Just curious ....
2006-09-29 02:57:22 · 10 answers · asked by Moonlite gambler 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For many, the idea that Christians should enjoy, let alone cultivate, a sense of humor is anathema. After all, the Bible never says, “Jesus laughed.” But it does say, “Jesus wept” (once, at a funeral). And because we’re living in the great antitypical day of atonement, surely any silliness or hilarity on our part is strictly forbidden.
But the Bible is full of funny and humorous incidents. One of the reasons Jesus was so popular with children and other sinners was certainly His warmth, His cheerfulness, and His willingness to be approachable. Some would like to imagine Him always cold-stone sober, but I like to think of Him as someone who knew the effect of a good story, told well, with a highly defined sense of humor.
The benefits of cultivating both a sense of humor and a positive outlook on life are well documented. The late Norman Cousins, for many years editor of the Saturday Review, discovered the healing benefits of humor when he was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis, a painful and usually terminal disease of the connective tissue. Afflicted by chronic pain, Cousins sought the counsel of a physician who granted him wide latitude in the treatment of his disease. In the days before home videos, Cousins brought into his hospital old 16-mm. movies by the Marx Brothers, Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, the Keystone Kops, Buster Keaton, etc., and showed them on the wall of his room.
2006-09-29 03:00:34 · answer #1 · answered by Damian 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's called
Lost in Translation
meaning: you would have to see the puns and imagery understood by the original story tellers in Aramaic and Hebrew
The Hebrew Bible employs many sorts of humor, but its purpose is not to entertain. The major goal of the Hebrew Bible is to teach humanity how to live the ideal life. Much of the humor found in the Hebrew Bible has a purpose: To demonstrate that evil is wrong and even ludicrous, at times. The punishments meted out to wrongdoers are often designed to mock them and to hoist them by their own petards.
2006-09-29 03:03:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is there Evidence of Humor in the Bible not that I found. Does that make Humor wrong? It depends on how you define humor. IF you define humor make jokes at other people expense then, Yes it is wrong, if it a harmless funny story then no it is not wrong.
2006-09-29 03:02:35 · answer #3 · answered by Kenneth G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you think about circumcision?
How about naming a book of the Bible "Revelation" when nobody has ever been able to figure out what it means?
Naming the Messiah, Jesus, which, in Hebrew means Yaweh's Savior, and sending him to Israel, where almost nobody takes him at face value?
Then, he selects a bunch of fisherman and tax collectors to run his new church.
The Tower of Babel must have been lots of fun, too.
Then, there's Jonah, the reluctant prophet, who succeeds in saving Ninevah, when he'd rather see them all dead.
God must have a highly developed sense of humor!
2006-09-29 03:32:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, in Genesis when Sarah laughed at the angel when he said that she would bear a son. However, the angel didn't think it was that funny... :/
I'm sure that Jesus laughed at one point or another. Probably with children, the apostles, or at the wedding in Caana. However, there is no scriptural evidence, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen.
2006-09-29 03:07:30 · answer #5 · answered by GLSigma3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no longer all religions position self belief in god. buddhism would not choose evidence b/c it really is extra of a existence-variety, no longer a gadget of beliefs. sure, they position self belief in reincarnation and such, yet they settle for that there is no solid evidence and they are no longer continuously attempting to remodel human beings like christians. yet lots of the religions that position self belief in superb being(s) don't have evidence ;)
2016-11-25 02:20:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus used several double entendres in the Greek. They don't translate well though.
Interestingly, this proves those stories were originally penned in Greek.
2006-09-29 03:15:12 · answer #7 · answered by lenny 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've always thought Jonah was pretty humorous.
2006-09-29 03:03:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is an interesting point. I haven't seen any in the bible.
2006-09-29 02:59:33 · answer #9 · answered by WHITE TRASH ARMENIAN 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
when god created our noses and gave us belly-buttons.
2006-09-29 02:59:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋