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Posted by Simon (# 1) on :
 
Joke submitted by George Wagner:

St Thomas holds forth in the Upper Room. "I won't believe until I can place my fingers into the holes in His hands and His feet and thrust my hand into the wound in His side."

Just then the Risen Christ enters. "Tom," Jesus says, "the boys and I have been talking, and we're all afraid that you're becoming just a little too weird for our group."

[ 13. July 2005, 11:01: Message edited by: Simon ]
 

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Posted by Newman's Own (# 420) on :
 
This one could 'work' very well, particularly if it were told in tones of the KJV and Book of Common Prayer.

It is not hilarious, but it is fairly funny and not at all offensive. Thomas' request is a very strange one. I rather like jokes which capture some of the odd or amusing 'undertones' of incidents in the scriptures.
 

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Posted by The Coot (# 220) on :
 
Oh yes, liked it. I think because it dares to say something about the parables, prophecies, happenings in the Bible that we all think but rarely say. Let's face it, some of them are off the planet.

Teeth like a flock of sheep... breasts like the twin fawns of a gazelle, spitting in mud and applying the mixture to someone's eyes, sticking your hands in someone's wounds... If someone at a party said those things, you'd edge slowly away.

 

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Posted by Marquis (# 9750) on :
 
Best joke so far! Hysterical, if only because there are a few folks I know that this would apply to equally as well as Thomas.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
 

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Posted by Zeke (# 3271) on :
 
I always had some feelings that the way Thomas is described in the gospel makes him really seem odd, and a little bit grisly as well. I was never comfortable enough to tell this to anybody, so having a story in which Jesus himself makes an observation on it was a real kick and a surprise too. This got a big laugh out of me.

I guess we are supposed to assume that Thomas was just coming up with the most outlandish idea he could think of, precisely because he was sure it wouldn't happen. He certainly isn't depicted as terribly bright, or trustful enough of the other disciples to so much as consider their account, even though he presumably had seen many miracles performed, including a couple of instances of bringing dead people back to life. There are those who think he was purposely shown in a bad light by a gospel writer with an axe to grind, but that is another kettle of fish.
 

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Posted by Lamb Chopped (# 5528) on :
 
I love it because we get Jesus speaking in a 21st century "concerned friend recommending a shrink" voice--"You know, you really ought to see someone about those thoughts of yours...."

PLUS, we know all the while that He's much weirder.

PS: Coot, may I use your last paragraph for a signature?

[ 12. July 2005, 03:45: Message edited by: Lamb Chopped ]
 

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Posted by The Coot (# 220) on :
 
You're welcome, Lamb Chopped.
 

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Posted by Lurker McLurker™ (# 1384) on :
 
I think it is hilarious. Probably because the whle idea is ridiculous but I never thought of it that way until now. Humour is at its best when it helps you see things from a new angle (of course, that's why it can be offensive as some people feel threatened by this).
 

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Posted by Newman's Own (# 420) on :
 

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Originally posted by The Coot:
Teeth like a flock of sheep... breasts like the twin fawns of a gazelle, spitting in mud and applying the mixture to someone's eyes, sticking your hands in someone's wounds... If someone at a party said those things, you'd edge slowly away.

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Excellent and all too true, Coot! I'll not even think, for the moment, of Peter's walking on water, John's wanting to call down fire from heaven, or what the Pharisees were doing in the wheat field.

As an aside, remember Franco Zeffirelli's brilliant "Jesus of Nazareth"? Now and then, that film slipped in some inside jokes. They depicted Thomas as originally employed by Jairus - and insisting, when Jesus said the little girl was 'not dead, only sleeping,' 'But I saw she was dead!' That was almost as good as when the two thieves are waiting to be crucified, and the 'bad thief' shouts, "It was him who did the murder, not me!"
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
Slightly amusing, but it's just a punchline.
I would have found it funnier if there had been a build up to it.
 

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Posted by Left at the Altar (# 5077) on :
 


This is the best one so far. Great twist.
 

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Posted by SteveTom (# 23) on :
 
I giggled long and loud at this. I've no idea why.

There's nothing clever about it, and I think that Thomas's demand for physical proof of the resurrection makes perfect sense, so logically the joke doesn't really work.

But I guess if you ignore the biblical context, the silliness and unexpectedness work for me.
 

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Posted by Ophthalmos (# 3256) on :
 

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Originally posted by Lurker McLurker™:
I think it is hilarious. Probably because the whle idea is ridiculous but I never thought of it that way until now. Humour is at its best when it helps you see things from a new angle (of course, that's why it can be offensive as some people feel threatened by this).

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