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pimple
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The story of Gideon reminds me of the time I thought I had a vocation. I said to God "If you are really calling me, let Fulham win 5-0 next Saturday. And they did! So I said "Lord, far be it from me to call that a coincidence. If you really want me, let there be an appeal against the last four goals, and let half the Fulham side be banned for the rest of the season, and the Fulham manager sacked." And God said "Don't be bloody cheeky" and I woke up.
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Karl: Liberal Backslider
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Originally posted by Timothy the Obscure:
Try to imagine them as a Monty Python sketch--in Tom's example above, John Cleese as Moses and Eric Idle as Aaron.
"I just threw the gold in the fire and then there was this calf there. It's not my fault!"
(Cleese does his long-suffering, why-do-I-have-to-spend-my-life-surrounded-by-idiots look, before exploding...)
In fact, I really think much of the Bible makes more sense that way.
You mean it becomes funny if you inject some humour into it? Most things do.
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georgiaboy
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One more bit on Jonah:
Some years ago I saw a play (can't remember author) called "East of Nineveh." Lead character is an elderly preacher somewhere in the American south. He is working his way through Jonah and spends considerable time wondering why Jonah set up his camp EAST of Nineveh.
His conclusion was that because of the prevailing wind, that was where Jonah could best smell the burning bodies after God killed all the Ninevites.
He didn't consider who would set the funeral pyres if God killed them ALL.
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otyetsfoma
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Whenever I read Exodus 14:11 I seem to hear a Yiddish (rather than its original hebrew) accent- or even Jackie Mason - speaking it.
Hostly note: here is Exodus 14:11 quote:
They said to Moses, ‘Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us, bringing us out of Egypt?
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Moo
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gaudium
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Going with the "dark humor"/distruction theme, if you don't mind a jump to the NT:
I was just recently thinking how funny all of the merchants must have looked while Jesus was cleansing the temple (Matt. 21:12f). He turns over the money-changing tables, and all the coins go flying. So everyone is on hands and knees grabbing for the money, when they get run over by the stampeding flock of sheep and the flapping, squawking doves which Jesus has just released.
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St. Sarcastica
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Job is wonderfully sarcastic to his friends:
"Doubtless you are the people,
and wisdom will die with you!"
Job 12:2
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Wiffle
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I know Mark Driscoll isn't to everyones taste (I've not seen enough to know if I like him yet) but he delivers a talk on exactly this topic which might be worth a look.
Mark Driscoll on the place of Humor in the Bible and the Church
I know a lot of his jokes aren't PC but I have no idea how closely they tie in with his worldview (he's a Calvinist who describes Calvinism as "Duck, Duck, Damn!").
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Moo
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