I love the taste of double standards! Tastes like squirrel!

Double standards are fun.  An example:

Someone makes a satirical joke about your religion.  Your automatic response is to be offended at this, because "how dare someone make fun of my beliefs!"

Then to prove your hypocritical standards, you go watch South Park and laugh at the stereotypical Jewish parents of Kyle, or the satirical idea that the Christian God is nothing more than a gigantic Spider Queen.

That is a double standard.  You can be just fine having other religions mocked or made fun of, but the idea that your religion should be free of such satire is hypocritical.

I honestly don't give a rat's ass what people believe, though that doesn't mean I won't point out inherent flaws in their beliefs that deny people basic human rights and equality.  My brother and I both use sarcasm, irony and satire to make the point that religions believe some pretty remarkably wacky things (shameless plug, my brother's blog is www.brettcottrell.blogspot.com).

You can't have it both ways.  If you consider your religion above satire and sardonic wit, you need to do one of two things:

1.  You need to be offended across the board for ALL religions
OR
2.  You can accept the fact that not everyone believes what you believe, and people will use humor to provoke thought, or use sarcasm simply because they can.  Accept the fact that your religion is not perfect, and work towards creating a more fair and just religion for ALL humans. 

Even if you take option 1, that doesn't mean my brother and I are going to stop, nor are the billions who don't believe as you do.

So please, choose option 2.  It will make the world a better place.  Who doesn't want that?

Rant over.