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What is sinful to laugh at? Can what you laugh at condemn you?

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I know that humor can be offensive and whatnot, but is there anything that would lead us Biblically into knowing what we should and should not laugh at?

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Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4:8

YOU MIGHT BE IN A COUNTRY CHURCH IF . . .

1. The doors are never locked.

2. The Call To Worship is "Y'all come on in!"

3. People grumble about Noah letting coyotes on the ark.

4. The Preacher says "I'd like to ask Bubba to help take up the offering" - and 5 guys stand up.

5. The restroom is outside.

6. Opening day of deer hunting season is recognized as an official church holiday.

7. A member requests to be buried in his 4-wheel drive truck because "I ain't never been in a hole it couldn't get me out of".

8. In the annual stewardship drive there is at least one pledge of "2 calves".

9. Never in its entire 100-year history has one of it's pastors had to buy any meat or vegetables.

10. When it rains, everybody's smiling.

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What is sinful to laugh at?

Laughing without love is sin regardless of the object being laughed about. God is love. There is a time to laugh.

In Jesus Name,

Gary

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What is sinful to laugh at?

Laughing without love is sin regardless of the object being laughed about. God is love. There is a time to laugh.

In Jesus Name,

Gary

I'm a little bit confused with regards to this post and I wonder if you'd be willing to provide some scriptural basis for it.

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What is sinful to laugh at?

Laughing without love is sin regardless of the object being laughed about. God is love. There is a time to laugh.

In Jesus Name,

Gary

I'm a little bit confused with regards to this post and I wonder if you'd be willing to provide some scriptural basis for it.

Can you elaborate upon what you find confusing?

Gary

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What is sinful to laugh at?

Laughing without love is sin regardless of the object being laughed about. God is love. There is a time to laugh.

In Jesus Name,

Gary

I'm a little bit confused with regards to this post and I wonder if you'd be willing to provide some scriptural basis for it.

Can you elaborate upon what you find confusing?

Gary

I'm confused about where you get the phrase "laughing without love" in the scripture.

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What is sinful to laugh at?

Laughing without love is sin regardless of the object being laughed about. God is love. There is a time to laugh.

In Jesus Name,

Gary

I'm a little bit confused with regards to this post and I wonder if you'd be willing to provide some scriptural basis for it.

Can you elaborate upon what you find confusing?

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I'm confused about where you get the phrase "laughing without love" in the scripture.

Hmm, not much elaboration but let me take a stab at it then. See if I can make it more concise as to what I am saying.

1Cr 13:4-8 Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth:...

1Jo 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Humor must be tempered by love else it is ungodly and sinful.

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I know that humor can be offensive and whatnot, but is there anything that would lead us Biblically into knowing what we should and should not laugh at?

Jokes that degrade someone or a group of people.

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What condemns a person is the heart. The condemnation comes from the Holy Spirit conviction of sin, but God will show you a way out ...

1 John 3:20 "For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things."

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I personally believe that when we make jokes about things that God has told us are sinful, we are probably crossing a line that we shouldn't. Does it seem to be right to make light of something wrong by turning it into a joke? It surely doesn't seem so to me.

I also have a hard time when very serious subjects or circumstances are turned into a joke, particularly if the joking is in any way about God or eternal matters.

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