There has been a lot of heavy religious debating lately, so to lower the tone even more. here is a good religious joke, which hopefully won't offend anyone.


There were 3 good arguments that Jesus could have been Black:

   1. He called everyone “brother”
   2. He liked Gospel
   3. He couldn’t get a fair trial.

But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Jewish:

   1. He went into His Fathers business.
   2. He lived at home until he was 33.
   3. He was sure his Mother was a virgin and his mother was sure he was God.

But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus could have been Italian:

   1. He talked with his hands.
   2. He had wine with every meal.
   3. He used olive oil.

But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus could have been a Californian:

   1. He never cut his hair.
   2. He walked around barefoot all the time.
   3. He started a new religion.

But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus could have been Irish:

   1. He never got married.
   2. He was always telling stories.
   3. He loved green pastures.

But the most compelling evidence of all - 3 proofs that Jesus could have been a woman:

   1. He fed a crowd at a moment’s notice when there was no food.
   2. He kept trying to get a message across to a bunch of men who just didn’t get it.
   3. And even when He was dead, He had to get up because there was more work to do.


Personally I think the jewish one is the funniest.

Is it true that Mary was only 13 when she had him?

Who would Know?
Historically there is no mention of him by any contemporary scholars or historians, from his supposed time and place of existence, so we must rely on texts written second, third and fourth hand, by others starting a hundred years after his death.

Certain historians regard Christian beliefs as being constructed by romans, from existing Mithran religious stories.

Unfortunately we may never know, thanks to some great fires which burnt some valuable books.
The moral? Don't let christians play with matches.

mozzaok - "The moral? Don't let christians play with matches"


hahhaha, is easy to see why I so like athiests.

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jun 18^th, 2008 at 8:59am:


You might find this strange, but I prefer most Christians to Atheists. Christopher Hitchens makes my skin crawl, probably more so than TV Evangelists.

That's fine Mozzaok.
Say whatever you want. 
If something cannot be questioned, it's very questionable then, isn't it ??


I have heard of the mithran stories before.  Very interesting, isn't it ?

yes, prob a bit hard to sell,  "love, kindness and understanding?"
Esp in tougher times.
It's enough of a struggle to be loving in good times, let alone when a crop failure may mean starvation.
A hard theory to accept indeed.  Yet, it seems to work .

I would be really happy if they stuck to love, kindness and understanding.

All the nicest religious people I know keep these principles as the central tenet of their belief, and it serves them, and society well.
It is when people go off searching texts for justifications to ignore these principles that religious folk get off track.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Understanding is implied, otherwise it would not be possible to even attempt to follow that rule.

Sure there are degrees like in all things, most people are not so strict on all the commandments, or so literal in their interpretation of bible stories.
Only the fundamentalists preach that form of extremism, which make the slackest christians, usually the best christians, because they do not put equal emphasis on treating homosexuals as abominations before god, as they do on attempting to love their neighbour.