Was Jesus a funny guy?
Would he have laughed at my pelican story?
Had he a sense of humor?
And if so, was it the self-deprecating kind
or the sort that skewered the pomposity of others?
You can’t tell me with those twelve disciples alone
with all those foibles
he didn’t have sufficient material to work with.
My guess is he compiled a joke book which the early Church
suppressed.
Did he do stand-up on the mount where he gave,
in his more serious side, the Sermon on the Beatitudes?
Humour should have been amongst them.
A person with a sense of humour is in contact with his humanity.
Even the donkey and hyenas know how to laugh.
The images of Buddha show him with a rollicking belly.
I don’t mean to be disrespectful but where are the images
of the jolly Jesus?
I bet if they met he would have shared a laugh with Buddha,
even exchanged jokes over a coffee or two.
I wait for the record to be rectified.
An ampler, more approachable sort of god.
the ultimate comedy jam
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thanks Beth for getting the ball rolling; hope there are more 🙂 I reckon Buddha and Jesus would have got on famously; maybe even shared a few beers 🙂
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I think Jesus would have been the funniest guy of all. I mean the ‘down and outs’ loved to hang out with Him. He must have been able to tell a good joke or two.
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I just wish a few of those jokes made it into the Gospel; they would have made it a richer and funnier book 🙂
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I certainly hope so.
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I like to think that all charismatic leaders have a great sense of humour but I can think of a few who lacked in that department 🙂
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The Buddha looks like he certainly would have liked a good joke, and probably would have told a few jokes too. Much of the Old Testament doesn’t seem to have much room for jocularity, but I’m far from being a scholar on such matters. I do have a friend who is an Anglican nun, and she certainly enjoys a good joke. She prays for me on a regular basis, not because she thinks I need it, but because she cares about me, which is sweet of her. She knows I’m an unbeliever, and she’s trying to make sure God knows I’m a wonderful person, even though I don’t pray, or any such things.
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that’s lovely, Carolyn; I know a few priests and teaching brothers — I was training to be one — who all had a great sense of humour too. Being close to God does not prohibit you from having a sense of humour: think of the jolly Friars in ‘The Canterbury Tales’ 🙂
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A sense of humor is essential! Without it, a person is missing out on a whole, whole lot.
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a sense of humour keeps one buoyant 🙂
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Not sure of Jesus. But I share a joke book with Almighty. I paste my favourite cartoon prints on the pages and share it with him. He never said he didn’t like it.
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