Three couples, an elderly couple, a middle aged couple and a young
newlywed couple wanted to join a church.

The pastor says, “We have special requirements for new parishioners.
You must abstain from having sex for two weeks.”

The couples agreed and came back at the end of two weeks. The pastor
goes to the elderly couple and asks, “Were you able to abstain from sex
for the two weeks?”

The old man replies, “No problem at all, Pastor.”

“Congratulations! Welcome to the church.” said the pastor. The pastor
goes to the middle aged couple and asks, “Well, were you able to abstain
from sex for the two weeks?”

The man replied, “The first week was not too bad. The second week I
had to sleep on the couch for a couple of nights but, yes we made it.

“Congratulations!
Welcome to the church.” said the pastor. The pastor then goes to the
newlywed couple and asks, ‘Well, were you able to abstain from sex for
two weeks?”

“Well Pastor, we were not able to go without sex for the two weeks,”
the young man replied.

“What happened?” inquired the pastor.
“My wife was reaching for a can of corn on the top shelf and dropped it.
When she bent over to pick it up, I was over come with lust and took
advantage of her right there.”

“You understand of course, this means you will not be welcome in our
church,” stated the pastor.

“That’s OK.” said the young man, “We’re not welcome at Safeway anymore,
either.”

A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small.
The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.
The little girl said, “When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah”.
The teacher asked, ” What if Jonah went to hell?”
The little girl replied, “Then you ask him.”

Father Joseph went up to Father Fred one afternoon and said, “I am SICK of all this clean living. Tonight let’s you and me go out and party. We’ll carouse, drink, whatever we want.”
Fred was shocked. “Are you crazy? This is a small town and everyone knows us. Besides, even if they didn’t, they would see our clothes and know we were priests.”
Joe was ready for this. “Don’t be silly. We won’t stay in town, we’ll go into the city where nobody knows us, and we’ll dress just like anyone else.”
In the end, he managed to persuade Fred, and they went out that night and partied like professionals. When they got back home at 5:00 AM, Fred’s face became pale. “I just thought of something,” he said. “We have to confess this.”
Again, Joe was ready. “Relax, I told you, I thought this all out in advance. Tomorrow, you go into church and into the confessional. I will come in my regular clothes and confess, and you absolve me. Then I go put on my garments, you come in and confess, and I’ll absolve you.”
Fred was amazed at Joe’s brilliance. And so, Joseph went in later that morning and said, “Father forgive me, for I have sinned. My friend and I, we’re both young men, and last night we went out and caroused. We became drunk, had carnal knowledge of prostitutes, used foul language, danced to wicked music.”
Fred answered, “God is patient and forgiving, and thus shall I be. Do 5 ‘Our Father’s’ and 5 ‘Hail Mary’s’ and you will be absolved of your sin.”
A while later, their places were reversed as Fred came in and confessed everything in detail. There was a short pause, and Joseph answered, “I don’t believe this. And you DARE to call yourself a priest? You will do 500 “Our Father’s,” 500 “Hail Mary’s,” donate all your money for the next month to the church, and go around the church 500 times on your knees praying for God’s forgiveness. Then come back and we’ll discuss absolution, but I make no guarantees.”
“WHAT??!!” Father Fred was shocked. “What about our agreement??”
Joe replied, “Hey, what I do on my time off is one thing, but I take my job seriously.”

There was a religious lady that had to do a lot of traveling for her business, so she did a lot of flying. Flying made her very, very nervous, so she always took her Bible along with her to read as it helped relax her on the long flights.

One time, she was sitting next to a man. When he saw her pull out her Bible, he gave a little chuckle and smirk and went back to what he was doing.

After awhile, he turned to her and asked, “You don’t really believe all that stuff in there do you?”

The lady replied, “Of course I do. It is the Bible.”

He said, “Well, what about that guy that was swallowed by that whale?”

She replied, “Oh, Jonah. Yes, I believe that, it is in the Bible.”

He asked, “Well, how do you suppose he survived all that time inside the whale?”

The lady said, “Well, I don’t really know. I guess when I get to heaven, I will ask him.”

“What if he isn’t in heaven?” the man asked sarcastically.

“Then you can ask him,” replied the lady.

A man flops down on a subway seat next to a priest. The man’s tie is stained, his face is smeared with red lipstick, and a half-empty bottle of gin is sticking out of his torn coat pocket. He opens a newspaper and begins reading.

After a few minutes the guy turns to the priest and asks, “Say, Father, what causes arthritis?”

“Loose living; cheap, wicked woman; too much alcohol; and contempt for your fellow man,” answers the priest.

“I’ll be damned,” the drunk mutters, returning to his paper.

The priest, thinking about what he said, nudges the man and apologizes. “I’m very sorry. I didn’t mean to be so harsh. How long have you had arthritis?”

“Oh, I don’t have it, Father. It says here that the Pope does.”