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Does religion do comedy

Like are there any deeply religious comedians

Can you make religion funny without mocking it

Is there any humour in religion

A lot of humor comes from the unexpected, like the joke, "What did the deaf and blind boy get for Christmas.....cancer."

Sometimes the truth can only be told in humor. George Carlin told jokes about his Catholic schooling. To the extent that religion seeks truth, it can occasionally find an ally in humor.

Jesus himself.

Unfortunately, the only people who can appreciate most of his humor are Bible scholars and the few remaining Aramaic-speaking Christians in the world.

In the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, when the words of Jesus are translated from New Testament Greek back into Jesus's own actual language, Aramaic, you get quite a few Aramaic puns.

Religion is comedy.

I just can't see any humour in something that inevitably could end humanity

But I get how people can make humour out of it

It's like on the one hand no one wants to accept that god or anything like that is real and so you can find fun in it

But on the other hand it can destroy people's lives

With that I'm thinking, religion in itself, on paper can maybe look like comedy
But belief in it can be absolutely detrimental to the future of humanity

A Christian comedian from the 80's. He was funny at the time.

Everyone is different, but some people are fine with having a bit of fun and good humour about the faith with God. I think he may like to be shown that he is winning though, who would want to make God look otherwise.

I have done some sketches recently which have been so much fun.

The two witnesses in the Bible in the Book of Revelations-after I did my project for my faith I came up with my mysterious other partner and I was going up and down with them like the two witnesses toe to toe. It was good fun.

I even had a sketch like the Esau and Jacob one stole his brothers birthrights that someone was trying to outwit God with this and Jesus and he said this is not my son and I am the author of this story said God.

Talking beasts likely lots of fun to be had.

Even had one with my own rod like Aaron and David and against Goliath little old me against them had my dad laughing in his 80s.

A bit more, but I do try and be respectful

The description on YouTube says:


but then also says:


The exposure of Mike Warnke as a "liar and fraudster" is a reference to his sensationalistic claims about being an alleged former "Satanist" high priest, in a book titled The Satan-Seller, which was published back in the early 1970's. His claims were among the antecedents of the "Satanic ritual abuse" scare of the 1980's.

I found out that this month disability and pride month in the UK.

I do love my faith which I have had since my childhood, but as I have written above at times you may be able to have a laugh with it as well.

I think many of us know that the good Lord left this mortal life on earth in the body in his 30s as is usually stated. That is young and growing up with him as a father to pass this age chronologically you may wonder about this. Jesus though is no more in his 30s in the spirit in Heaven. He is decades old now since created and is signifcantly since he left this mortal life and is more than capable of being a father to all those who follow him covering all mortal ages. He is very seasoned now and wiser than ever and fully developed in the spirit. The book of Revelations given by John says that he will return to the earth the 2nd time with white woolen hair which gives the look of senority also as well holiness. He is a beyond a great age and my daddy warbucks is back.

In Revelation 1:14, John describes Jesus's hair as "white like wool, as white as snow". This imagery is interpreted as a symbol of Jesus's divine nature, wisdom, and holiness. The white color, reminiscent of wool and snow, emphasizes purity and eternal wisdom.

The Buddha has several humorous teachings, yes. The most famous one is probably the simile of ridiculously pulling a cow's horn, instead of a cow's udder, in an attempt to get milk.

The Buddha is comparing the "Wanderers of other Sects" to the cow-horn pullers, as they make no efforts at meditation, arrive at no Samadhi, attain no Nibbana. But the well-practising monks and nuns are like the udder-pullers who actually draw milk. They meditate, arrive at Samadhi, attain Nibbana

The simile gets even funnier when you wonder: why pulling a cow horn? Might that be some sort of symbol? Maybe, just maybe, the cow horn is located between the legs of these Wanderers of other sects, which is getting pulled. It would certainly detract from attaining Samadhi.

You might be taking it too seriously, it's all make-believe.

are the "grapes sour"?

Care to explain further?

Organised religion is notorious for not being able to laugh at itself. I suppose a lot of them are scared it'll undermine church authority. But the Zen people are pretty relaxed about humour and irreverence, and that's one of the reasons I prefer Zen to the usual religions.

I read somewhere that the essence of humour is rebellion against the rules, breaking taboos just enough to amuse people without going too far. So maybe that partly explains why there are so few good gags in organised religion - a lot of religious teaching is about getting people to conform to rules.

I've heard a few Pentecostal preachers trying to crack jokes but I didn't think they were very good jokes. The audience seemed to like them, but I'm not sure they weren't just being polite.

A Catholic told me this one:
Jesus turned up when a crowd was about to stone a woman to death, and said "Let one who is without sin cast the first stone." Then a woman picked up a rock and threw it at the woman, killing her instantly. Jesus turned to the woman and said "Sometimes, mother, I hate you."