Bob Newhart Names Madeleine Begun Kane Winner of 2008 Robert Benchley Society Award For Humor

Welcome to the religion humor section of my site, featuring humorous verse about evangelist Pat Robertson, a song parody about Bill O'Reilly's faux war on Christmas, a humor column about the Southern Baptist "graciously submit" brouhaha, and poems about holier-than-thou hawks and General Boykin's war against Satan.

• Telling Tiger To Convert Just Ain’t Kosher "Up until now, I’ve avoided writing about Tiger Woods’ serial philandering. But Brit Hume’s outrageous comments leave me no choice. According to Hume, if Tiger Woods wants forgiveness, he must convert from Buddhism to Christianity. ..."

• Glenn Beck, Keep Your Grubby Paws Off Yom Kippur "I may be a non-practicing Jew, but I’m deeply offended by Glenn Beck’s attempt to co-opt and politicize Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year. ..."

• Bill O'Reilly's Faux War On Christmas Song Parody (Sing to "Get Me To The Church On Time")
  "Bill says we're waging war on Christmas,
  Spouting another Fox News lie.
  Bill's rarely proper.
  Loves telling whoppers.
  Ain't nothing that his fans won't buy..."

• Ode To Ann (ti-Semite Coulter)

• GOP Piety Song Parody (Sing to Billy Joel’s Honesty)
  “Piety is such a misused word.
  GOPers preach on cue.
  Piety — their fakery’s absurd.
  See through them and turn red to blue. ..."

• Ode To Scalia -- Limerick
  "Scalia's caught acting obscene,
  In a church yet, how shockingly mean..."

• Religious Fervor, Or Fever? "Hey, Madeleine," my husband Mark recently said. "How would you like to convert..."

• Preacher Pat -- Limerick
  "Preacher Pat once again made me groan,
  When he spoke of the ailing Sharon..."

• Pat Robertson Does Dover -- Limerick
  "The Dover folks showed their defiance,
  When they nixed ID preaching with science..."

• Two Crackpot Pats
  "A broadcasting preacher named Pat,
  Who quite frequently talks through his hat..."

• Hail To The Hawks
  "Religious talk
  Of morals and faith
  Spews forth from hawks,
  Engendering hate..."

• General Boykin's Ballad
  "We're at war against Satan?
  A startling idea!
  That explains all the hatin'
  And mongering fear..."

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