Grandliseur
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I thought the Republicans had made great azzes out of themselves the last many months. Their leader seems to epitomize a strutting ostrich.
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If God exists, would It have a sense of humor?
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ThePainefulTruth
Romantic-Cynic
I agree, but according to some here, God is unknowable.
Yes, but I would hope that God would be above slapstick, sit-coms and potty humor, and have a more sophisticated taste in humor, like mine
, such as ironic, dark and even (dare I say) gallows humor. I wrote this little parable several years ago as a response to why God would have created us, and why humor--and disdain--would play a part.The Parable of the Lonely God:
***BIG BANG!***
<<><>><<><>>
<<><><><>><<><><><>>
<<><>The Universe Begins<><>>
God (Voice of James Earl Jones) : Gabriel, isn't this a beautiful universe I created?
Gabriel (Voice of Sylvester Stallone): Yes Boss.
God: (Sigh). Adam, what about you, what do you think of the universe?
Adam (voice of Eddie Murphy): Oh, it’s absolutely delightful. I particularly like those sparkly little galaxies, and you just can't beat a brilliant sunset on the beach or a thunderstorm over the Grand Canyon. I can’t even get started about women, you hit the jackpot with that one. But those black holes are a holy terror. And WHY is everything SO----FAR----APART. Man-o-man, the nearest star is 4 light years away. What were you thinking? And couldn't you at least do something about those damn mosquitoes. I hope I'm not stepping on any toes here, but if I'd have arranged things......
God: (Sigh)………(**Smile**)
Yet we also crave humor in the best of times. And I don't really think it's a survival tool as much as it is a tool for dealing with and for laughing at death.
Not need one so much as want one--see parable above.
Yeah, I shouldn't have brought it up, but since I did, it's not the Republicans per se. Trump is a much needed dose of reality, and if he can do that, he can strut all he wants. Our problem is the entrenched corrupt establishment in the Democrats, media AND the Republicans, which is the real problem we face. Step back and take a look at who and what they defend, and what they're attacking, with nothing but emotional daggers.
A good joke, absurd statements based on blind faith, idolatry, human pettiness, and sarcasm.
God has a great sense of humor.
ThePainefulTruth
Romantic-Cynic
Indeed, I would expect so, if It exists.
I'm still working on proving I exist.
ThePainefulTruth
Romantic-Cynic
Yes, as the caterpillar said, who are you?
ThePainefulTruth
Romantic-Cynic
I'm not sure why that would be necessarily so.
Or did you think only humans had the exclusive rights on that?
I just asked the question. But now that you mentioned, whether we have an exclusive right to it or not, that would have to have been determined by God in any case, so....
Do you believe in many gods? If not, why would you expect God to behave like a social creature?
Mohsen
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
You're making me smile because you went on to write this:
Makes it "necessarily so".
peace
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My favorite example of God's humor as expressed in the Bible is in the answer to this question: "Does God have a sense of humor?"
The answer is: "Perhaps the best indication that God does have a sense of humor is that He created man in His image"
The answer is: "Perhaps the best indication that God does have a sense of humor is that He created man in His image"
RedDragon94
Love everyone, meditate often
Man's futile attempts to solve their problems through evil.
I definitely think that God has a sense of himor, yes.
This book talks about humor and spirituality from a Catholic point of view: “Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter Are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life,” by James Martin
This book talks about humor and spirituality from a Catholic point of view: “Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter Are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life,” by James Martin
Mohsen
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
ThePainefulTruth
Romantic-Cynic
I believe our self-awareness is the primary trait we might have been made in the image of.
Yes, IF God exists and created us with or without a sense of humor. But God might not have a sense of humor and could have created, or created the universe which spawned us, without any regards to it. It could be we're the only being in the universe who laugh. I doubt it, but....
ThePainefulTruth
Romantic-Cynic
Because God was lonely, and there can be no other gods, they'd all just be reabsorbed back into God' immediately. Did you not read my parable in post #42?
Mohsen
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Rats laugh, so do other animals... and I believe any "intellect" which can spot "irony" can laugh. Vulcan's don't exist - we can think them up but they don't exist.
The Turin test on AI also proves that mankind has programmed "humour" into machinated code so that a well designed robot can learn algorythms which allow it to to imitate irony and thus, by way of extension - humour.
What we must fundamentally ask is not "how" - but "why". Why did God create Humour - if not for moments, like these?
Peace
ThePainefulTruth
Romantic-Cynic
That's not funny at all, it's evil and pathetic.
Sorry, I couldn't just pass it up. I now return you to your regularly scheduled discussion...