Are 'Zombie Jesus' jokes offensive?

[hoopified]

Atheists in the states don’t see muslims lining up to saturate the culture with Mohammed references, so that might be a factor, at least around here.

Oh, please. You’re describing something that doesn’t exist.

Plus I don’t recall hearing that Mohammed rose from the grave to walk among the living sporting the unhealed wounds from which he died.

So they’re just not clever enough to come up with something funny? Ok.

[MacTech]

Not offensive, but only funny if delivered in a Doctor Farnsworth style voice

[begbert2]

@hoopified

Oh, please. You’re describing something that doesn’t exist.

I live in the united states. This place is SATURATED with refrences to Christianity. We have a national holiday named after the guy. (A pagan holiday, admittedly, but still.) We have blue laws. We have him mentioned on our coinage and in our national pledge. We have large and vocal religious anti-gay faction. And just listen to the politicians talk sometime.

I gather that we’re not the only country with a certain Christian presence - are there some rather large and prominent churches in certain places, and I seem to recall that there’s a gigantic Christ statue that I saw depicted in a recent 3D-rendered film. Admittedly some other countries have much less of this, or none - and some have some other religion dominating the place.

@hoopified

So they’re just not clever enough to come up with something funny? Ok.

Hey, as much as we like to flatter ourselves for our special perceptiveness, it doesn’t actaully take that much brains or cleverness to not believe in the disjointed mishmash that is Christianity. Even a baby can do it!

[Sarahfeena]

I find Zombie Jesus jokes not offensive at all and funny for all the wrong reasons.

[sisu]

@akennett

If Christians find it offensive that people make jokes about their ridiculous beliefs, then they ought to consider keeping their ridiculous beliefs to themselves. It wouldn’t be nearly as tempting to make Zombie Jesus jokes if the whole crazy story weren’t so predominant in our culture.

On facebook, for instance, I’ve seen an equal number of “He is risen” and “Zombie Jesus” posts. We’re heading out shortly, and I’ll bet I hear more celebratory phrases than denigrating ones.

Good jokes are often offensive, but I would not appreciate someone doing it with the sole reason to make me feel like a dick head. So pull ya head and remember there is a time and a place for offensive jokes but there are also times to have respect for fellow human beings.

[Emtar_KronJonDerSohn]

@hoopified

But it’s also true that Christians are generally fairly patient with these inane jokes. I don’t see atheists lining up to make jokes about mohammed.

I think the good patient Christians do a mighty fine job of belittling and offending Muslims already, why compete?