A long one, not Jesus but still probably offensive.
During the reign of John Paul II it was decided that all Jews should be removed from Vatican City. After praying to God John Paul decided that simply evicting the Jews was unfair and that he should debate with an average Jew, if the Jew could best him in a theological discussion he would allow them to stay. Knowing that it would be seen as unfair if the Pope debated a simple Jew John Paul decided to make the contest fair by allowing both parties to only use hand signals.
Mohammed the Jew entered the debating chamber with Pope John Paul, both sat down facing each other, their faces masks of contemplation. After a short interval John Paul raised 3 fingers, Mohammed quickly raised a single finger, John Paul was shocked. After a short break the Pope raised a hand and rotated it in a circle in the air; Mohammed looked aghast and pointed to the earth. The pope again looked shocked. After a long interval the Pope pulled out an communion wine and wafers, Mohammed reached behind himself and pulled out an apple, carefully placing it on the floor near the wafers. John Paul stood up and in a loud voice announced that the Jews may stay in the Vatican, then left the room.
Later on Pope John Paul was asked to explain what happened byCNN news, the Pope said: "Firstly I held up three fingers to indicate the holy trinity, the father the son and the holy ghost. He held up one finger to indicate the one God who binds our Religions. I then indicated that God is all around us, he retorted by stating that God is also in the Earth itself, of course I was shocked at how good a rebuttal this was. Finally I brought out the communion wafers and wine to show how sins can be absolved, his apple showed the original sin that cannot be absolved. In short he masterfully showed me the error of my ways, truly he is a great man."
Mohammed was also interviewed, "Well first the Pope says that we have 3 days to leave, I stared at him, held up my finger and said that I for one was not going to leave! Then he says that they will disperse the Jews all around leaving us with no homeland, I pointed to the ground telling him that I for one was not leaving this spot! Then he pulled out his lunch so I pulled out mine."
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