Christians 'not offended' by Jesus jokes – poll

Christians ‘not offended’ by Jesus jokes – poll

Tuesday, October 30th, 2012

The majority of Christians in Britain say they would not be offended by jokes about Jesus even if they were intended to be insulting, according to a poll.

Meanwhile three quarters of believers agree that freedom of speech should not be restricted even if it offends people with deeply-held religious convictions.

The finding emerged from a survey of attitudes among more than 2,000 committed Christians conducted in the wake of the international furore over the film mocking the Prophet Mohammed.

It is the first in a series of studies to gauge the opinion in the pews by Christian Research, a polling and research group, using an online panel of thousands of churchgoers. Continue reading

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