Do you think God has a sense of humor?

[ScottEmerson]

Originally posted by Mark Osgatharp:
So why have you falsely accused me of saying it is sinful to laugh? Do you not have a conscience against making false accusations?

Read carefully. Do I say that you believe that comedy is sinful? Nope. I make the statement that laughter in and of itself is sinful is nowhere to be found in Scripture.

What I did say about you is this: "It appears to me that you are encouraging other Christians in your church to not enjoy the Christian life, and it is no wonder that so few young people go to your church, honestly. I know that I would not want to. I wonder what type of example it sends non-believers when you tell them that the only time God laughs is when He is destroying something."

 

[Mark Osgatharp]

Scott,

You have taken the words of the Bible out of context, my words out of context, and now your own words out of context. LOL! Here is what you actually said:

"As to laughter being sinful in and of itself, the passage just doesn't exist. I do not understand why you continue the 'argument from silence.' It appears to me that you are encouraging other Christians in your church to not enjoy the Christian life, and it is no wonder that so few young people go to your church, honestly."

Now any man who read that would conclude that you had accused me of believing that it is sinful to laugh.

Mark Osgatharp

 

[ScottEmerson]

Originally posted by Mark Osgatharp:
Scott,

You have taken the words of the Bible out of context, my words out of context, and now your own words out of context. LOL! Here is what you actually said:

"As to laughter being sinful in and of itself, the passage just doesn't exist. I do not understand why you continue the 'argument from silence.' It appears to me that you are encouraging other Christians in your church to not enjoy the Christian life, and it is no wonder that so few young people go to your church, honestly."

Now any man who read that would conclude that you had accused me of believing that it is sinful to laugh.

Mark Osgatharp

That's what I said. The first sentence goes with the ones before. The second and third sentence go with the ones afterward. You're trying to hang on to a string here.

 

[Paul of Eugene]

All right you guys. There are two entirely different aspects of humor being talked about here. Can God experience humor and can man experience humor. Of course we all know that we experience humor and that is the way God made us and he didn't make us junk! It is therefore a good thing for us to laught and humor is indeed an effective coping mechanism.

But God Himself? Can He experience humor - directly? It is difficult for my mind to see how that could be. After all, He is in eternity, all knowing, all seeing. There can be no surprises for Him. He transcends all languages; how can He experience a pun? Perhaps there is some way He can experience humor but I must confess it is beyond my ability to comprehend how that could be.

But to say that God cannot experience humor is NOT to say MAN should NOT experience humor! Man SHOULD experience humor! God made us that way.

As for Jesus, surely, in the days of His flesh, Jesus could experience humor and jokes.

 

[Dr. Bob]

If you don't think God "laughs" (merriment, humor) would suggest you reread my post on page 1 of this thread.

 

[Mark Osgatharp]

Originally posted by ScottEmerson:
That's what I said. The first sentence goes with the ones before. The second and third sentence go with the ones afterward. You're trying to hang on to a string here.

Scott,

The next time you make a post why don't you follow it up with a commentary so everyone will know what you really said. LOL!

Mark Ogatharp

 

[Mike McK]

Originally posted by Brett:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Deacon:
Laughter is initiated by an unexpected response. That's why most jokes seem funny to us.
Can we suprise God? I think not! God may humor us but we can't make God laugh. We can please Him--that afterall is called worship.

Rob

That's not necessarily true.

I still watch old Seinfeld and Simpson's episodes, ones that I've seen a million times before. And yet, when it gets to a particularly funny part (that I have, of course, memorized), I still laugh.

Homer: My name is Mr. Burns, and I believe you have a letter for me.

Post office guy: OK, What's your first name, Mr. Burns?

Homer: I don't know.

That still makes me laugh every time.

Ergo, methinks we could make God laugh. </font>[/QUOTE]Brett, There's an outstanding book out called, "The Gospel According to the Simpsons", which examines the rich religious content (specifically the Christian content - there's a lot more there than you would think) of the show.

On a lighter note, one of my favorite bits from the show is where Homer has just walked into the kitchen where Marge has left a plate of freshly baked cookies to cool.

Homer folds his hands and closes his eyes in prayer and says, "Dear God, if you want me to eat these cookies, give me no sign whatsoever...((waiting))...((waiting))...Thy will be done" and then attacks the plate of cookies.

 

[ScottEmerson]

Originally posted by Mark Osgatharp:
The next time you make a post why don't you follow it up with a commentary so everyone will know what you really said. LOL!

Sorry. Didn't know such simple words needed such explanation. Who knew that my writing was so complex!

 

[Brett]

There are lots of funny Simpsons thigns having to do with religion.

(Homer is looking at the heavens and is praying for something... [can't remember])

Marge: Homer, that's not God, it's just a waffle stuck on the ceiling

(Homer gets it down and eats it)

Homer: Mmmmm... Sacrilicious!