The preacher has just declared everyone in the congregation born again. Conveniently enough, their new birth month is noted for giving generously – to churches, for example – apparently without even expecting to go to heaven in return.
Brian might be right @1, but I don’t think the Reverend was being that cynical. Instead, he was countering a ridiculous question about astrology with a reference to a fish as the traditional symbol of Christianity, including a short, pithy (but slightly hard to digest) attribute that is supposed to apply to all of them, mimicking the idiotic summaries found in most astrological tables.
In return they only expect Pisces in the skiesces.
I’m with Kilby on this one.
I think his implication is that the attribute of giving without expectation of return is particularly Christian. It isn’t, but many Christians think so.
I think there’s a germ of a good joke here, but the setup is too elaborate.
There’s a lot of good opportunities to convert this into a better joke. For example, the reason I’m not “born again” is that I don’t want to have to wait another 21 years to guy a beer.
Or, if you want to go political, you could point out that if the born-again Christians really meant what they say about abortion, they’d be conceived-again Christians.
I thought he was supposed to be implying that they should tithe more to the church, lol
Kudos on the title.
Without getting divisive, I could probably make easy cases for Gemini, Virgo or Libra as well. Is it somehow funny or the ICHTHYS connection so obvious?
Without the comments here, my question would have been, “Does EVERYONE get reborn during the same month?”
I think giving is Christian, but (a) you’re supposed to give directly to the poor, and (b) you expect something in return, which is to have eternal life. See Matthew 19:16-22, Mark 10:17-22, Luke 18:18-22.
I think I like CIDU Bill’s title better than the actual comic.
Well, Pisces is associated with Christianity. (It came about as we entered the Age of Pisces.)
I sort of figured that Pisces was related to Easter as it is the March to April sign and Jesus rises back to life and is sort of reborn… if I am not being too rude about Easter.
Actually Aries is the March to April sign. Pisces is February-March. FWIW, Christmas Day births are a Capricorn. The following is the description I found of Capricorn. (i./e. Jesus)
Strengths: Responsible, disciplined, self-control, good managers
Weaknesses: Know-it-all, unforgiving, condescending, expecting the worst
Capricorn dislikes: Almost everything at some point
“Actually Aries is the March to April sign”
Have you factored in precession?
The Earth wobbles. The axis of rotation just barely changes each time around, meaning that an imaginary line drawn through the north and south poles “points” to a different imaginary part of the “sphere” of stars around us. As observed by the ancients, this means that every 2000 or so years, the zodiac advances* one sign. That’s why the “age of aquarius” is significant to people who buy into that stuff.
It also means that none of us are actually the sign that we think we are.
Actually, Meryl A is sort of correct about the range. Due to arbitrary definitions of the original boundaries and subsequent precession effects, the traditional astrological dates have very little (sometimes nothing at all) to do with the period in which the sun is actually transiting the respective constellations.
I had looked the Pisces dates up online – I guess I checked a false news site.
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The preacher has just declared everyone in the congregation born again. Conveniently enough, their new birth month is noted for giving generously – to churches, for example – apparently without even expecting to go to heaven in return.
Brian might be right @1, but I don’t think the Reverend was being that cynical. Instead, he was countering a ridiculous question about astrology with a reference to a fish as the traditional symbol of Christianity, including a short, pithy (but slightly hard to digest) attribute that is supposed to apply to all of them, mimicking the idiotic summaries found in most astrological tables.
In return they only expect Pisces in the skiesces.
I’m with Kilby on this one.
I think his implication is that the attribute of giving without expectation of return is particularly Christian. It isn’t, but many Christians think so.
I think there’s a germ of a good joke here, but the setup is too elaborate.
There’s a lot of good opportunities to convert this into a better joke. For example, the reason I’m not “born again” is that I don’t want to have to wait another 21 years to guy a beer.
Or, if you want to go political, you could point out that if the born-again Christians really meant what they say about abortion, they’d be conceived-again Christians.
I thought he was supposed to be implying that they should tithe more to the church, lol
Kudos on the title.
Without getting divisive, I could probably make easy cases for Gemini, Virgo or Libra as well. Is it somehow funny or the ICHTHYS connection so obvious?
Without the comments here, my question would have been, “Does EVERYONE get reborn during the same month?”
I think giving is Christian, but (a) you’re supposed to give directly to the poor, and (b) you expect something in return, which is to have eternal life. See Matthew 19:16-22, Mark 10:17-22, Luke 18:18-22.
I think I like CIDU Bill’s title better than the actual comic.
Well, Pisces is associated with Christianity. (It came about as we entered the Age of Pisces.)
I sort of figured that Pisces was related to Easter as it is the March to April sign and Jesus rises back to life and is sort of reborn… if I am not being too rude about Easter.
Actually Aries is the March to April sign. Pisces is February-March. FWIW, Christmas Day births are a Capricorn. The following is the description I found of Capricorn. (i./e. Jesus)
Strengths: Responsible, disciplined, self-control, good managers
Weaknesses: Know-it-all, unforgiving, condescending, expecting the worst
Capricorn likes: Family, tradition, music, understated status, quality craftsmanship
Capricorn dislikes: Almost everything at some point
“Actually Aries is the March to April sign”
Have you factored in precession?
The Earth wobbles. The axis of rotation just barely changes each time around, meaning that an imaginary line drawn through the north and south poles “points” to a different imaginary part of the “sphere” of stars around us. As observed by the ancients, this means that every 2000 or so years, the zodiac advances* one sign. That’s why the “age of aquarius” is significant to people who buy into that stuff.
It also means that none of us are actually the sign that we think we are.
Actually, Meryl A is sort of correct about the range. Due to arbitrary definitions of the original boundaries and subsequent precession effects, the traditional astrological dates have very little (sometimes nothing at all) to do with the period in which the sun is actually transiting the respective constellations.
I had looked the Pisces dates up online – I guess I checked a false news site.