Note: This is one of many examples of religious humor that I have collected over the years. Where I have information about the original source, I have included it. Unfortunately, for most of these jokes and stories I do not have reliable authorship information. Like many jokes and urban legends, such information is difficult to trace.

Three boys are in the school yard bragging about their fathers. The first boy says, "My dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper. He calls it a poem and they give him $50."

The second boy says, "That's nothing. My dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper. He calls it a song and they give him $100."

The third boy says, "I got you both beat. My dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper. He calls it a sermon, and it takes eight people to collect all the money!"