Considering how bizzare this day has been, nothing is surprising. I did read the whole thread and I think everybody got pretty ugly. I can understand why you guys would feel annoyed, but it's true, whenever someone does something unpleasant, immediately ~all~ christians are lumped as nasty.
Most of us are no different from you, we just believe differently. I can also understand why the person felt offended, although I don't agree. And this is NOT to start a heated discussion about what we do or don't do, ok? Pretty please...
PEACE!!!! (white flags flying over the trenches)
BTW, my girlfriend received that joke from a christian newsgroup. ☺