Does God have a sense of humour?

whatever · Post by **whatever** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 5:59 pm

Thought I’d start a less ‘serious’ thread. What does the bible say? Does it imply that God may have a less serious side? Can God find things comical or funny?

If yes, would he ever play pranks on people?

If no, why not? Would this mean man kind has a skill that God can never have?

Can a true God have a sense of humour or would it undermine his/her/its 'higher status'?

Piper Plexed · Post by **Piper Plexed** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 6:30 pm

Yes I think so....

whatever · Post by **whatever** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:52 pm

Does God have a sense of humour?

You think that animals funny?

Check this one out...

not a doubt in my mind as to whether God has a sense of humour...

whatever · Post by **whatever** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 7:06 pm

but jokes aside...

I'm surprised there were not many replies to this thread. I can only assume:

a) The answer is so obvious it doesn't deserve to be said.
b) No one knows
c) There are other more serious threads to be debating within.

maybe the bible is in fact one giant joke book, but we've just interpreted it all wrong

either that or God really just isn't funny.

Gaunt · Post by **Gaunt** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 7:40 pm

I would think it would be difficult to preserve the humor of a joke for 2000 years.

"Have you heard the one about the 3 wise men?"

"yeah.."

"oh"

whatever · Post by **whatever** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 7:47 pm

well, not in theory... God should easily be able to make a joke so funny that no matter how may times you hear it you hurt with laughter..

ENIGMA · Post by **ENIGMA** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 8:09 pm

whatever wrote:well, not in theory... God should easily be able to make a joke so funny that no matter how may times you hear it you hurt with laughter..

Hurt? Try dying from laughter like the Monty Python sketch in "Now for Something Completely Different".

Gaunt · Post by **Gaunt** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 9:05 pm

Perhaps God has the ultimate in dry humor. like Bob Newhart to the nth extreme.

Corvus · Post by **Corvus** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 1:27 am

ENIGMA wrote:
whatever wrote:well, not in theory... God should easily be able to make a joke so funny that no matter how may times you hear it you hurt with laughter..
Hurt? Try dying from laughter like the Monty Python sketch in "Now for Something Completely Different".

Here is the script. It's absolutely hilarious.

Wenn ist das Nunstruck git und Slotermeyer? Ja!...
Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!

As to whether God has a sense of humour. Yes, I think so. If we are to believe God created us, then we can expect an involuntary action like laughter to have been created by God.

I think the question is not whether he has a sense of humour, but whether he laughs with or at people.

Bro Dave · Post by **Bro Dave** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 5:20 am

"Whatever", you have set your sites too low. We tend to see God anthropromorphically, but God, source of everything, including humor is, as always beyond His creations. Wisely, humor was created to allow us to handle the stuff in life that we otherwise could not. However, since Jesus came to show us God The Father, in every way we are able to grasp, and since Jesus himself had a wonderful sense of humor, I guess the answer is a qualified, yes!

Bro Dave