laughing at the bible

[creativemechanic]

The bible  is full of pertinent  messages  and important accounts which we can model our lives after.

However, its full of funny accounts and stories which  have a bit of humour in them. Have you found anything in scripture which you find humourous?

Pharisees vs Jesus 1 ; Matthew 12. Jesus  removes a demon from a man who was deaf and mute. The Pharisees accuse him of doing it by Satans power. Jesus pretty much points out that -Why would Beelzebub give me power to cast out his own demons. A kingdom divided against itself cant stand.

In Exodus 32 -When Moses confronted Aaron about the making of the golden calf- Aaron claims he put the gold in the furnace and the calf popped out. Yes... a fully formed calf pops right out of the melted gold.

2 Samuel 1

When Saul killed himself, one of his soldiers looted his body and brought the crown to David lying that he was an Amalekite who mercy killed him (possibly hoping for a reward). David instead got mad and had him killed for killing Gods annointed.

Lesson :Dont tell lies

 

 

[R. Hartono]

Ananias and Safira were killed by Peter's rebuttal on their lies, shoul Peter spare them they would not die that horribly.

[Jayne]

One thing that almost makes me smile because it's so ridiculous is Balaam, the wicked prophet for hire.

He's such a horrible person [not funny], tells King Balak how to reach the Israelites with vile sexual immorality [not funny],  and is listed in Jude as an example of who NOT to be [not funny].

But what makes me shake my head with a slight grin is when he is traveling on his donkey and the donkey sees the angel sent to slay Balaam and the donkey tries to get away from him, and Balaam can't see it and just start BEATING the donkey to pieces, and God makes the poor donkey talk and say...

..."What have I done to make you beat me these three times?"

Balaam is SOOOO MAAADDD that he can't wrap his mind around a talking donkey and he just TALKS BACK!

...“You have made a fool of me! If only I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now.”

The donkey keeps talking, "Am I not your own donkey, which you have always ridden, to this day? Have I been in the habit of doing this to you?”

Balaam says, "No!!"  He STILL HAS NOT NOTICED that the donkey is talking  like a human!  He is THAT mad!!!!!

How ludicrous!  How arrogant and self-puffed up!!  What a moron!
 

 

 

 

 

[creativemechanic]

55 minutes ago, R. Hartono said:

Ananias and Safira were killed by Peter's rebuttal on their lies, shoul Peter spare them they would not die that horribly.

what?

 

[LearningToLetGo]

43 minutes ago, creativemechanic said:

what?

 

Acts 5

[Charlie744]

How about God created Eve after Adam and said it is not good for man to be alone - I will make him a helper!

After Eve ate the apple, God kicked them both out of Eden and told Adam to marry her.... (this is not going to go over  well with the women in this group).. But it is in the scriptures.... I didn't say it...

[Abrielle]

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Have you found anything in scripture which you find humourous?

When Jacob crosses his hands to bless Joseph's sons.

Edited July 15, 2022 by Abrielle
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[R. Hartono]

5 hours ago, creativemechanic said:

In Exodus 32 -When Moses confronted Aaron about the making of the golden calf- Aaron claims he put the gold in the furnace and the calf popped out. Yes... a fully formed calf pops right out of the melted gold.

Aaron too wasnt honest that he did carve the calf statue.

[Dennis1209]

Interesting subject. We were created with our personalities and attributes: love, sorrow, hate, compassion, fear, intellect, and what we call a sense of humor. I’ve wondered if the Lord has a sense of humor?

When Jesus walked the earth in the flesh, I can recall zero instances where He joked or exhibited a sense of funny humor? The Son of God and the Gospel are no joking matter.

Maybe it is just me, but I find the episode with Dagon and the Philistines hilarious in 1 Samuel 5:6 & 1 Samuel 6:4 hilarious. The Philistines were plagued with emerods (hemorrhoids) because they were a pain in Israel’s butt for stealing the Ark of the Covenant. The Philistines fashioned images (statues) of their emerods and sent them along with the Ark back to Israel. It seems to me that is fitting and a sense of humor?

[Mike Mclees]

What is funny is that when I read the scripture, I see no humor any where. The Bible is a holy book that tells us of life and death. Death of the unbelieving and life eternal for all who receive it's life-giving message. What is funny about that?   

Edited July 15, 2022 by Mike Mclees