Top 19 Signs You're in the Wrong Religion.

I Find Karma (adam@cs.caltech.edu)
Tue, 10 Sep 96 22:29:02 PDT



The Top 19 Signs You're in the Wrong Religion

19> Prayer books contain nothing but show tunes.

18> In church, they pass a "specimen plate."

17> Their main prophet is scamming on your girlfriend.

16> You must kneel and pray five times a day facing
Redmond, Washington.

15> Parents finally inform you that whether or not Jesus
sees his shadow outside of cave on Easter has NOTHING
to do with arrival of spring in six weeks.

14> The *only* food that you're allowed to eat is pork.

13> "The first reading is from the Book of Newt..."

12> Your position in the afterlife depends on how many
cleaning products you sell here on earth.

11> Larry King's birthday is the High Holy Day for the year.

10> Sacrificing a goat wasn't so bad, but working the tech
support line really sucks.

9> Your new messiah claims to have fed the multitudes with
a bucket of chicken, some fries, and a Big Gulp.

8> Even though they taste heavenly, you're pretty sure
Malomars are not a sacrament.

7> All the commandments begin, "You might be a sinner if..."

6> Commandment #3: "Thou shalt not Bogart thy neighbor's bud."

5> That special announcement saying that your leader, the
God Who Walks Among Men, finally got his G.E.D.

4> "Sinner of the Week" eligible for valuable prizes.

3> Constant fear that the elders will discover the laptop
you've got squirreled away in the buggy shed.

2> Frequency of circumcision increased from once in a
lifetime to once a year.

and the Number 1 Sign You're in the Wrong Religion...

1> Communion performed with tortilla chips and a
shot of Cuervo.

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