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''[http://www.jesusandmo.net/ Jesus and Mo]'' is a four-panel webcomic that follows the lives of two modern-day prophets, named Jesus and Mohammed. The only other regular character is an unnamed atheist barmaid who argues with the two when they visit their local pub, but Moses has also appeared in a few strips.
Most of the strips satirise some aspect of religion such as specific myths, arguments for the existence of God, and recent news stories relating to religion. Unsurprisingly, due to the main characters, the satire tends to be focused on either Christianity or Islam, but often the jokes are more general.
The strip is the creation of a British author who uses the pseudonym Mohammed Jones for fear of reprisals. It started on 24 November 2005 and received a significant spike in readers the following February as a result of the [
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* [[Author Tract]] - Go ahead, guess.
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* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]- [http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/02/01/next/ Someone, please give these lyrics a melody!!!]
* [[Cut and Paste Comic]] - Just about everything has been reused, there are about four settings (Bed, Living Room, Bar, Park).
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]] - Everyone calls her barmaid.
* [[Flat Earth Atheist]] - Subverted. Although Jesus and Mohammed are real, there is no evidence that God exists, or that Jesus or Mo have a divine nature.
** Jesus does still have those holes in his hands from the crucifixion, though...
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** Briefly punctuated with a [[Running Gag]] about an irony meter constantly breaking around them.
* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]
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'''Mo:''' "You have a point there."
'''Jesus:''' "She should have '''moisturised'''." }}
* [[Measuring the Marigolds]] - Jesus and Mo accuse the barmaid of this.
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