True enough, although in recent history (arbitrarily defined as post-WW2), Christianity has been taking the worst of it, in my opinion.
I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with you here - call it expressing a dissenting opinion. Christianity has recieved a lot of slamming, there's no question, but so have other religions. I would say we went through a period in which Christianity was the biggest butt, if you will, of the jokes, but the Jews got a lot, especially right after WW2 when there was still a lot of anti-semitism. (The holocaust was originally denied for years, remember? And since it 'hadn't happened,' people didn't feel (as) bad about making Jewish jokes.) There was, until the 80s at least, a lot of Muslim jokes, and they seem to be popping back up, despite well-meaning attempts to point out that the 'Islamic' terrorists aren't true followers, etc etc.
It also depends on where you are. When I lived in New York there was a fair bit of Christianity-slamming, mostly by 'recovering' Catholics specifically slamming Catholicism. There was a fair bit of similar stuff going on by Jews about Jews, too. However, the feeling here in the south is very very different. Making jokes about Christianity is generally frowned upon, and I feel very uncomfortable in most settings even mentioning my own religion. Not that anyone I have come in contact with would slam my faith in front of me (though they might to their friends), but when the subject comes up there's a definite pause, an oh, and a kind of recovery in which it's clear the person I'm talking to goes 'well I can deal with them anyway' to themselves.
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Date: 2005-05-04 01:10 pm (UTC)I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with you here - call it expressing a dissenting opinion. Christianity has recieved a lot of slamming, there's no question, but so have other religions. I would say we went through a period in which Christianity was the biggest butt, if you will, of the jokes, but the Jews got a lot, especially right after WW2 when there was still a lot of anti-semitism. (The holocaust was originally denied for years, remember? And since it 'hadn't happened,' people didn't feel (as) bad about making Jewish jokes.) There was, until the 80s at least, a lot of Muslim jokes, and they seem to be popping back up, despite well-meaning attempts to point out that the 'Islamic' terrorists aren't true followers, etc etc.
It also depends on where you are. When I lived in New York there was a fair bit of Christianity-slamming, mostly by 'recovering' Catholics specifically slamming Catholicism. There was a fair bit of similar stuff going on by Jews about Jews, too. However, the feeling here in the south is very very different. Making jokes about Christianity is generally frowned upon, and I feel very uncomfortable in most settings even mentioning my own religion. Not that anyone I have come in contact with would slam my faith in front of me (though they might to their friends), but when the subject comes up there's a definite pause, an oh, and a kind of recovery in which it's clear the person I'm talking to goes 'well I can deal with them anyway' to themselves.