You can laugh about it if you want

Generally accepted definition of parallel lines: ‘Two lines on a plane that are always the same distance apart and never intersect’ (or any variation hereof).

Definition of parallel lines (so my friends tell me) in a very, very strict religious school here in Beirut:

‘Two lines on a plane that are always the same distance apart and never intersect, unless God wills it’.

Obviously, in their eyes, God has nothing on mortal mathematicians naming things. That’s his job.