by ballistic 22 Replies latest jw friends
I posted on a thread earlier that I'm sure Jesus had a sense of humour.
I clicked Submit Post.
Then I thought, yeah I'm sure he did but he didn't tell any jokes did he? In fact I can't think of anything funny in the whole bible.
Here's your chance to post a bible story that gets you roaring with laughter...
can't think of a funny story but as a kid I always laughed at some of the names...Dorcas, Peleg, etc. not sure if I'm spelling those names right....been a while since I read the bible.
it isn't roaring funny but i've always found humor in god's reasoning with jonah about not wiping out nineveh. to paraphrase---the people are to stupid to kill...and besides what about all those innocent animals...
This always made me laugh. You find it in the book of Isaiah.
"A carpenter cuts down cedars; or s/he chooses a holm tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest; s/he plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it.
"Then it becomes fuel for a human being, s/he takes a part of it and warms himself, s/he kindles a fire and bakes bread; also s/he makes a god and worships it, s/he makes it a graven image and falls down before it.
"Half of it s/he burns in the fire; over the half s/he eats flesh, s/he roasts meat and is satisfied; also s/he warms herself and says, "Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!"
"And the rest of it s/he makes into a god, his idol; and falls down to it and worships it; s/he prays to it and says, 'Save me, for you are my God!'
I've had a sense of humour over-ride on that one Tea4Two! That story just says to me you can't make a god, certainly not out of anything earthly.
Hey ballsy I used to think it was funny about those kids yelling out to that dude something about him being a bald head. Up until the bears ate them. But yeah you might be able to tell that I don't know the account too well.... LOL
those kids yelling out to that dude something about him being a bald head
I think I would set the bears on 'em lol - but in actual fact I find a lot of people (or ladies) like my baldness for some reason.
I don't remember the details, but some guy was beating his donkey for not moving and the donkey TALKS to him, but instead of thinking "Hey why is a donkey talking to me?" he replies to it, the nonsense of it all!
It was interesting to hear on the " Gospel of Judas " program last night on the National Geographic Channel that part of what was found in this Gospel of Judas writing was that Jesus DID actually laugh. As a matter of fact, it is written in that manuscript that he LAUGHED at the time of offering prayer over the bread and wine!
A new twist for those attending the Memorial this week - laughter in imitation of Jesus.
I don't remember the details, but some guy was beating his donkey for not moving and the donkey TALKS to him, but instead of thinking "Hey why is a donkey talking to me?" he replies to it, the nonsense of it all!
That is the story of Balaam. Which reminds me of a joke.
"Q:Who was the most elastic man in the Bible?"
"A:Balaam-Because he tied his ass to a tree and walked for several miles!"
As far as humor in the Bible:
Mark Twain, in his first book "The Innocents Abroad" (which is a travel diary of Europe and the Holy Land), he writes about the passage in Acts about Saul being instructed to enter Damascus: (I have emphasized the pertinent comments)
We were on our way to the reputed houses of Judas and Ananias. About
eighteen or nineteen hundred years ago, Saul, a native of Tarsus, was
particularly bitter against the new sect called Christians, and he left
Jerusalem and started across the country on a furious crusade against
them. He went forth "breathing threatenings and slaughter against the
disciples of the Lord."
"And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus, and suddenly there
shined round about him a light from heaven:
"And he fell to the earth and heard a voice saying unto him, 'Saul,
Saul, why persecutest thou me?'
"And when he knew that it was Jesus that spoke to him he trembled,
and was astonished, and said, 'Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?'"
He was told to arise and go into the ancient city and one would tell
him what to do. In the meantime his soldiers stood speechless and
awe-stricken, for they heard the mysterious voice but saw no man. Saul
rose up and found that that fierce supernatural light had destroyed his
sight, and he was blind, so "they led him by the hand and brought him to
Damascus." He was converted.
Paul lay three days, blind, in the house of Judas, and during that time
he neither ate nor drank.
There came a voice to a citizen of Damascus, named Ananias, saying,
"Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight , and inquire at
the house of Judas, for one called Saul, of Tarsus; for behold, he
prayeth."
Ananias did not wish to go at first, for he had heard of Saul before, and
he had his doubts about that style of a "chosen vessel" to preach the
gospel of peace. However, in obedience to orders, he went into the
"street called Straight" (how he found his way into it, and after he did,
how he ever found his way out of it again, are mysteries only to be
accounted for by the fact that he was acting under Divine inspiration.)
He found Paul and restored him, and ordained him a preacher; and from
this old house we had hunted up in the street which is miscalled
Straight, he had started out on that bold missionary career which he
prosecuted till his death. It was not the house of the disciple who sold
the Master for thirty pieces of silver. I make this explanation in
justice to Judas, who was a far different sort of man from the person
just referred to. A very different style of man, and lived in a very
good house. It is a pity we do not know more about him.
I have given, in the above paragraphs, some more information for people
who will not read Bible history until they are defrauded into it by some
such method as this. I hope that no friend of progress and education
will obstruct or interfere with my peculiar mission.
The street called Straight is straighter than a corkscrew, but not as
straight as a rainbow. St. Luke is careful not to commit himself; he
does not say it is the street which is straight, but the "street which is
called Straight." It is a fine piece of irony; it is the only facetious
remark in the Bible, I believe. We traversed the street called Straight
a good way, and then turned off and called at the reputed house of
Ananias. There is small question that a part of the original house is
there still; it is an old room twelve or fifteen feet under ground, and
its masonry is evidently ancient. If Ananias did not live there in St.
Paul's time, somebody else did, which is just as well. I took a drink
out of Ananias' well, and singularly enough, the water was just as fresh
as if the well had been dug yesterday.
I dunno why, but Luke was always my favorite writer, and little tidbits like this make me like him even more.
