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I think that the comedian, Nazareth, is quite funny. Jeff Allen also makes me laugh.
Maybe there needs to be a course in seminary that teaches future pastors the art of adding humor to a sermon. Whenever you hear an attempt at it, I hear more groans than laughter.
Hahahahaha. I have no response to this post; it was just funny.
Some Christians ask why Jesus hasn’t returned yet. I think I may have the answer.
The last time Jesus was around, he had a bit of a traumatic experience. Some people beat him and then nailed him to a wooden cross. Definitely not anyone’s best day.
And so let’s say Jesus returns today. He looks around, trying to get a sense for the place, trying to forget the last time he was here…and BAM!…crosses everywhere!
If a group of people wore the object of my execution around their necks, I’d take my time about coming back too.
see… when i see that one painting by Michelangelo (creation of adam?), you know, the one with adam and god touching their fingers in the middle, i can't help but think that maybe god invented the pull-my-finger-joke…. and that's also when he created the golf stream…
That's what I get for scanning instead of reading. Thanks for the clarification.
Seriously john- this is why I read you. On the one hand- you make me dust off dictionary.com and figure out what you're talking about.
On the other hand you're hilarious with posts and comments and down to earth christian logic.
It was just a set-up to a joke, with its prompt taken from the previous comment.
John,
Not sure the context of your previous statement is coming across the way you meant it or I am too dense to understand it. Probably the latter.
"I don't think there's anything wrong with making fun of Jesus, God, or the Holy Spirit." Could you elaborate on that thought?
That's actually a Mark Twain quote. I love it!
Humor is like a frog. You can dissect it, but the thing dies in the process – (a paraphrase of an E.B. White quote)
Sure, Jerri: I don't think there's anything wrong with making fun of Jesus, God, or the Holy Spirit. Just the other day I was thinking, "Wouldn't it be funny if Casper the Ghost converted, and then the Holy Spirit tried to flfjlsjggjgslshhehelp
Hey, John, I think you may be hanging out with the wrong Christians! I love to laugh, and all sorts of funny things happen….along with really funny stories…with my Christian friends. I think the problem with Christians as a whole, and humor is…we tend to take ourselves too seriously and God not seriously enough. Jesus was pretty funny….a camel going through the eye of a needle? Someone with a log in her eye squinting to pull a speck out of her friend's eye?? Funny image! Whitewashed tombs! The problem the religious people in Jesus' day had with him was that the joke was on them and the lesson was about them. Maybe that's where our humor should be aimed today. It would be more productive. You do that well, John. And by the way, I wouldn't want to be caught DEAD after having made fun of Jesus, God or the Holy Spirit….would you?
Yikes. No, sorry, Brian: that's … a tad much for me. Thanks for playing our game, though. Pagan.
It is a gruesome religion but John I'm sure you have a few zingers on the human sacrifice/cannibalism aspect of Christ's crucifixion. That Jesus, he's just good enough to eat for Sunday brunch.
I will leave you with a quote from the great Robert Anton Wilson which seems to me on point:
"“The Bible tells us to be like God, and then on page after page it describes God as a mass murderer. This may be the single most important key to the political behavior of Western Civilization.”"