Religion is overly serious

[possibletarian]

Religious people dislike jokes about religion (their religion at the very least). I know some moderates that may accept jokes about priests that care only about money and stuff like that, but they would dislike any joke about saints and gods (Maybe not all moderates are like that, but the ones I know surely are). Some won't accept even that, years ago I've told my dad some jokes about corrupted priests, and he said that religion shouldn't be made fun of. 
Why? Joking about something doesn't automatically mean putting it in a negative light. In fact, the Chuck Norris jokes portray him as awesome. If God were real, shouldn't He be flattered and amused to be praised in a comedic way? If you're a believer and you think that your god doesn't want this kind of praise, it means that he doesn't have a sense of humour, so he isn't all knowing. If you follow a religion because it makes you feel happy, and you rather imagine a god than believe in him then why imagine such a serious one? 
Also, there are many serious things that are joked about. There are jokes about scientific discoveries, scientists aren't offended by them, some of them will even make jokes like that. There are parodies of smart famous people, they don't feel offended as long as they aren't put in a bad light. There are parodies of good movies, they don't necessarily claim that these movies are bad.
I think that religion presents itself as serious because it's teachings are mostly shit. Most of them are laughable no matter how you present them. If they were taught in a comedic way, most of the populatin would see them as nothing more than jokes. It would be harder to manipulate the masses.
As an atheist I don't feel offended by jokes about atheism. In fact, I adore jokes like that as long as they are good. If a joke is unfunny, but has a good message (if it has a message), I'm just unimpressed. If a joke has a bad message, I know that the one who made it doesn't know any better, so I'm not mad about it. You are more likely to meet an atheis joking about atheism than a religious joking about religion.

Not met many Catholics, have you?

I know soo many Catholic jokes, most I learned from priests.  Not all are sexual predators you know, and plenty (depending on the order) have a pretty good sense of humor about everything, including a bit of absurdity about their faith.  I've always thought that the difference between a Jesuit, a Franciscan and a Dominican are almost wide enough to make them different religions.

I think certain religions are touchier than others.  Clearly very few Muslims, for instance have much of a sense of humor regarding their religion.  The same is likely true for Evangelicals.  I'm not sure about the other 30,000-ish Christian denominations, I suppose it varies.

I couldn't help but think of Father Ted when I read that.