell them at your next KKK meeting.  Japanese are not
>>idiots like your joke infers.  Besides...everyone 
>>KNOWS Jesus saw his shadow and said "Six more weeks of
>>JULY"...sheesh  I may be dumb but I'm not STUPID...;-) ...
>>heh heh..
>>
>
>In previous post I said last time, but here I go again. Namely
>I understand that not everyone is Christian and therefore is going
>to understand the offense towards jokes about Christ's suffering, now
>thats understandable. But common sense should prevail, first of all
>the man (God to others) was innocent, was tortured, beaten and killed
>most brutally.

A choice Jesus made for himself, in fact if he is to be believed, the sole
reason for his being here.  The guy was totally nuts, and what happened to him
was hilarious.  

> Is there anything funny in joking about murder?
>Why don't we crack jokes about Martin Luther's death, or John
>Kennedy's death?, it's just not appropriate. Sure there is the freedom 
>of speech, allowing to post anything - but it would be nice if people 
>had more sensitivity, like maybe all of us laugh instead of just 1/2.
>It's called style.
>

What's the problem, you think Jesus can't speak for himself, needs YOU to
defend him?  It seems to me that if it bothered him that much, he'd take care 
of us himself...

C'MON, JESUS, TAKE YER BEST SHOT!!!




...waiting



...waiting



...still waiting


Nope, he doesn't seem to mind at all.



>Flames or comments welcomed.
>

Did you ever wonder how the church and it's symbology would be different
if Christ had been hanged instead of crucified?

A gallows above every church (the catholic ones, of course, occupied...)

"On a hill, far away, stood an old, rugged noose..."

"In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen..."
(Hand over head, pulling up, the head snaps sidewise, the tounge hangs out,
and a gagging sound is made...)

Look, You've made your observations before, and you've been told before...
If you're offended by religious humor, DON'T READ IT!!  It is not incumbent
on the rest of us to pay heed to your world view, anymore than it is yours to
pay heed to mine.

Now, one last time, I am in America, and I like religious humor.  I will
read it, and I will post it as I choose, as is my right.  If you don't
like it, TOO FUCKING BAD!!  Live with it...
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