Can Christians not take a joke or is this guy not like the rest of you?

So it is okay to mock Jesus but not Muhammad? that is wrong, I do not appreciate jokes that mock Jesus.

Religious humor, like ethnic humor, is touchy. A person's reaction is going to depend on the perceived attitude of the joke teller.

I'm Italian-American. If a friend of mine makes a wise crack about something I have done and attributes it to "Italians are like that", I can laugh with the understanding that the two of us are laughing - together- about stereotypes . But if another person who I perceive as having an anti-Italian bias makes exactly the same wisecrack, I can be hurt and offended.

The problem with religious humor in a comic strip is readers might not know what the underlying motivation of the artist is. It could be all in good humor, or the very same jokes could be a symptom of a deep anti-religious bias. Unless the artist is someone we know personally or who has some kind of a public track record about religious attitudes, we just don't know.

In the case of Dilbert, so far I am reading it and laughing at it, giving the artist the benefit of the doubt. (And yes, I found the role of Wally to be hilarious too! :) But I don't know where the artist is eventually going to go with this, so there is a possiblity that I will change my assesment later. I just don't know at this point.

I agree that some people would benefit from a sense of humor. At least 140 people were killed in the riots over the Muhammad cartoons. Another 800 were injured. It turned out that some of the cartoons were never even meant to portray the prophet. The rabbid mobs of insane Muslims never bothered to check.

I'm a Christian and that was pretty funny. You're going to find people in any group who have a sense of humor, who don't have a sense of humor, who like you, don't like you, and on and on. It isn't the group that makes it that way, it is the nature of human beings to be that way. Just because someone is a Christian does not mean that they have somehow transcended the human state and become somehow perfect. That is such a common misconception. We are just forgiven for our humanity - that is the only difference.

It looks like somebody got "turn the other cheek" mixed up with "whine and moan about the funny pages."

I think most Christians see the humor and don't get upset. But the people who find it funny don't have a reason to write letters to the editor.

I and my wife thought the Dilbert cartoons were a brilliant spoof and hilarious. Besides, it's not Jesus-- It's pronounced Hay-soos! The fact that Wally played the betrayer for stock options was classic.

The poster below got it right... "people who find it funny don't have a reason to write letters to the editor."

Being agnostic bordering on antheist, I think it's great to see that Christians don't mind having a joke aimed at themselves, it show's character. If only Muslims could do the same...

People that don't believe the "ALL IS" has a sense of humor should consider that although mentally women mature faster than men- men hit their sexual peak between 17-25, whereas women typically don't until between 30-40... then, to make things funnier, women typically stop having children by 40 but guys can until they die but are usually too tired! LOL

I've found some rare common ground with Schneb; I thought Wally-as-Judas was pretty funny too.

Meh, I didn't think the subject matter was particularly funny but I'm certainly not offended.

I'm one of the most conservative Catholics that I know.... My favorite form of entertainment is making fun of my own faith!!!!! Because if you don't laugh at yourself others will and it's won't be as funny.