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    This may come as a surprise to those of you not living in Las Vegas,
    but there are more Catholic churches than casinos there.
    Not surprisingly, some worshippers at Sunday services will give casino chips rather than cash when the basket is passed.
    Since they get chips from many different casinos, the churches have devised a method to sort the offerings.
    The churches send all their collected chips to a nearby Fransiscan monastery for sorting and then the chips are taken to the casinos of origin and cashed in. This is done by the chip monks.

    An traveler decided to write a book about famous churches around the world. So he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to China. On his first day he was inside a church taking photographs when he noticed a golden telephone mounted on the wall with a sign that read "$10, 000 per call".
    The traveler, being intrigued, asked a priest who was strolling by what the telephone was used for. The priest replied that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10, 000 you could talk to God.
    The traveler thanked the priest and went along his way.
    Next stop was in Japan. There, at a very large cathedral, he saw the same golden telephone with the same sign under it. He wondered if this was the same kind of telephone he saw in china and he asked a nearby nun what its purpose was. She told him that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10, 000 he could talk to God. "O. K., thank you," said the traveler.
    He then traveled to Pakistan, Srilanka, Russia, more...

    Ivan the peasant promises Gorbachev that he will free Russia of its three greatest problems - alcoholism, the shortage of housing and church-going - in three days.

    He managed to do all this. You ask how??? First, by allowing vodka to be freely bought and sold - alcoholics drank themselves to death.

    Second, by opening the borders - those who remained had no problem finding a place to live.

    And finally by putting a sign up on churches which said "HONOUR THE CENTRAL COMMITEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION" - and the people avoided churches

    Preserving the Egg of LifeObviously, Football is a syndrome of religious rites symbolizing thestruggle to preserve the Egg of Life through the rigors of impendingwinter. The rites begin at the Autumn Equinox and culminate on thefirst day of the New Year, with great festivals identified with bowlsof plenty. The festivals are associated with flowers such as roses;fruits such as oranges; farm crops such as cotton; and even sun-worshipand appeasement of great reptiles such as alligators.In these rites, the Egg of Life is symbolized by what is called"The Oval", an inflated bladder covered with hog skin. The conventionof "The Oval" is repeated in the architectural oval-shaped design ofthe vast outdoor churches in which the services are held every sabbathin every town and city. Also every Sunday in the greater centers ofpopulation where an advanced priesthood performs. These enormouschurches dominate every college campus; no other edifice compares insize with them, and more...

    BaptistryA church's swimming pool. Designed by a finance committee
    with a concern for cutting costs.
    Blind FaithObsolete phrase meaning visually challenged faith.
    BurnoutWhen clergy start preaching from the telephone book. The
    result of extreme overwork or excessive stress. Hiding the telephone
    book is not a sufficient treatment.
    CampingA specialized ministry traditionally offered in the
    summertime. Often directed at young people. Theologically, it has the
    potential to teach valuable lessons about the Israelites' 40 years in
    the wilderness. This is usually thwarted by the tendency of churches
    to place their camps in swamps, rather than deserts.
    Candlelight ServicesA time when otherwise sensible choirs wander
    around in darkened churches singing with fire in their hands. Not
    surprisingly, this has been known to affect the quality of music.
    Canon LawAn ancient arms limitation treaty.
    CassockShort for "clergy hassock". more...

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