Okay. I don't THINK this comic is offensive, but I'm not a Christian, so I'm not certain. Still, I suspect that most of the Christians on my friends list are going to find it funny, too:
Seems funny to me, but then I was one of those Catholic kids who made up all kinds of horrible jokes about the shepherds and their sheep, so I might not be the best judge.
I don't think of myself as Christian anymore, although I was raised one. I don't think it's particularly funny, but I certainly don't find it offensive, either.
Considering that one of the earliest discussions I recall from first grade religion class was about the possibility of life on other planets and that there might be one where people never fell out with G-d to begin with, this is pretty mild. (For the curious: St. Patrick's School, Corpus Christi, Texas, Sr. Mary Anne, mid-50s)
(For the record -- Christian and not offended. My Mom probably would be, but she tends to consider most religious humor sacrilege unless it's REALLY mild.)
I thought it was great, but I'm a lapsed agnostic. (Don't know and haven't worried about it lately either.)
Besides, I'm already going to Hell for making jokes about whether the Lamb of God had to worry about foot-and-mouth disease during a nuptial mass (not mine).
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Date: 2008-12-03 02:50 am (UTC)I think the Christians I know would find it funny, but they're not what you'd call normative in any other respects.
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Date: 2008-12-03 03:26 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-12-03 04:36 am (UTC)Considering that one of the earliest discussions I recall from first grade religion class was about the possibility of life on other planets and that there might be one where people never fell out with G-d to begin with, this is pretty mild. (For the curious: St. Patrick's School, Corpus Christi, Texas, Sr. Mary Anne, mid-50s)
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Date: 2008-12-03 06:34 am (UTC)Just for your records:
+Christian (adult convert, extremely observant)
+laughing my butt off
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Date: 2008-12-03 05:38 pm (UTC)(For the record -- Christian and not offended. My Mom probably would be, but she tends to consider most religious humor sacrilege unless it's REALLY mild.)
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Date: 2008-12-03 07:30 pm (UTC)I bet my aunts the nuns would find it funny too. They like Lehrer's Vatican Rag.
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Date: 2008-12-04 02:16 pm (UTC)Besides, I'm already going to Hell for making jokes about whether the Lamb of God had to worry about foot-and-mouth disease during a nuptial mass (not mine).