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5 Alternatives to Christianity to Consider

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Science will never kill religion. Check any history book and you'll see that most religions were founded far after man had the technology to know that an invisible man living in space was fundamentally ridiculous. Some theorize that religion was invented to help humans cope with their inevitable death. Others claim that religion came about

because it's real-- God said so. And rain? Why, that's just the angels crying. So even if you did invent a machine that disproved God, how would it explain the image of Jesus in my grilled cheese sandwich? Or how a sick orphan's dreams can make her soul as free as a butterfly? Checkmate, science. We're stuck with religion, so we may as well have fun with it.

Jokes about religion have become such a part of everyday life that priests and rabbis can no longer share the same rowboat. If you've ever done a single impression, you've done a TV evangelist. What you may not know, though, is that every time someone does that, God sets off a volcano and Jesus takes one of your socks. The point is, we need to start finding some fresh targets for our religious jokes. Not only to keep things interesting, but to cover all your bets so in case one of these religions is right, you'll have blasphemed the one true God. For each theology, we'll list some silly facts to get you started and even give you a sample joke featuring members of that religion in a rowboat. These should only be considered placeholders until the mysterious cabal of Priest & A Rabbi joke writers return to us. Now let's get out there and find some new religions to laugh about!

Islam jokes have always been a little touchy. Not only because Muslims seem to have no sense of humor, but because if your joke has the word "Muslim" in it, a good section of your audience will dive for cover. Plus, you run the risk of your joke being interrupted by NSA agents who picked up on your suspicious chatter. But don't give up on Islam as a source of comedy because of a few tragedies-after all, Christians burn down abortion clinics and blame hurricanes on gay people, and we still find it in our hearts to bust their balls.

There are actually laws against Islam jokes in certain places. Many airports have signs telling us to avoid humorous remarks, even when a Muslim joke would kill. For instance, never tell a ticket agent, "As a matter of fact, I DID accept items from persons unknown to me! A nice man in a chadar gave me this awesome luggage freshener with a clock attached." Federal regulations require them to have no idea you're joking as they riddle your body with bullets.

SILLY FACT

When good Muslims die, they're sent to a Heaven to be pleasured by 72 virgins. Well, at least at first. After the 72 hour mark they'd just be regular dead chicks. It is paradise, though, so maybe they have some kind of virgin trade-in policy. Either way, it must be tough getting virgins to join up during Muslim recruitment drives. Imagine it from their point of view: you're all excited to make it into Heaven, you're gazing upon Allah's realm in wonderment... then Heaven's orientation director hands you a name tag that says "Hello! My name is Virgin #53. Ask me about my genitals!" If I was a Muslim woman who'd just died, and on the way to Heaven I look around and count 71 other girls? I'm jumping off the bus.

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS

In America, the black Muslim community has done the impossible: made the bowtie look scary. Louis Farrakhan could have given his speeches in front of Predator aliens and little girl ghosts whispering your name and it would have been less frightening than those Nation of Islam guys. However, as scary as it is to have a wall of black men in bowties glaring at you, it may one day lead to the promised land of hilarity. There's a chance, a tiny chance, that one day a Nation of Islam enforcer will be in line and suddenly, without affecting the snarl on his face in any way, his bowtie will start spinning and whistling. And that will be the funniest thing you've ever seen.

SAMPLE ROWBOAT JOKE

Q: How many Muslims does it take to row a boat across a lake?

A: Wait, I get my toenail clippers taken away from me, and those guys somehow got a whole rowboat past security?

One thing of note about the Mormon people is their women are disproportionally hot. Mormon women all look like they came from a photo shoot as opposed to Mormon men who look like they came from a Dungeons and Dragons guild meeting. Check amongst your Mormon aquaintances. Most other religions treat women as an afterthought--they're either a chunk of rib made into a helpmate or completely covered in robes.

Mormon God has his priorities straight. Unfortunately, He's just as cruel as everyone else's gods because for every hot, hot Mormon girl, there's a strict rule against premarital sex. Which is probably why they get married at 16 and breed in incredible numbers.

SILLY FACT

Mormons believe women should be eternally pregnant. If an enemy air force ever attacked a Mormon compound, their women could point their pelvises towards the sky and shoot the planes down with unlimited baby ammunition. Along the same lines, Mormons wear secret God-powered underwear that makes them impervious to harm. After the nuclear holocaust, the only thing left standing will be radioactive mutants and half-dressed Mormons.

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS

There are three things that help a religion spread: recruiting, fund-raising, and breeding. Mormons are very, very good at all of these things. So get your Mormon jokes ready now because before we die, we'll be living in a world where unkillable underwear stores outnumber Starbuck's.

SAMPLE ROWBOAT JOKE

Q: How do you keep a Mormon out of your rowboat?

A: Tie his necktie to his bike chain.


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Bored101, yer a retard. I'm a wiccan, that makes me a pagan, deal with it. This was hilarious BTW X3

Posted on 7/4/2008 10:42:33 AM

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Posted on 5/26/2008 12:43:39 AM

lol thats funny, if your religious or not people appreciate it for being humour and do not take it literally.

Posted on 5/25/2008 4:12:46 PM

Is it just me, or have some of the people who post here not heard of sarcasm? Who cares if the facts are correct or not? A lot of them are just widely-accepted jokes about the religions. It's like getting pissed off because someone said that every Jew is a lawyer, doctor, dentist, or accountant. Seriously, guys. Lighten up. Religion is now and always will be funny. And for all you guys who are knocking the believers...do you really have to tell them you think they're misinterpreting their faith? I'm willing to bet they know it a little better than you do. If a Mormon says he's a Christian and a Muslim says he believes in the same god as the other monotheists, more power to them. What irks me is that they left out Zoroastrianism. That is some weird shit.

Posted on 5/24/2008 12:35:55 AM

Jesus takes one of your socks... hah, that had me rolling.

Posted on 5/20/2008 4:00:33 PM

It's a little late now, but to correct Nox: yes, Jews DO believe in an afterlife. It's called Olam Ha-Ba. You can read about it at http://www.jewfaq.org/olamhaba.htm Maybe you don't believe in it if you're a Reform/liberal Jew, but the 200-year-old branch of Judaism hardly speaks for all Jews. And even many liberal Jews believe in an afterlife.

Posted on 4/3/2008 8:22:37 AM

actually intelligent.

hey bored101, wiccans are by definition pagan. a pagan is anyone who practices a religion not affilliated with the semitic God, therefore, anyone not Christian, Jewish, or Muslim. So, a little more research on YOUR part before you comment again.

Posted on 3/21/2008 3:00:40 PM

A cracked Editor, A mormon, And purists on a rowboat... Damn, can't make a joke out of that...Those Scientologists bastards already traced me.

Posted on 3/17/2008 1:16:57 PM

Allstar

Hey AMormon, chill out man. We athiests got slammed here, too. it's kinda difficult when your official dogma is "nuh-uh." I particularly liked the bit about scientology. milk an alien. tee hee!.

Posted on 3/5/2008 1:52:00 PM

bored101

wiccans and pagans. not the same thing. more research please.

Posted on 3/4/2008 2:13:08 PM

AMormon

A couple more things...Mormons are christian. We believe in Christ. We do not believe in the holy trinity rather we believe that the father, son, and the holy ghost are three diffrent people with the father and the son having a body of flesh and bone and the holy ghost with only spirit. Then we do not believe women should be eternally pregnant. We believe that we should multiply and replenish the earth according to what God reveals through personal revelation. LDS families range from a no children to several depending on what the couple agrees on.

Posted on 3/3/2008 10:41:32 PM

AMormon

Hey your facts on Mormon's are sort of correct and sort of not. First of all the marriage at 16 is FLDS (which are commonly mistaken for Mormons). LDS (Mormon) don't marry until at least 19 and most of the time only the girl marries at that age and the guy is around 21. Then the underware is garments and represents a covenant between us and God. We do not believe that it protects us from all harm. Then we believe sex is only for after marriage because it is a God given power. Go to the official website (lds.org) before you start claiming random MYTHS.

Posted on 3/3/2008 10:37:21 PM

hisownspace

i hate to be nitpicky, but there is at least the implication of separation of church and state in american law. it's called the first ammendment. while it's definitely up to interpretation how far this should go, it basically says that the government shouldn't preference any religion (or lack of a religion) over another , and that the people should be free to express their religious beliefs. as for aero-D's bizarre claims, removing religious preference from government institutions is actually endorsed by the first amendment, and not in any way intolerant. i think sometimes the desire to cleanse our culture from religious bias goes too far, but not in any way that really threatens anyone's wellbeing. also, i'm pretty sure the second amendment is at least as mis-interpreted as the first, which is actually pretty clear. but i won't get into that. and finally, i will never get how when a new sect of a religion forms, the older sects refuse to acknowledge it as part of "their" religion. it's actually very bizarre and downright childish.

Posted on 2/21/2008 7:55:38 AM

Luke

Isn't this from Colbert's new book?

Posted on 2/10/2008 8:06:57 AM

fantastic article, the Wicca section was brilliant. Also, PCHU PCHU = best sound ever. Stealing it.

Posted on 1/30/2008 6:00:55 PM

Anonymous

Scientology, I believe, is a dangerous death cult thta may have instigated 9/11 and e fall of Rome... More seriously scientology is bad and will be PWND

Posted on 1/25/2008 10:45:05 AM

Aero-D

So many things to discuss. First, the statement about separation from church and state is the most mis-interpereted part of the constitution. It states that we can pray to whomever we want in any public forum. We can read and share any religeous texts or beliefs without oppression. It has basicly turned into: don't let me see or hear something I may not agree with. They have the constitutional right to pray, and you have the constitutional right to plug your ears. You just do not have the right to stop them. As for this country turning Christian, actually the opposite is happening. In the last 30 years we have lost school prayer of any kind. Our military chaplains must make their prayers generic. The display of crosses and the ten commandments (which is shared by Christians and Jews) are being forceably taken down. The US is quickly becoming religeously intollerant! Last comment - Jess, Hate to tell you but Mormonism IS NOT a branch of Christianity. Mormons believe that Jesus was just the son of God, not God in human form. Mormons also do not believe in Christs salvation as much as they enforce deeds and doctrine. Denying Christ's gift of salvation and his true divinity is against all Christian doctrine.

Posted on 1/21/2008 9:29:36 AM

Fredd

1) You missed Satanism, which is basically all about telling people to FUCK OFF. Really. It's the official religion of classic punk rock, too! 2) You kinda misunderstood wicca. They're a bunch of pussies (literally, you got the all-girl bit right) with books about nature. They don't have dark spells. If you want to think people to death, join up with satanism! Simply send $200 to the Church of Satan, and remember: YOU'RE AS EVIL AS YOU THINK YOU ARE.

Posted on 1/20/2008 5:37:09 PM

Jess

Could you be any more wrong about these religions? Jesus, did you people even look into this shit? And how is becoming a Mormon an alternative to Christianity? It's simply a different branch. Nice one.

Posted on 1/19/2008 6:21:06 PM

cabbages

So basically no research was done on any of these religions I'm guessing?

Posted on 1/18/2008 1:22:32 PM

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