NEWS: The Laugh Judgement of Emo Phillips

CULTURE: The Laugh Judgement of Emo Phillips

A classic Emo Phillips bit has been voted the best religious joke of all time:

The joke, of course, pokes fun at the incredible sectarianism of Christianity, but the purpose of the contest was more along the lines of current events. The jokes were meant to highlight the fact that it might not even be possible to tell them again in the UK in a few years if new anti-hate crime legislation is enacted:

say what?

Yay Emo Phillips. Boo Emo.

i grew up Southern Baptist. it's sad to know how accurate that joke is.

I saw Emo at Hilarities in Cleveland. He made me blow vodka-tonic out my nose.

Dudes, trust me when I say that Emo Phillips is one of the funniest humans alive.

I feel dumb quoting this but like Prince once sang,"If a man is guilty for what goes on in his mind, then give me the electric chair for all my future crimes." When the hell will politicians realize they can't regulate peoples thoughts with a stupid law. Oh, and Emo is pretty funny, too.

Never feel dumb for quoting Prince.

I love that joke

Whenever someone mentions emo, as in the music, Emo Phillips is always the first thing that pops into my mind...

His name is Emo? Good joke BTW.

I'd like to but I've seen him and I've heard his delivery. And there's just no way. I'm convinced. No offense.

Every time I see Emo Phillips makes me want to punch him in the head.

[Edited on Sep 29, 2005 by crispy]

I second this.

chiil with the violence...fact..girls like humor and non-violent humans..get on the bandwagon and lighten up..emo phillips is funny as fuck

Emo Phillips is funny, and it is a fact that girls like humor, but I'd quibble with the generalization that girls like non-violent humans. Note all the serial killers & such who get married while in jail.
Which reminds me of an Emo Phillips joke: "I love to go down to the schoolyard and watch all the little children jump up and down and run around yelling and screaming...They don't know I'm only using blanks."

"For a long time when I was kid I prayed and prayed for a new bicycle.....then I realized, God, in his wisdom, doesn't work that way. So, I just stole one and asked him to forgive me."

I love Emo.

Me too... curious how a Southern Bapt. ends up becoming an Ishtarian Whore

It's important to be able to laugh at yourself and even your own religion to an extent. I'm Roman Catholic, (not the best one, I admit; when we fall from grace, we fall hard!) from a big Irish Catholic family and I used to love watching Father Ted, which was a hilarious Irish comedy show, the sole purpose of which was to parody and poke fun at every aspect of Catholicism and the clergy.

Sadly the actor who played Father Ted died some years ago, so no more episodes can ever be made, but I still love it, as do their mostly Catholic audience. It's true that the Church wasn't too pleased with it, but that just added to its appeal if anything. Everyone and everything can appear ridiculous sometimes, even those beliefs that we hold in high esteem and reverence; if you can't laugh at yourself, life will be all too serious.

(edited for typo)

[Edited on Sep 29, 2005 1:44PM]

"Women: you can't live with them, and you can't get them to dress up in a skimpy little nazi costume and beat you with a warm squash or something..."

and once again the UK PC squad strikes again...

i'm so glad that he's still relevant and working.
he's my alltime fav.
with the best advice for anyone with a tendancy toward self destruction..

go for it!

good joke i liked it because a heretic died