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There once was a rich man who was near death. He was very grieved because he had worked so hard for his money and he wanted to be able to take it with him to heaven. So he began to pray that he might be able to take some of his wealth with him. An…

Lord, grant me the strength that I may not fall Into the clutches of cholesterol; At polyunsaturates, I’ll never mutter, For the road to Hell is paved with butter And cake is cursed and cream is awful And Satan is hiding in every waffle. Beelzebub is a chocolate drop, And Lucifer is a lollipop, Teach…

The new army recruit was given guard duty at 2 a.m. He did his best for a while, but at about 4 a.m. he went to sleep. He awakened to find the officer of the day standing before him. Remembering the heavy penalty for being asleep on guard duty, this smart young man kept his…

Jesus sees a woman being assaulted by an angry crowd and steps in front of her and says, “let he who hath no sin cast the first stone.” From the crowd comes a rock flying at the woman. Jesus looks over and says, “Damn it mother, sometimes you really piss me off.”

“It’s no use. Art doesn’t listen to me,” said a little boy who was praying for a new bike. “Art who?” asked the boy’s mother. “Art in heaven,” came the reply.

A rabbi once asked his old friend, a priest, “Could you ever be promoted within your Church?” The priest says, thoughtfully, “Well, I could become a bishop.” The rabbi persists, “And after that?” With a pause for consideration, the priest replies, “Maybe I could be a cardinal, even.” “And then?” After thinking for some time,…

One day a 6 year old was sitting in a classroom. The teacher was going to explain evolution to the children. The teacher asked a little boy: TEACHER: Tommy do you see the tree outside? TOMMY: Yes. TEACHER: Tommy, do you see the grass outside? TOMMY: Yes. TEACHER: Go outside and look up and see…

A Christian, playing an active role in his church’s activites, backslided and started leading a wayward life. He was usually drunk most of the time and on one occasion, as he was staggering back home after leaving a beer parlor, he fell into a gutter. He staggered back up, put one leg inside the gutter…

A nun walks into a liquor store and asks to buy a fifth of whiskey. She says it’s for Mother Superior’s constipation, so the owner says ok. She buys the booze and leaves. Two hours later, the owner closes store and walks through the park on his way home. As he’s walking, he spots the…

A writer died and was given the option of going to heaven or hell. She decided to check out each place first. As the writer descended into the fiery pits, she saw row upon row of writers chained to their desks in a steaming sweatshop. As they worked, they were repeatedly whipped with thorny lashes.…

A man wonders if having sex on the Sabbath is a sin because he is not sure if sex is work or play. He asks a priest for his opinion on this question. The priest says after consulting the Bible, “My son, after an exhaustive search I am positive sex is work and is not…

An Orthodox, a Conservative, and a Reform rabbi are each asked whether one is supposed to say a brokhe (blessing) over a lobster (non-kosher food, normally not eaten by religious Jews). The Orthodox rabbi doesn’t know what a “lobster” is. The Conservative rabbi doesn’t know what to say. The Reform rabbi says, “What’s a brokhe?”