Hal. Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 Did Jesus ever have a laugh , did Mohammed ever have a giggle ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marat Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Can it ever be anything but funny? More seriously, though, some critics have described the Christ figure depicted in the Bible as a rather unpleasantly sanctimonious individual, who fails to have a good laugh at things like his fury over finding money-changers at the Temple in Jerusalem, while yet simultaneously not being bothered about the fact that women are excluded from the Temple on pure gender prejudice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal. Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 Is Mohammed ever known to have had a good laugh because of a funny incident ? Did Jesus ever in all of the literature about him ever have a laugh at somebody ? If they didn't , is laughing wrong ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 One of the many Christian spiritual writers who sought to borrow respectability for his works by placing them under the name of the much-honoured Ephrem the Syrian maintained that Jesus had cried but never laughed, and so 'laughter is the beginning of the destruction of the soul'. - Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, by Diarmaid MacCullough, page 207. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal. Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 And , Mohammed ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rktpro Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 I know about the Hindu Gods. Well, there are many such Gods who had a great laugh. And if you want to know about saints who laughed. Then, Gaurang Mahaprabhu was very naughty in his childhood. He had a hundred giggles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Religion meets politics can give rise to some serious humour. Have a look at this- particularly the yogic flying at about 1:15. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=438UKM1Av1g I challenge anyone to watch that and keep a straight face (and yes, that's a real election broadcast, not a spoof) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal. Posted June 8, 2011 Author Share Posted June 8, 2011 That's not religion ! It's meditative keep fit and yuppie liberalism ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mississippichem Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 (edited) Religion meets politics can give rise to some serious humour. Have a look at this- particularly the yogic flying at about 1:15. I challenge anyone to watch that and keep a straight face (and yes, that's a real election broadcast, not a spoof) Thanks for that video. Not only did it lighten my rather dreary day, but it made me feel not so bad about some of the religious political nuts we have on my side of the pond. Evidently the global distribution of political religious nuts is homogeneous and spreads as far the other side of the other pond: Mitsuo Matatyoshi Edited June 8, 2011 by mississippichem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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