{"id":438,"date":"2011-04-01T10:29:16","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T14:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=438"},"modified":"2011-06-24T08:29:14","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T12:29:14","slug":"fun-friday-april-fools-edition-jewish-jokes-f-word-pastor-stephen-colbert-len","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/04\/fun-friday-april-fools-edition-jewish-jokes-f-word-pastor-stephen-colbert-len.html","title":{"rendered":"Fun Friday: Jew News Jokes, Stephen Colbert’s Lenten Quest, F-Word Pastor & More"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since this Fun Friday also falls on April Fool’s Day, here’s a little something\u00a0for everyone:<\/p>\n

Jews<\/strong>: From the JTA Archive: April Fool’s Day lessons for Jewish Pranksters<\/a><\/p>\n

Catholics, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Jains, Quakers, Shakers<\/strong>: <\/strong>Stephen Colbert Talks Religion With Stephen Prothero <\/a><\/p>\n

Catholics<\/strong>: Pope Benedict, Manga Hero<\/a><\/p>\n

Evangelicals, Black Christians<\/strong>: Best. Sermon. Ever?<\/a>\u00a0Check out the “F”-Word Pastor<\/a>! (It’s probably not what you think.)<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pE_7Ogze-V0&feature=player_embedded<\/a>\n

And, as a bonus, here’s an unintentionally entertaining story from Catholic News Agency <\/a>about how Guatemala’s anti-nepotism law has prompted the president and his wife to get a divorce, so that she can run for office. A spokeswoman for Guatemala’s Federation for the Defense of Life and Family says the couple is\u00a0making “a mockery of the institution” of marriage.\u00a0(Something tells me that most Christians will “F” them\u00a0 — see link above —\u00a0if this is\u00a0basically\u00a0a\u00a0legal technicality.)<\/p>\n

What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.\u00a0<\/p>\n

*Click here to\u00a0subscribe to Belief Beat\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>and\u00a0click here to\u00a0follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since this Fun Friday also falls on April Fool’s Day, here’s a little something\u00a0for everyone: Jews: From the JTA Archive: April Fool’s Day lessons for Jewish Pranksters Catholics, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Jains, Quakers, Shakers: Stephen Colbert Talks Religion With Stephen Prothero Catholics: Pope Benedict, Manga Hero Evangelicals, Black Christians: Best. Sermon. Ever?\u00a0Check out the “F”-Word…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nFun Friday: Jew News Jokes, Stephen Colbert's Lenten Quest, F-Word Pastor & More - Belief Beat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/04\/fun-friday-april-fools-edition-jewish-jokes-f-word-pastor-stephen-colbert-len.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fun Friday: Jew News Jokes, Stephen Colbert's Lenten Quest, F-Word Pastor & More - Belief Beat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Since this Fun Friday also falls on April Fool’s Day, here’s a little something\u00a0for everyone: Jews: From the JTA Archive: April Fool’s Day lessons for Jewish Pranksters Catholics, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Jains, Quakers, Shakers: Stephen Colbert Talks Religion With Stephen Prothero Catholics: Pope Benedict, Manga Hero Evangelicals, Black Christians: Best. Sermon. Ever?\u00a0Check out the “F”-Word…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/04\/fun-friday-april-fools-edition-jewish-jokes-f-word-pastor-stephen-colbert-len.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Belief Beat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-04-01T14:29:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-06-24T12:29:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nicole Neroulias\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Fun Friday: Jew News Jokes, Stephen Colbert's Lenten Quest, F-Word Pastor & More - Belief Beat","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/04\/fun-friday-april-fools-edition-jewish-jokes-f-word-pastor-stephen-colbert-len.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Fun Friday: Jew News Jokes, Stephen Colbert's Lenten Quest, F-Word Pastor & More - Belief Beat","og_description":"Since this Fun Friday also falls on April Fool’s Day, here’s a little something\u00a0for everyone: Jews: From the JTA Archive: April Fool’s Day lessons for Jewish Pranksters Catholics, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Jains, Quakers, Shakers: Stephen Colbert Talks Religion With Stephen Prothero Catholics: Pope Benedict, Manga Hero Evangelicals, Black Christians: Best. Sermon. Ever?\u00a0Check out the “F”-Word…","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/04\/fun-friday-april-fools-edition-jewish-jokes-f-word-pastor-stephen-colbert-len.html","og_site_name":"Belief Beat","article_published_time":"2011-04-01T14:29:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2011-06-24T12:29:14+00:00","author":"Nicole Neroulias","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/04\/fun-friday-april-fools-edition-jewish-jokes-f-word-pastor-stephen-colbert-len.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/04\/fun-friday-april-fools-edition-jewish-jokes-f-word-pastor-stephen-colbert-len.html","name":"Fun Friday: Jew News Jokes, Stephen Colbert's Lenten Quest, F-Word Pastor & More - Belief Beat","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-04-01T14:29:16+00:00","dateModified":"2011-06-24T12:29:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/#\/schema\/person\/42dac2ebd149a02dfe91f0f93e36761b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/04\/fun-friday-april-fools-edition-jewish-jokes-f-word-pastor-stephen-colbert-len.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/04\/fun-friday-april-fools-edition-jewish-jokes-f-word-pastor-stephen-colbert-len.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/04\/fun-friday-april-fools-edition-jewish-jokes-f-word-pastor-stephen-colbert-len.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Fun Friday: Jew News Jokes, Stephen Colbert’s Lenten Quest, F-Word Pastor & More"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/","name":"Belief Beat","description":"BeliefBeat - Nicole Neroulias","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/#\/schema\/person\/42dac2ebd149a02dfe91f0f93e36761b","name":"Nicole Neroulias","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/caf\/caf1ad99f5fc2a063b8e935cf82f65fdx96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/caf\/caf1ad99f5fc2a063b8e935cf82f65fdx96.jpg","caption":"Nicole Neroulias"},"description":"Nicole Neroulias is a correspondent for Religion News Service, a secular news and photo service devoted to unbiased coverage of religion and ethics. A graduate of Cornell University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she has previously written for The New York Times and other media outlets. She and her family live in Seattle.","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/author\/nneroulias"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":814,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions\/814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}