Results: The Funny Thing About Religion...
“That's the funny thing about religion: it doesn't matter what you say, you're going to upset someone. ”
Lewis Black
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Religion --- nothing can both unify and separate quite like religion. And for comedy, the possibilities are endless. No one is safe, so to have a sense of humor about your religious beliefs is probably a good thing. Do you consider yourself to be a religious person?
Very religious
15%
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292 votes
Religious to a point
32%
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630 votes
Brought up with religion, but not very observant
20%
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397 votes
Not religious at all
23%
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457 votes
Actually consider myself anti-religious
7%
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140 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
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47 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.61% | 12 | |
| spiritual | 0.20% | 4 |
| Christian | 0.10% | 2 |
| spiritual but not religious | 0.10% | 2 |
| Spirtual but not religious | 0.05% | 1 |
| There is a difference between being "RELIGIOUS" and being a Christian. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Not religious, but I have a personal relationship with my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ | 0.05% | 1 |
| Spiritual not religious | 0.05% | 1 |
| spiritual,believer of christ | 0.05% | 1 |
| Spiritual, not religious | 0.05% | 1 |
| slightly religious | 0.05% | 1 |
| Christian believer in God and Jesus Christ | 0.05% | 1 |
| Christian but not religious | 0.05% | 1 |
| Very spiritual but not religious | 0.05% | 1 |
| religion is tradition. Christ was not into traditions | 0.05% | 1 |
| Believe in God, not an organized religion. | 0.05% | 1 |
| spiritual, but not religious | 0.05% | 1 |
| somewhere between not religious and anti-religious | 0.05% | 1 |
| other | 0.05% | 1 |
| agnostic (believes in a probable god, but what is a god is subjective to each individual) | 0.05% | 1 |
| spiritual but not into organized religion | 0.05% | 1 |
| I love Jesus, but organized religion, not so much. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I am not religious, I have a personal relationship with my Saviour Jesus. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Religion is not belief | 0.05% | 1 |
| spiritual but not really religious | 0.05% | 1 |
| Spiritual rather than religious. | 0.05% | 1 |
| how do you want to define "religious" | 0.05% | 1 |
| Not religious, spiritual. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I believe in God I don't believe in religion. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Spiritual Christian not religious. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Spiritiual but not good enough to be religious. | 0.05% | 1 |
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Do you think you have a good sense of humor when it comes to jokes about religion, either your own or others?
Have a good sense of humor with jokes about my own religion and other religions
40%
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786 votes
Have a good sense of humor with jokes about other religions only
6%
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119 votes
Have a good sense of humor with jokes about my own religion only
5%
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104 votes
Do not like any jokes about religion at all
16%
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311 votes
Depends on the type of joke
33%
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643 votes
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In all fairness sometimes the funniest part of religion IS the very religious doctrine itself -- and to be fair, these doctrines are from all different religions. Hopefully these will not offend (these are meant to amuse or at least illicit a little grin) and not upset anyone. How many of these did you know?
The Hindu religion states that science only offers a limited view of reality, but all it offers is right and correct, meaning that the religion by it's nature cannot contradict science, leading to the the majority of even highly religious Hindus accepting evolution as fact.
9%
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177 votes
There are Shabbat elevators in areas of large Jewish population in Israel, the United States, Canada and Ukraine. These elevators stop at every floor so that Jews won't have to press buttons on the Sabbath since pressing buttons is considered doing work
11%
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213 votes
Mary (mother of Jesus) is considered one of the most righteous women in the Islamic religion. She is mentioned more in the Quran than in the entire New Testament.
10%
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189 votes
When Vladimir the Great was trying to decide on the national religion of Russia in 987, he nearly chose Islam; however, after realizing that Muslims weren't allowed to drink alcohol, he decided on Orthodox Christianity instead.
6%
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109 votes
Knew none of these
76%
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1492 votes
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How about these. How many did you know?
The term 'devil's advocate' was originally the church official appointed to argue against a candidate for sainthood.
10%
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200 votes
A man in Taiwan was mauled by a lion after he jumped into their enclosure with a bible in an attempt to convert them to Christianity.
7%
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130 votes
Due to religious Orthodox Jewish beliefs, Manhattan is encircled by a constantly maintained, continuous string of clear wire.
7%
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137 votes
Primitive Baptist Universalists, a branch of Baptists found in Appalachia, are known as 'No Hellers' due 'to their belief that Hell is actually experienced in this lifetime'
5%
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94 votes
None of these
79%
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1547 votes
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Have you heard about any of these?
Televangelist Oral Roberts once told his viewers that if he didn't receive 8 million dollars in 3 months God would kill him, and he received over 9 million dollars in that period of time.
26%
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506 votes
France banned an ad depicting Jesus as a female because of its intrusion on people's innermost beliefs
7%
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140 votes
Jehovah's Witnesses teach that Satan and his demons were cast down to earth from heaven around 100 years ago: October 1, 1914
12%
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238 votes
In the U.S., there are 1.5 times more Google searches for 'heaven' than 'hell'
14%
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267 votes
Mohammed declared in a charter, that Muslims were to protect Christians until the end of the world. Christians weren't to be persecuted in Muslim countries and wouldn't be drafted into the military.
8%
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158 votes
Knew about all of these
45%
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891 votes
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