# Pole dancin' for the Lord **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 24, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796 "2011-03-24T02:52:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796/1 "2011-03-24T02:52:01Z")
[is oddly controversial](http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/03/23/pole-dancing-for-jesus-class-somehow-causes-controversy/related) ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796/2 "2011-03-24T03:31:46Z")
Keep on rocking in the free world. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796/3 "2011-03-24T03:59:46Z")
Back in the day, when I was working in a factory, I had a low-life pal who went by Woody (because he had an artificial leg due to a drunken motorcycle accident). Once when he was crashing at my apartment he picked up this stripper and brought her over one afternoon to have a few beers. I think he felt he had a pretty good shot, when to our surprise she suddenly started talking about her devotion to Jesus. Woody asked her how she reconciled that with her profession. She said the human body was created by God and was a beautiful thing, and there was nothing wrong in displaying it. Unfortunately for him, I don’t think Woody ever got a chance at private worship. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796/4 "2011-03-24T13:54:06Z")
It was probably in the Song of Solomon _somewhere_. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796/5 "2011-03-24T15:41:31Z")
Pole dancer checking in: I’m all for it. Good on 'em. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796/6 "2011-03-24T16:17:55Z")
Get me to the church on time! ---
**Author:** ![dawson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@dawson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dawson)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796/7 "2011-03-24T17:58:01Z")
I’m guessing attendance at the local prayer palace will be waaaay up once word gets around how communion is doled out these days. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796/8 "2011-03-24T18:32:17Z")
[Spaulding Gray]And the one thing I will tell you which is NOT true: the communion wafer does not stick.[/Spaulding Gray] ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796/9 "2011-03-24T18:35:33Z")
I wanna start a church! With pole dancers! And blackjack! ---
**Author:** ![sjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjc)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796/10 "2011-03-25T02:22:12Z")
I must say the headline is worthy of The Onion: > [@](#): > > ‘Pole Dancing For Jesus’ class somehow causes controversy ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796/11 "2011-03-25T04:22:32Z")
Lap dance for the Lord, my children! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796/12 "2011-03-25T04:26:38Z")
> [@dawson](#): > > I’m guessing attendance at the local prayer palace will be waaaay up once word gets around how communion is doled out these days. And no more collection plate. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796/13 "2011-03-25T04:29:12Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > And no more collection plate. Yeah, bills only. You can’t tuck coins in a g-string. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796/14 "2011-03-25T05:26:51Z")
Yeah, but the wine is all watered down. And there’s a cover charge. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796/15 "2011-03-25T05:31:38Z")
I’ve decided everything I do now is 'for Jesus." I’m going to school for Jesus. Jumping for Jesus. Doing homework for Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796/16 "2011-03-25T06:24:10Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Back in the day, when I was working in a factory, I had a low-life pal who went by Woody (because he had an artificial leg due to a drunken motorcycle accident). Once when he was crashing at my apartment… Did he lose the other leg this time? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796/17 "2011-03-25T12:07:04Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I’ve decided everything I do now is 'for Jesus." > > I’m going to school for Jesus. > > Jumping for Jesus. > > Doing homework for Jesus. You need to add it to fortune cookies…after you add “in bed.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796/18 "2011-03-25T12:31:47Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > Pole dancer checking in: I’m all for it. Good on 'em. No, good on _you!_ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796/19 "2011-03-25T12:35:09Z")
I’m Polish, and I dance. ---
**Author:** ![Khaki\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Khaki\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khaki_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796/20 "2011-03-25T12:35:58Z")
Bacon eatin’ for Allah ! Yeah ! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancin-for-the-lord/575796.md?page=2)