The Apostles' Creed (Not the Nine O'Clock News)

From "Not the Nine O'Clock News",
Series 3, Show 5.
24 November 1980
Actors:
Rowan Atkinson
Mel Smith
Pamela Stephenson
Griff Rhys Jones

Transcription (found on http://cleeseblog.com/Vanilla/comments.php?DiscussionID=1030 ):
"I believe in God, the Father Almighty
Or at least it stands to reason that there has to be some sort of greater power, you know
Like electricity sort of thing
And in Jesus Christ,
Who was obviously a fantastic bloke
And has been proved historically
that he actually did exist around that time
actually
was conceived by the Holy Ghost,
born of the Virgin Mary
No, don't laugh
It could happen
After all
They can do it in a test tube these days
I mean, that proves it, doesn't it?
On the third day he rose again from the dead
A sort of reincarnation if you like
Did you see that program in BBC2?
I believe in the Holy Ghost
Telepathy, flying saucers, black magic,
there must be something in astrology,
gay liberation, the Loch Ness monster,
the abominable snowman, the Surrey panther
copper bracelets for rheumatism
levitation
water divining
poltergeists
and the life everlasting
That is, if the bloody Russians don't invade Poland
Amen."

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[10452land]

Not at all, in anyway funny or amusing or even acceptable!!!!!

[JSBasss]

@10452land Don't know what is wrong with you, it sure amuses the heck out of me.

[paolocabling]

why did the creed used as a joke? a prayer used as a joke? no way!

[JSBasss]

@paolocabling Technically, it is not a prayer.

[serviodeo]

@JSBasss it is a proclamation of faith but even still it should not be joked about.

[JSBasss]

@serviodeo Why not? Religion is every bit as jokeworthy as any other topic on this planet.

[comsources]

The woman looks like Ramana from the Tom Baker days of Dr. Who.

[TheYellowcatt]

@mkottelenberg

Very funny, why can not religionists get that their beliefs are a joke?

[mkottelenberg]

This is not funny...You are making fun of the Apostle's Creed.

[Jax132]

i'm sure this has already been mentioned somewhere but not that long ago (a few hundred years?) 'virgin' the word just meant 'young women' and so it is very likely to have been misinterpreted... sorry to rain on your church parade...

[robertgift]

Thank you, JSBasss, for providing the text. (Could not hear well at work.)

@serviodio ALL religions, all the myriad flavors, are MAN-made myth and should be laughed at. Especially MAN-favoring HIslam and MORmONism.

[athorist]

@seanissohot100 I have no idea what you mean, and I probably wouldn't care if I did.

[weirds0up]

@seanissohot100 actually, it isn't a prayer. It's a declaration of faith.

[thrashattacks]

hay no entendi nada