PoetPhilosopher
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There are political reasons why Ben Shapiro isn't very well liked by the left. So depending on the comments you are reading, some of the backlash could just be because Shapiro said it.
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Is this joke offensive (to Christians)?
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stvdv
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You are right, my bad, I thought we were in the "jokes forum", but I see now that this is the "serious religious debate forum"
I will switch over to serious talk again
LoL...actually the point of the thread is to underline that humor about religions can be very funny and respectful, as Ben Shapiro did.
Just that.
In fact I don't side with those Christians who criticized him.
stvdv
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I would have been surprised if you would, knowing that you have as Religion: Pelagianism
Our Lord suffers only if we harm others.I would have been surprised if you would, knowing that you have as Religion: Pelagianism
Not if we make funny jokes about Him.
stvdv
Veteran Member: I Share (not Debate) my POV
Our Lord suffers only if we harm others.
Not if we make funny jokes about Him.
I agree, and I love it the way you said it
Ben Shapiro is offensive for other reasons than his dumb joke there, such as the vile things he says about trans women.
Tambourine
Well-Known Member
Someone who looks kind of effeminate in that plausibly-deniable way so Gibson can deny that he's a homophobe.
Tambourine
Well-Known Member
Yea, the tweet in the original post is probably the least offensive thing Shapiro has written in his entire life so far
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
It was a thorn in your side, but you've finally nailed it.
Joke explained: Christ was on a cross, but he's going to have a 2nd coming, but he's not going on a cross again. "Crossed again" means betrayed again. I don't think it is funny, but it doesn't seem offensive. In fact, it is a assertion of Christ's power. The bible says that Christ will have a second coming with a tongue like a sword (lambasting Christians for killing in war, having torture camps, not having faith in God when God says to turn the other cheek and God says that he will bring wrath if Iraq is attacked (Revelation 15: seven plagues, and eventually God will kill all life on earth as a result of the war in Iraq)). That will ire Christians, who might crucify him again. Life among wicked humans is short.
At least Benny boi didn’t go with the cliched fake sequel title “Passion 2: Electric Boogaloo.”
As an aside I can’t for the life of me fathom how he is taken even remotely seriously in the US. He’s a fast talking dweeb who has embarrassed himself publicly on more than one occasion.
But maybe that speaks to my exposure to him more than anything else.
As an aside I can’t for the life of me fathom how he is taken even remotely seriously in the US. He’s a fast talking dweeb who has embarrassed himself publicly on more than one occasion.
But maybe that speaks to my exposure to him more than anything else.
Are you proposing that Christianity could use a Trickster God?
(I'm saying this with my tongue in my cheek)
Well...I advise people to go on making jokes about Christianity. Exclusively.
It is safer.
Feel free to make jokes about atheists. Some have a sense of humour.
Technically, their god is all the things, right? Tricks and laughs can be in keeping with omnibenevolence, right? Humor good for the soul and all that?
Technically, their god is all the things, right? Tricks and laughs can be in keeping with omnibenevolence, right? Humor good for the soul and all that?
Meh, I still never worked out how God can be omnipotent and also need a day of rest, so I may be the wrong person to ask.
But then again...platypus.
Jesus was a trickster type, imo. Being a trickster can be dangerous, as evidenced by what happened to Jesus. Your mileage may vary.
firedragon
Veteran Member
Its offensive. To get offended natural. But the more mature people will shrug it off as an offensive joke. Offensive jokes are very funny for some people while some would take offence.
A joke being offensive doesn't mean we have to react offensively.
firedragon
Veteran Member
The joke was neither vulgar nor offensive.
It is what I call intelligent wit.
Yeah. You maybe right. I am just saying that for an individual it maybe offensive, yet they should dismiss these things as a joke. At least try.