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A born-again good Christian gent
Felt obliged to hold back during Lent.
Though the sport that he sought
Left him short on the spot,
That would surge with an urge heaven sent.
--- Val Burns

A devious woman from Boles
Had two antithetical souls:
One went to heaven
And entered Gate Seven,
While the other was walking on coals.
--- Lims Unlimited

No Jesus-freak people inane
Will ever put me to shame.
The Christians I see
Are perverted as me,
So I feel I'm ahead of the game.
--- Jim Weaver Collection a

Last night I saw many cute cherabim,
Or, maybe, they all were just seraphim;
I know they had wings,
But NO sexy things;
Perhaps I should call them all 'herahim.'
--- Anon

I thought that I'd buy this stuff one day;
I'll give them an order on Monday.
But what's Christian ink?
I've pondered and think
Your printer won't work on a Sunday.

(ad for Christian supplier of ink)
--- Tiddy Ogg

If Christ died for our sins, as the priest
Declares," said a barfly named Keast,
"His death is in vain
If we chose to abstain,
So we ought to commit them at least."
--- A N Wilkins P8403a

Without the act of contrition
We all would go straight to perdition;
A marvelous find
Is a priest who won't mind,
When you fulfill your youthful ambition.
--- Baxter Sperry P0111

After a trek across Europe
Crusaders, sore saddle and stirrup,
Found to their dismay,
March of thirty-one days,
Made them irritable and unlikely to cheer up.
--- Arthur Deex P0605

Each Sunday I'm left in the lurch
While sinners are heading for church.
I think half of the nation
Is seeking salvation,
When all they deserve is the birch.
--- SFA

I confess, and my stomach confirms,
That something inside of me squirms,
When I read in the pages
Of history's Dark Ages,
Men partook of a Diet of Worms.
--- Laurence Perrine P9505

"Do unto others," they say,
"As you'd have them treat you that way."
But kindly feel free
To omit this with me,
If you're masochist, crazy, or gay.
--- John Miller 0046 A

A theology student named Baird
Was asked how in courses he fared.
He said he was screening
The words with no meaning,
And was expert in double-talk squared.
--- Albin Chaplin 3024-0970

A professor of paleontology,
Was arrested without an apology,
For proclaiming that we've
Sprung from Adam and Eve,
And reciting in class, the Doxology.

(doxology - short hymn praising God)
--- Cyber Geezer

I'm afraid I was just in the mood,
For a bit of gratuitous crude.
To avoid sure perdition,
I avoided religion;
Maybe next time, 'twill not be eschewed.
--- Tiddy Ogg

God made Adam, a feat oft commended --
Virgin Mary from Adam descended.
Virgin Mary then bore
Son of God, so she swore --
Family screwing that can't be defended.
--- Phil Cannibal P9106

It's not that it's my time to go,
I'm hoping the 'Reaper' is slow.
So if you've departed
Before I have started,
Get word back - I'm dying to know.
--- Anon

The Good Book says not to deceive.
What I state here is true, I believe.
Upon some reflection,
When it comes to injection,
It's better to give than receive.
--- Macsam

There was an old fellow named Ammon
Who said when his wife gave him salmon,
"Is THAT all you serve?"
And she answered with verve,
"I also serve God and serve Mammon."
--- Limber Limericks

"There's no God," say the French. "That's obscene,
For there is," say the Irish with spleen.
But the English demur
Because they are sure
That the truth lies somewhere in between.
--- A N Wilkins P8605

A daring theologian of Abystwyth
Met a young lady to play whist with.
She trumped his first trick,
So he took out his clasp-knife and cut her
Bloody throat from ear to ear.
--- Penguin Dictionary P2005

The sinners are burning in Hell;
In Heaven, it's said, all is well.
The problem for us
Is: Toward which terminus
Are we headed? (I know, but won't tell.)
--- Biblical Limericks P0103

Though often of disparate views,
They all present it as "news."
In scriptural matters
They tear it to tatters,
Though it comes in different hues.
--- Laurence Perrine P8706

The lion that roamed in the glen
Was hunted by prosperous men.
If the truth we must tell,
He did not fare as well
As the Christians thrown in the lion's den.
--- Albin Chaplin 3024-2593

All religions I use to amuse,
Though I wouldn't choose to disabuse
Anyone of belief,
But there's this query brief,
Just what method did John Wesley use?

(founder of Methodism)
--- Loren Fitzhugh P0607

Said the God-maker Judas Iscariot,
As he flung to the tree-top his lariat,
"Pray bear me, dear tree,
Till the days number three,
And Time cuts me down for his chariot."
--- Conrad Aiken P9408

When the Trump sounds, will you and yours say:
"Thank heavens! At last! Judgment Day!"
Or, "Hang on a spot,
I can't find my sock?"
Arrange for a spare; don't delay.
--- Weekly Science

There was a young girl with a feeling,
That if she spent long enough kneeling,
She'd feel the reception
Of the immaculate conception,
(The man under the bed came from Ealing.)
--- Anon

Why bitch about the Christian label;
It would just go to show how we're able
To lie to ourselves
About Santa and elves,
And some kid who's born in a stable.
--- John Miller

We think we should sue you for libel;
Though our customs are primitive, tribal,
You should know, in Barbados,
The Mission will trade us
For five dirty limericks, a Bible.
--- St Tope P8502 A

Laughed that old bon vivant Marshall Finn,
"All deplore the low wages of sin;
Well, they may have a point;
These are times out ofjoint,
But there're perks such as ramming it in."
--- Armand Singer

My father at age ninety seven
Was arrested and sentenced to Heaven.
When he entered the gate
St. Peter said, "Wait!
The Book says you're only eleven."
--- Jim Weaver Collection

"What is truth," said the cynical Pilate,
"That ignorant men should defile it?
From the source to the seed,
All nature's agreed,
It is only man's mind would restyle it."
--- Conrad Aiken

Luther's two sins some will say
Consign him to hell to this day.
He shook the Pope's crown,
And struck the monks down,
Who forced all the sinners to pay.
--- Annie Jay

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"For the nuns I continue to pine,"
Martin confessed with a whine...
"Wait..I've got a solution!
No need for my absolution!
'Faith Without Works' is just fine!"
--- Tutta Gioia

Those ninety-five theses of Luther
Were posted to proclaim the truth, er
Else to reveal
His rhetorical zeal
(The former contention seems couther).
--- Norm Storer

The indulgence sales vexed Luther sore,
And he angrily screamed and he swore:
"By writing 95 these,
I'll tear Rome to pieces!
And nail them to the Wittenberg Door."
--- Bob L Staples Lib Lim

Mary Magdaline said, "As a saint
Observing each pious restraint
To merit the credit,
My expenses are debit,
Since I save all that money on paint.
--- A N Wilkins P9104

The Gospel according to Matt
Should be read with a big caveat.
Be you always aware
That the prophecies there
Were in fact begat under Matt's hat.
--- Anon

A spiritual healer named Lee
Ducked into an alley to pee.
He pissed in the eye
Of this blind harmless guy,
Who screamed "Holy shit! I can see!"
--- Anon

There was a young heathen named Hommes,
From Christians he learned about psalms.
And he then was enticed
By the glory of Christ,
Then he learned about napalm and bombs.
--- Albin Chaplin

There was a young lady from Bath
Who trod on a straight narrow path;
It was neither as narrow
As the blade of a harrow,
Nor was it as wide as a lath.
--- Limber Limericks

Most Christians, I believe you'll concede,
Love money and chase it, indeed.
They save it in banks,
Those dollars and francs,
And they call it the Nicene Greed.
--- Al Willis P9709

A builder of roads name of Paul
Built roads with no wayside at all.
He received approbation
From wise men in the nation,
Since no man by the wayside could fall.
--- Al Chaplin P9408

There was a most devout Christian
Who gave up women and missed 'em.
God said "Be devout",
So he threw them all out,
And said "Well I'll simply get pissed then."
--- Anon

The Truth is the Lord's mighty saber;
It saves us from Satan's foul labor.
My words unto you
I believe to be true,
But the Truth is that you ain't my neighbor!
--- Anon

"Since parthenogenisis misses
The rapture of previous kisses,
One is apt to inquire
As to what might inspire
Such a singular stunt by the Mrs."

(sounds like Joseph's complaint - McW)
--- G1691

A rather unorthodox Greek
(A practice we trust was unique)
Would inaugurate spring
With an amorous fling,
Observing his own "Passion Week."
--- Armand E Singer 290

I ponder the saints and infinity,
The angels, the devils, the Trinity;
You see, my degree
Is a holy BD. (Bachelor of Divinity)
Heaven knows, we could use more Divinty.
--- Rory Ewins

With his steno a pastor named Pfaff
Once committed a sexual gaffe.
For so says the Bible,
That thou are held liable
For putting thy rod in thy staff.
--- Bob Giandomenico P9009a

An ardent young acolyte named Xavier,
Dedicated his soul to the Saviour.
Then a bitch taught that boy
Matrimonial joy --
My God! how the Saviour's lost favier.
--- G1176

Said the Lord, "We must send an instructor
To the profligate cad, Percy Ruchter."
So an angel of mercy
Was dispatched to see Percy,
But he nailed down her wings and he fucked her.
--- Albin Chaplin

Praise the Lord, my fetish confessed,
All my sins can now be transgressed.
Soon I'll be succumbing
To your second coming;
It seems that I've been truly blessed.
--- Anon

The evangelist's heart was still drumming;
The born-again girl softly humming.
The first fuck was great.
They lie abed and wait,
And look forward to the promised second coming.
--- Arnie Schoenbrun

In Africa, thanks to our care,
The natives wear clothes everywhere.
And it's now their ambition
To send us a mission,
Because our young women go bare.
--- Lims Unlimited

A problem the Good Book addresses
On workers; it tries to impress us
That serving two masters
Creates big disasters.
'Tis worse serving three mistresses.
--- Archie

There was an old prophet named Gophet
Who promised two ladies named Moffat,
Untold wealth would be theirs
If they purchased his shares;
Before long they were sharing the prophet.
--- Albin Chaplin 3024-0174

The cadaverous image priests pray on
'Twas a twelfth century hoaxer's scorched Crayon.
One tested hypothesis
Of what kind of cloth this is
Proved it might just as well have been Rayon.
--- Paul Niquette

Poor Simon's not much of a lad,
And often he cracks a great sad.
But we shouldn't wonder,
It's caused by the blunder
Of the rest of the apostles so bad.
--- Anon

As one and all will soon find out,
Serving God is what life is about.
Sin may feel good;
God made sure it would,
But within marriage, and not without.
--- Jon Downie

All my trials, I confess, I besmirch:
Born with evil, I sin while I search;
Now I've reached holy ground,
Since on TV I found
The Original Sin Lover's Church!
--- Mark Levy P9609a

At Oxford when Niebuhr had quitted,
Said a bright student, "I've hit it.
Since I cannot do right,
I will go out tonight,
And find the best sin and commit it."
--- Archbish W Temple Lib Lim

Though dying, a man of great worth
Went to heaven with feelings of mirth.
When he asked for the Lord,
Said St. Peter, so bored,
"He is busy with smiting on Earth."
--- Albin Chaplin 3024-2844

At the new Billy Graham Crusade
So many new converts were made;
And when young people met
I'm willing to bet
A significant number got laid.
--- Arnie Schoenbrun P0508

A kinky young girl from Eutoxeter,
Adored having men wave their cocks at her.
She was cleansed of this stain
By a priest from Dunbaine
Who quoted St Paul and John Knox at her.
--- Herbert Kretzmer

Said a lighthearted girl from Salerno,
"It is better to screw than to burn, oh."
St Peter took note
Of this flagrant misquote,
And consigned her to Dante's Inferno.
--- Isaac Asimov

Stalwart ecclesiastic, Fred Stonce,
Preached, "Be resolute. Supress your wonts.
Remain steadfastly pure
And salvation is sure.
Even Hindoos proscribe their Hindon'ts."
--- Loren Fitzhugh P0302


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