About a century or two ago, the Pope decided that all the Jews had to leave Rome. Naturally, there was a big uproar from the Jewish community. So the Pope made a deal. He would have a religious debate with a member of the Jewish community. If the Jew won, the Jews could stay. If the Pope won, the Jews would leave. The Jews realized that they had no choice, so they picked a middle-aged man named Moishe to represent them. Moishe asked for one addition to the debate. To make it more interesting, neither side would be allowed to talk. The Pope agreed.

The day of the great debate came. Moishe and the Pope sat opposite each other for a full minute before the Pope raised his hand and showed three fingers. Moishe looked back at him and raised one finger. The Pope waved his fingers in a circle around his head. Moishe pointed to the ground where he sat. The Pope pulled out a wafer and a glass of wine. Moishe pulled out an apple. The Pope stood up and said, "I give up. This man is too good. The Jews can stay."

An hour later, the cardinals were all around the Pope asking him what had happened. The Pope said, "First I held up three fingers to represent the Trinity. He responded by holding up one finger to remind me that there was still one God common to both our religions. Then I waved my finger around me to show him that God was all around us. He responded by pointing to the ground and showing that God was also right here with us. I pulled out the wine and wafer to show that God absolves us from our sins. He pulled out an apple to remind me of the original sin. He had an answer for everything. What could I do?"

Meanwhile, the Jewish community had crowded around Moishe. "What happened?" they asked.

"Well," said Moishe, "First he said to me that the Jews had three days to get out of here. I told him that not one of us was leaving. Then he told me that this whole city would be cleared of Jews. I let him know that we were staying right here."

"Yes, yes, and then?" asked the crowd.

"I don't know," said Moishe, "He took out his lunch, and I took out mine."

I love this story. Thank you so much for posting it.

Is this humorous?

I thought so; it was cute.

Yes.

Love it palakb! Top Quality Humour - Do You have any more to share with us? Thank You.

I moderate in this forum and it was with a large dose of trepidation that I opened this post. Religious humour can be rather insulting in a lot of cases, so I had to be cautious.

My opinion- I think that the joke is rather clever and extremely unlikely to offend.

Good one -- made me LOL.

Thx guys...
I will surely post some more in this forum...

Made me chuckle! Thanks, Palak.

Another one? (This is old too.)


An old Jewish man lived next door to a Catholic church for many years, and decided one day that he wanted to become a Catholic. So he went to the priest and said "I want to convert." The priest said, "Why? You're an old man, you've been happy your whole life being a Jew, you don't need to convert." But the old man insisted. Again, the priest tried to put him off. The old man came back yet again and said "I want to convert." The priest gave in and said, "OK, I'll make you a Catholic, but remember, Mass every Sunday and NO MEAT ON FRIDAY!"

The priest raised his hands over the old man's head and intoned "Once a Jew, now a Catholic. Once a Jew, now a Catholic." The old man went home and was happy.

A few months later, the priest dropped in to visit him on a Friday, and the irresistible smell of chicken soup filled the man's house. "Solly," he cried, "You’re a Catholic! NO MEAT ON FRIDAY!"

The old man replied "it's not meat." He raised his hands over the pot, and chanted, "Once a chicken, now a fish. Once a chicken, now a fish."

That's great! Not heard it before, thanks Lesley!

Thanks, Gill, glad you like it.