If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses.

Lenny Bruce
If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school...
If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school...
If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school...
If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school...
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Catholics enjoy the privilege of being able to wear the cross as a symbol of their faith, but if Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses. The only reason we wear crosses at all is because of the way in which we look down upon the execution of Jesus.

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