Talk:Humor about Catholicism

message: There needs to be at the very least a section dedicated solely to the daily show and or Comedy Central http://the-american-catholic.com/2010/06/28/comedy-centrals-anti-catholic-bigotry/
Chinablue888 (talk) 02:10, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
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message: Just thinking the more direct 'Jokes about Catholicism' might be a better name for this article than the present somewhat awkward sounding 'Humour about Catholicism'. What do editors here think? Colin4C 12:58, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd prefer "Catholic Humour", because that makes it sound more like a 'genre' of humour rather than a target.  Like Jewish/Irish humour etc, the best Catholic jokes are told by Catholics themselves (although there's not much evidence of it here yet :-)  To be honest (although I was raised RC as a child) I have hardly ever heard any quick one-liners about Catholicism.  Most Catholics are aware of the ironies and contradictions contained within the religion's dogma, but these tend to lend themselves more to satire and situation comedy than material for a quick-fire stand-up routine.  Some internal Catholic humour is decidedly 'black' and personally targetted (such as remarking on the advisability of kneeling in front of certain priests with your eyes shut and your mouth open), or may deal with hypocrisy. I could write down many anecdotes, but very few 'jokes'. ChrisRed 14:29, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I see where you are coming from. But what about humour by lapsed Catholics such as Dave Allen, Father Ted, Bunuel etc. Is a lapsed Catholic still a Catholic? (there's a joke in there somewhere if I could find it...). I have just bought the 'Essential Dave Allen' and hope to derive much illumination from it: contains some bizarre pictures of Allen impersonating the Pope. And now I've just remembered Robbie Coltrane's portrayal of the Pope in the film 'The Pope Must Die'. So perhaps the present title of the article is the best after all...Colin4C 15:43, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello, Colin.  Well I don't know if a 'lapsed' Catholic remains one forever.  To be honest it's that long ago now, and my own religious beliefs have changed so much over the years since that I probably excommunicated myself long ago, but I wont bore you with that stuff (and wish that others wouldn't too)  I think that you will learn far more from the late great Dave Allen than you ever will from me.  The fact remains that (apart from the usual few who always take things too seriously) most Catholics allow their religion to lie easily in their minds, and are at ease with either poking fun at their own religion, or having others do so in the right spirit.  If they can put up with Nero and Diocletian, then Dave Allen is no problem:-)  I also remember that some years ago an advance copy of 'The Life of Brian' found its way to the Vatican, and (even if it didn't receive the official papal seal of approval) raised no major objections either. I'll have a good Google when I have the time and see if I can find some good links. ChrisRed 19:47, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Also, a spelling lesson might not go amiss.  ONE country in the world spells it 'Humor' - the rest of the English-speaking world spells it 'Humour'.  Guess which country, so guess which one we use, as usual. 160.84.253.241 07:10, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jokes about Catholicism 

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message: There is a current website called The Spoof that does quite a bit of humor about Catholicism. It could perhaps be cited as a source on this topic.       ADM (talk) 09:56, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: The Spoof

message: I lack a section on Catholic humour on Catholicism, such as the various jokes on the different religios orders that James Martin (Jesuit) loves to tell. Jesuit jokes could probably be an article in itself. --90.236.54.169 (talk) 00:32, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
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