# Baby got bible **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 23, 2007, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142 "2007-03-23T07:12:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142/1 "2007-03-23T07:12:55Z")
[There are not words](http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=97759aa27a0c99bff671). ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142/2 "2007-03-23T07:22:49Z")
“Hey baby, wanna study Leviticus with me?” Oooooh yeah. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142/3 "2007-03-23T07:45:26Z")
Things like this tend to make me think that no one should be exposed to religion before the age of 25. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142/4 "2007-03-23T08:40:27Z")
Mmmm, I like this [version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkJdEFf_Qg4) better. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142/5 "2007-03-23T09:43:39Z")
Tell me that’s a spoof. Because if it is for real, I’m very frightened. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142/6 "2007-03-23T11:03:09Z")
“She ain’t goin’ down to the bad place?” What the hell is she good for, then? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142/7 "2007-03-23T12:31:21Z")
I thought that it was hilarious. It’s obviously a parody with a Christian message. ---
**Author:** ![A.I.Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@A.I.Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.I.Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142/8 "2007-03-23T12:45:41Z")
Color me impressed. That guy was great. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142/9 "2007-03-23T13:28:55Z")
[QUOTE=Miss Purl McKnittington] Mmmm, I like this [version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkJdEFf_Qg4) better. [/QUOTE] As a long-time fan of both Gilbert & Sullivan and big butts, I can only say: WOW! However did you find that? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142/10 "2007-03-23T13:49:33Z")
That clip is proof that there is no God. The only thing remotely entertaining about the clip was the lesbian subtext in the beginning. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142/11 "2007-03-23T15:10:39Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s obviously a parody with a Christian message. That’s exactly what I am afraid of. The only way I can find the courage to go on living is if it is a parody _OF_ a Christian message. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142/12 "2007-03-23T16:01:18Z")
Wait, so what you’re saying is we CAN’T make jokes about the fact that we have faith? So we take it on the chin when we take ourselves too seriously, and we take it on the chin when we try to have a little fun with it? Cheese and crackers, a guy can’t win. I found it hilarious. “66 books. And if you’re CATHOLIC, there’s even more.” That’s comedy gold. Almost as good as the sped-up little bit where he tries to fit the huge-assed Bible into his backpack. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142/13 "2007-03-23T16:13:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Wait, so what you’re saying is we CAN’T make jokes about the fact that we have faith? You can joke about anything you like. Confusing to me though. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142/14 "2007-03-23T16:35:29Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Scrappy Hero Pup] I found it hilarious. “66 books. And if you’re CATHOLIC, there’s even more.” [/QUOTE] My favorite line. I thought it was funny and I though the guy did a pretty good job. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142/15 "2007-03-23T16:41:11Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Scrappy Hero Pup] Wait, so what you’re saying is we CAN’T make jokes about the fact that we have faith? [/QUOTE] It’s an Evangelical thing. They wouldn’t understand. A few years ago, my church showed a dead-on “Love Shack” parody to promote “Church Camp”. Alas, I have not found it since. And no, it’s not at GodTube. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142/16 "2007-03-23T16:41:25Z")
Okay, maybe I understand now. This video is “for real” in the sense that the people who posted it are religious, no? It is not “for real” in the sense that they expect the video be taken seriously – they are spoofing…I dunno…the Christian bubblegum/soft rock songs that take an already mindlessly sentimental genre and make it more so? I know I’m obtuse, but I’m honestly curious about who would make such a video and what they are hoping to achieve by it. And if my earlier comments offended anyone, I’m sorry. That was MY idea of a joke. Clearly, there is a vast religious divide when it comes to humor … ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142/17 "2007-03-23T16:43:36Z")
I’m an atheist and I thought it was hilarious. Well done! “Me so holy.” … heh. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142/18 "2007-03-23T16:47:34Z")
The people that posted it are most likely religious, based on the fact that they seem to know their source material (the fundamentalist lifestyle) pretty well, and that they posted it on GodTube. I don’t think they intend this video to have the effect that Jack Chick intends his tracts to have. Does that make any sense? What I mean to say is that there isn’t a mission to “save” anyone here. BUT, it can be valuable in showing that the religious DO have a sense of humor. I think that the typical view of the religious is that we take that aspect of our lives extremely seriously, and get all up in arms when we’re asked why Jesus can’t eat M&M’s. And, while I find that particular joke a little blasphemous, it doesn’t mean I don’t have a sense of humor about my religion. I think the guy is just having a little fun with a video and imposing a big part of his own life on a pop song, the same way we (and, by “we,” I mean “Dopers who have more facility with words than I do,”) do with song lyrics and current events. Look at the Gilbert and Sullivan video referenced upthread. I don’t think the estates of Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan are suing over the disrespect done to their memories. One guy likes G&S. Another guy likes God. They both used Sir Mix-A-Lot to show that to people. I think it’s cool. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142/19 "2007-03-23T16:59:06Z")
[Richard Cheese](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCv2cgIlnHA) does a lounge singer version that is better than all of these. (all I could find is a live version, the studio one is even better) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142/20 "2007-03-23T17:14:51Z")
[QUOTE=CairoCarol] I know I’m obtuse, but I’m honestly curious about who would make such a video and what they are hoping to achieve by it. [/QUOTE] I’m afraid that you are being obtuse. The purpose is to amuse the faithful. That’s it. They’re not out to convert anyone. Contrary to popular belief, being Christian doesn’t mean that you must be humorless. Check out [these Mac/PC parodies](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=christ+follower&search=Search) produced by a church and the band [Apologetix](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apologetix) for more examples of Christian parody. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-got-bible/397142.md?page=2)