The Safest Blasphemy
Protestant Church (After Hours), Aubrey TX.
I noticed a lot of Jesus jokes online, leading up to Easter, and I couldn't help but wonder "Why is Jesus such an easy target?" I don't think the same people who make Jesus jokes would make Mohammad or Buddha jokes.
One thought is, they're punching at the power structure. Younger people are so dialed in to power dynamics that this idea makes sense to me. They don't attack other religions, because other religions aren't ruining America (from their perspective). Of course, it's not Christianity that's ruining America, it's assholes. In a country that's still 70% Christian, there's going to be a broad Venn diagram that overlaps both groups.
For me, if you're going after religious ideas because you find them dumb and oppressive, and you don't go after other religions, too, you're not "punching at the power structure," you're just being fashionable in a country where you know Christians won't murder you for mocking their savior.
Try making Mohammad jokes in Saudi Arabia, or Buddha jokes in Thailand. Then you're in a real fight. Jesus jokes on the internet, in America? Golf clap.
Here's a good Jesus joke I learned from a Jewish friend:
How do we know Jesus was a Jew?
Because he thought his mother was a virgin and his father was God.