Do any fundamentalist christians understand the concept of irony ?

Answer 1

They don't understand anything unless their pastor says it.

Answer 2

Yes some of us do. An example is "Never use a preposition to end a sentence with."

Irony is not sarcasm which degrades the character of the person spoken to.

The Bible has lots of irony such as John 19:14 Pilate said, "Here is your KING." The irony is that He is THE King of the universe. Some other verses that use irony are Job 38:3; 40:7 and 2 Corinthians 12:13.

Answer 3

Irony is best known as a figure of speech (more precisely called verbal irony) in which there is a gap or incongruity between what a speaker or a writer says, and what is understood. It can also be considered a twist of fate where an eventual occurrence relates back to a particular quote. All the different senses of irony, however, revolve around the notion of incongruity, or a gap between our understanding and what actually happens. For instance, tragic irony occurs when a character onstage is ignorant, but the audience watching knows his or her eventual fate, as in Sophocles’ play Oedipus the King. Socratic irony, the oldest form, takes place when someone pretends to be foolish or ignorant, but is not. Cosmic irony is a sharp incongruity between our expectations of things and what actually occurs, as if the universe were mocking us.

H. W. Fowler, in Modern English Usage, had this to say of irony:

Irony is a form of utterance that postulates a double audience, consisting of one party that hearing shall hear and shall not understand, and another party that, when more is meant than meets the ear, is aware, both of that “more” and of the outsider’s incomprehension.
Irony has some of its foundation in the onlooker’s perception of paradox. In June 2005, the State of Virginia Employment Agency, which handles unemployment compensation, announced that they would lay off 400 employees for lack of work because unemployment is so low in the state. The reader’s perception of a disconnection between common expectation, and the application of logic with an unexpected outcome, both has an element of irony in it and shows the connection between irony and humor, when the surprise startles us into laughter. Not all irony is humorous: “grim irony” and “stark irony” are familiar.

Answer 4

Stop putting others down for their beliefs and you may get more respect for your own.

IRONY would be for a non-believer to allow a believer the freedom to have his or her beliefs, and a believer to allow a non-believer the freedom to have theirs and both people gaining knowledge and understanding they would have not otherwise found without the other person and those beliefs

Answer 5

You seem to have a deep interest in fundamentalists. A spiritual hunger, perhaps?

Answer 6

Ironic-you will burn in hell forever-others will live in absolute harmony with God-the only difference is the choice we make. You could have heaven if you wanted it. Ironic or moronic.

Answer 7

They are not good with figurative or symbolic language either, which leads to all types of interesting conclusions.

Answer 8

Yes indeed--- and the concept of WASTING OTHER PEOPLES TIME!

Answer 9

sighman_legris i recognize your nick where it comes from is uncle toms cabin

Answer 10

More than irony they use PARABOLES