And Protestants will?

Nope. And that's my second point. So you need to make Mary's action not result in a death!

Now this issue interests me because just last week I was asking myself this question:
"If the devil cracks a joke, would i laugh?"

I know you guys (Seun & nferyn) dont believe in a devil concept but allow it for the sake of thought.
Obviously the devil's jokes would be very crude, but then they'd still be jokes. I doubt if I, who will ordinarily not want to indulge in any form of 'crudeness', would find his jokes funny. Just my thought.

ricadelide:

of course that's not mentioning the fact that some 'inside' jokes tend not to provoke a laugh if the hearer does not understand the context of the joke itself.

That's why I explicitly said that it was a joke for Catholics (or at least for people familiar with a Catholic frame of reference). I once told the exact same joke to someone in my family that was a nun and she found it funny.

ricadelide:

I remember when i was younger and read Reader's Digest, because i wasn't an american i found it hard to understand the jokes, let alone laugh. As i grew to have a broader context, the jokes became much more meaningful and provoked much more laughter.

I understand your point, but shouldn't [b]every [/b]Catholic 'get it' in this case?

Seun:

Nope. And that's my second point. So you need to make Mary's action not result in a death!

I'm not the author of the joke, Seun

nferyn:

If anyone thinks that I was serious about Mary being a murderer, then then need to have their head examined, I even added the atheist joke for that reason.
re you implying something here, perhaps?
ricadelide, be careful or I might think you're (literally) suffering from a God-complex
Your mum, you said?
As far as I'm concerned, there's little off bounds when it come to humour, except when done with the explicit intention of hurting people, which is definitely not the case here.

Now this is very funny .
Of course i'm not trying to justify or even provide any explanation for this particular thread (i even added to your joke!), i'm just talking generally. You mentioned a discussion on the ontological status of jokes (that's why i quoted you), and i was just offering my thoughts on the said subject, considering that i had been thinking about that subject for a while now.

Now you should take it easy,  

ricadelide:

Now this issue interests me because just last week I was asking myself this question:
"If the devil cracks a joke, would i laugh?"

I know you guys (Seun & nferyn) don't believe in a devil concept but allow it for the sake of thought.
Obviously the devil's jokes would be very crude, but then they'd still be jokes. I doubt if I, who will ordinarily not want to indulge in any form of 'crudeness', would find his jokes funny. Just my thought.

I guess you couldn't help but laughing (if the joke's funny that is). Maybe you'd feel guilty for laughing afterwards, though.

I really liked the atheist and the bear one. Do you have any more good atheist jokes?

ricadelide:

Now you should take it easy,

Don't worry, I won't be throwing any stones

nferyn:

I guess you couldn't help but laughing (if the joke's funny that is). Maybe you'd feel guilty for laughing afterwards, though.

I really liked the atheist and the bear one. Do you have any more good atheist jokes?

Funny enough, i have much more jokes about christians, if i find any atheist one, i'd post. Here's one;

A pastor was driving on an inter-state road when he met a team of policemen, quite naturally, wanted 'something' from him.Sensing trouble, even when he knew he committed no offense, the pastor called the OC to say he was a priest to which the officer replied: "Please, leave that pastor thing,  in any case, as a pastor, you must have a Bible in your car, bring it.""Please read Matthew 5:25, 26 to me". The incredulous Pastor opened to the recommended passage and read: "Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still with him on the way, or he may hand you over to a judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison. I tell you the truth; you will not get out until you have paid the last Penny''

Now here's an atheist joke:

A college student was in a philosophy class which had a discussion about God's existence. The professor presented the following logic: "Has anyone in this class heard God?" Nobody spoke. "Has anyone in this class touched God?" Again, nobody spoke. "Has anyone in this class seen God?" When nobody spoke for the third time, he simply stated, "Then there is no God." One student thought for a second, and then asked for permission to reply. Curious to hear this bold student's response, the professor granted it, and the student stood up and asked the following questions of his classmates: "Has anyone in this class heard our professor's brain?" Silence. "Has anyone in this class touched our professor's brain?" Again, silence. "Has anyone in this class seen our professor's brain?" When nobody in the class dared to speak, the student concluded, "Then, according to our professor's logic, it must be true that our professor has no brain!"

nferyn where d hell did u burst out 4rm cos someone's gotta hold u down

siege:

nferyn where d hell did u burst out from because someone's gotta hold u down

And why should I be held down?

A Little Joke For Our Catholic Friends
« on: September 20, 2007, 11:10 PM »

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Jesus was with his disciples walking through Jerusalem when they came upon a crowd that was going to stone a woman to death for adultery. He jumped in front of the woman and said, "Let the one without sin cast the first stone." Suddenly, from out of the crowd, a rock flew toward the woman's head. It struck her square in the temple, killing her instantly. Jesus said, "Mother, I was trying to make a point!"

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u cannot make ur saviour a lier let alone the Father who sent Him, cos He knew everybody is a sinner that is why the Father tell Him to say so and no body could do such, even His earthly mother can't do so. besides those who hears his words are his brothers, mothers and friends . so He is indiscriminate!

His word is ye and amen not yes and no at the same time.

As for you I pray for the Father to give u wisdom in Jesus name. God is irrespect of any person. Don't joke with His name if u think you are wise.

expensive joke indeed!

bye

Omooo, me sef no ves rich lyk dis.

@poster,
please be very careful of blasphemy

hey guys eeeeaaaasy, he said it was just a joke.

coommon man. i am catholic too but okay i may not like it but "it is just a joke"

but that's not to say i'd allow all kinds of jokes.

plz u all should giv us a break! when a joke doesnt cause a little tinge of happiness it ceases to be joke! what do u call a statement that causes a lot of excitement i don't mean positive ones, this so called joke has caused a lot of controversies. i stand tall to state that this post is offensive and blasphemous, the holy Bible never told us that marry was there so please dear apologetics forget it and let us be! this post is frustratetingly annoyn. i presume evry1 is deathly feedup wid it its the worst and awfull joke i have been so unfortunate to stumle across

sharrappp

badgood: Mellow!! If u had laughed over this then dont dare taking holy communion on sunday . I am ashamed of you as a catholic.

As per the anti christ that posted this joke---this site is not a porn site of a place where u just come and show everybody the level of your atheism.

I am a catholic and I take an exception to this joke that puts my faith in question.

Men should be very careful of what they post, all in d name of iberiberious jokes