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364e03 No.616323

Does God have a sense of humor? As a new Christian I'm having a lot of trouble figuring out where the line is in regards to humor. The irreverent nature of comedy seems directly opposed to my admittedly very new understanding of Christianity, and yet when I recently read the story of Peter's escape from prison and everything involving Rhoda, I was struck at how funny it was. It's genuinely hilarious. Is it wrong that my first reaction to reading it was to find it really comedic?

60b964 No.616325

>>616323

>Does God have a sense of humor?

Yes. Look up how clumsy penguins are. Hilarious!


fa773a No.616329

>>616323

Humor is fine for the finite (to it's extent), but the infinite have no humor. We think things that are absurd are funny, how can a being that encompasses all find anything absurd? He can't, it is impossible (except when He became man to save us, He had humor in his human nature, read about how a lot of Jesus' sayings were great gags to the hearers).

You shouldn't find these things absurd regarding the faith doctrine, but it's fine to find absurd the situations in the Bible. I personally find hilarious this epic one-liner from the OT:

>Again the Israelites cried out to the Lord, and he gave them a deliverer—Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera the Benjamite. The Israelites sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Ehud had made a double-edged sword about a cubit long, which he strapped to his right thigh under his clothing. He presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was a very fat man. After Ehud had presented the tribute, he sent on their way those who had carried it. But on reaching the stone images near Gilgal he himself went back to Eglon and said, “Your Majesty, I have a secret message for you.”

The king said to his attendants, “Leave us!” And they all left.

Ehud then approached him while he was sitting alone in the upper room of his palace[e] and said, “I have a message from God for you.” As the king rose from his seat, Ehud reached with his left hand, drew the sword from his right thigh and plunged it into the king’s belly. Even the handle sank in after the blade, and his bowels discharged. Ehud did not pull the sword out, and the fat closed in over it. Then Ehud went out to the porch; he shut the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them.

Don't worry about it too much, and welcome to the faith.


89705f No.616340

The Lord God Jesus Christ LOVES Humor & That why He Created It! Bible has lots of Quotes on Humor for just one Psalm 126:2 "Then our mouth was filled with laughter, & our tongue with singing, Then they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them"


7d738e No.616342

Psam 2:2-42

>The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

>He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

He finds a certain amusement in the foolishness of sin.


89705f No.616359

Yes, it does not take one to Learn how crafty evil is & how easy for us to sin even without knowing at Times! Our Enemies like to Cherry pick parts of the LAW & parts of the bible that serve their narrative to cause Quilt & Doubt in many new Believer in JESUS. Even worry is a sin because of lack of faith. The Law & Gospel maybe be used in balance so not Law be use as a club & with GRACE not use cheaply! Christ Jesus paid the ransom & with his death completed payment on the curse & His Resurrection completed the GRACE it was not Cheap! As for me I Thank Jesus for what He's Done for Me! More GRACE the sin!


2264e2 No.616362

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>>616325

Or look at the Platypus.

>poisonous duckbeaver

I don't think he could have created that withput a sense of humour.


18c01a No.616363

God loves puns. Read the Old Testament in Hebrew–it's full of puns!


ac484e No.616368

Think about it for a sec. Our Lord healed people who were life-long blind. And upon giving them sight, told them to keep it a secret. Yes, God has a sense of humor.


a158f9 No.616379

File: 670b46ec7f4fee2⋯.jpg (36.86 KB, 600x400, 3:2, Platypus-1.jpg)

>>616323

Basically this

>>616362

how could a being without sense of humour create this?


134e7b No.616416

Some things in the Bible aren't so much funny as raise a "lolwut" at times.

Take for instance:

>After him was Samgar the son of Anath, who slew of the Philistines six hundred men with a ploughshare: and he also defended Israel. (Judges 3:31)

Basically

>holy man single-handedly wrecks 600 soldiers with a plow

>gets a bullet-point in holy scripture, never even to be referenced ever again

>>616329

Don't forget the part that the king's servants left him for ages because they thought he was in the privy. It wasn't until hours had passed when they realised something was wrong.


60ebbb No.616430

John 1:35-51 is a really funny exchange.

>Jesus introduces himself to Simon by giving Simon a new name

>Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree?

>gets stalked

>turns around

>what are you looking for?

>where do you live?

>can anything good come from Nazareth?


364e03 No.616480

2 Kings 6:5 cracked me up as well. The image of some poor guy's axehead flying into a river and him yelling "It was borrowed!" is just great. Not only that, but God caring enough to miraculously retrieve it. I didn't expect that based on my preconceived ideas about Him, which made it really funny and touching. It cheers me up to think about. It's a beautiful thing to know that God cares about the little things.


b49911 No.616487

>>616480

"Oh boy, I'd better take good care of this axehead, I was lucky he lent it to Mr at-"

*Plink*

"SHIT"


b3eb7f No.616948

Not so much funny ha-ha but funny uh-oh - see 1 Kings 12:1-11


9cd351 No.617003

Humor is a divine quality, only humans got it.




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