File spoon-archives/marxism2.archive/marxism2_1996/96-04-30.191, message 31


From: glevy-AT-acnet.pratt.edu
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 18:19:55 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: joke time again


Once upon a time, there was an atheist who had a near-death experience. 
After a car accident, his heart stopped and he had the sensation of 
traveling toward the light. Along the way, he met deceased friends and 
relatives who beckoned him forward. He moved away from the light, though, 
and regained consciousness. 

He had been a lifelong atheist, but he decided that he must now find God.

What to do?

He checked out the Hari Krishnas. He couldn't see himself, though, singing 
"Hari, Hari, Hari, Hari, Hari, Hari, Hari Krishna ...." or shaving his 
head.

He went to a synagogue. He couldn't identify with that culture either. 

He went to a mass at a Catholic Church. He was very moved. He spoke to 
the priest afterwards and said: "How do I join your group?"

The priest told him that he must undergo a religious indoctrination. He 
said: "OK, fine."

After he finished the classes, he was given an exam by the priest. All 
went well until the priest asked him: "What town was Jesus born in?"

He answered: "Pittsburgh."

[WRONG!]

The priest gave him a stern lecture about how the Church was only 
intended for serious people and had no place for jokesters and pranksters.

He was dismayed.

He went to a Protestant church next. He decided to join and asked the 
preacher to admit him. The preacher again told him that he must attend 
religious classes and then undergo an examination. He agreed.

After completing the classes, he was given an examination by the 
preacher. All went well until he was asked -- again: "What town was Jesus 
born in?"

"Philadelphia".

[WRONG!]

The preacher was not amused and he failed the exam.

That was the second time that he failed to answer that question 
correctly. As he left the Protestant church, he resolved to ask the first 
person he met on the street so that he wouldn't make that same mistake 
again.

Sure enough, he asked the first person he met: "Excuse me sir ... could 
you please tell me what town Jesus was born in?"

Stranger: "Bethlehem, of course."

"Shit, I knew it was some place in Pennsylvania."

Jerry 


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