Now there's a match made in heaven... or hell. Funny how God is, eh?
I've written hundreds of theological articles, and for some strange reason, I get some over-the-edge responses quite often. It seams that I tend to poke fun at Christianity in a very serious fashion- intellectual goofiness for those horn-rimmed geeks in the seminaries. I'll admit that I did more of the same for that contest on the Christian forum... How silly can I get while teaching something important about my faith?
Lots of folks get uber-offended at this; as if I had just written blasphemy of the funny spirit. Take John the Baptist for example. He's a boatload of humour waiting to be let out. I mean, just look at the dude: Unkempt, wearing an old rope and rags while munching on whatever he finds under a rock. Now turn the tube on to TBN and show me a baptist like that. Where's the disconnect? either Benny Hinn needs to roll in the dirt or old Johnny needs a rolex to go with his sackcloth.
How about Jesus? He's got a way with the jokes. In Matthew 18, he explains that someone claiming to be a Christian but won't repent of blatant sin should be treated like a tax collector. Now he said this in the presence of his good buddy Matthew... a tax collector. What does this say about their relationship? I can see it now... Jesus says to his apostles, "Hey guys, I love y'all... except you, you tax collectin' sack of moth bait!
Or how about the time he tell Peter to go for a stroll on a lake. Can you imagine the jokes in that boat after that? Did they all sing 'I Wanna Be a Lifeguard'? As ol' Pedro stepped out of the boat did Jesus say, 'Psyche!"
When a non-Christian write such things, the devout often turn a pissed-off eye the other way. But when a Christian perpetrates these evils, the wrath of the righteously indignant often ensues. "How can you call yourself a Christian and write such things" they quip. But they are forgetting that God is the author of humour. I mean, this guy made the platypus and the sloth. He put 'eye spots' on blind stuff. How can you look at creation and not see how wonderfully comical it is?
So what are your thoughts? How would you juxtapose the sacred and the laughable? Is it legal in a blue-law town?
Theognome
I've written hundreds of theological articles, and for some strange reason, I get some over-the-edge responses quite often. It seams that I tend to poke fun at Christianity in a very serious fashion- intellectual goofiness for those horn-rimmed geeks in the seminaries. I'll admit that I did more of the same for that contest on the Christian forum... How silly can I get while teaching something important about my faith?
Lots of folks get uber-offended at this; as if I had just written blasphemy of the funny spirit. Take John the Baptist for example. He's a boatload of humour waiting to be let out. I mean, just look at the dude: Unkempt, wearing an old rope and rags while munching on whatever he finds under a rock. Now turn the tube on to TBN and show me a baptist like that. Where's the disconnect? either Benny Hinn needs to roll in the dirt or old Johnny needs a rolex to go with his sackcloth.
How about Jesus? He's got a way with the jokes. In Matthew 18, he explains that someone claiming to be a Christian but won't repent of blatant sin should be treated like a tax collector. Now he said this in the presence of his good buddy Matthew... a tax collector. What does this say about their relationship? I can see it now... Jesus says to his apostles, "Hey guys, I love y'all... except you, you tax collectin' sack of moth bait!
Or how about the time he tell Peter to go for a stroll on a lake. Can you imagine the jokes in that boat after that? Did they all sing 'I Wanna Be a Lifeguard'? As ol' Pedro stepped out of the boat did Jesus say, 'Psyche!"
When a non-Christian write such things, the devout often turn a pissed-off eye the other way. But when a Christian perpetrates these evils, the wrath of the righteously indignant often ensues. "How can you call yourself a Christian and write such things" they quip. But they are forgetting that God is the author of humour. I mean, this guy made the platypus and the sloth. He put 'eye spots' on blind stuff. How can you look at creation and not see how wonderfully comical it is?
So what are your thoughts? How would you juxtapose the sacred and the laughable? Is it legal in a blue-law town?
Theognome
