tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post115291272508153200..comments2024-03-25T14:27:40.121-05:00Comments on Heart, Mind, Soul, and Strength: Ethics of humor: Fellowship, division, and derisionWeekend Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-1153109231693418772006-07-16T23:07:00.000-05:002006-07-16T23:07:00.000-05:00Here we go with an original (and therefore probabl...Here we go with an <A HREF="http://familyhoodchurch.blogspot.com/2006/07/meme-poking-fun-at-someone-who.html" REL="nofollow">original</A> (and therefore probably not funny?) lightbulb joke.Kevin Knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788817477327510023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-1153104361841024272006-07-16T21:46:00.000-05:002006-07-16T21:46:00.000-05:00Why did the Lutheran cross the road?Ahhh, hmmmm, I...Why did the Lutheran cross the road?<BR/><BR/>Ahhh, hmmmm, I don't know exactly. He certainly didn't make a "decision" to do so.LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083454353846306345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-1153104268532908112006-07-16T21:44:00.000-05:002006-07-16T21:44:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083454353846306345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-1153091557771576422006-07-16T18:12:00.000-05:002006-07-16T18:12:00.000-05:00Q: How many Calvinists does it take to change a li...Q: <BR/>How many Calvinists does it take to change a lightbulb? <BR/>A: <BR/>None. God has predestined when the lights will be on. (Calvinists do not change light bulbs. They simply read the instructions and pray the light bulb will be one that has been chosen to be changed.) <BR/><BR/>(From AnsweringIslam.org through google search - I just wanted to play.)<BR/><BR/>---<BR/><BR/>In <I>Stranger in a Strange Land</I> the hero is Spock-like. He was raised by Martians, so he has no emotions, even though he has the biology for them. Slowly, he learns them throughout the book. <BR/><BR/>He learns about laughter one day on a trip to the zoo. He sees a monkey about to enjoy a banana, and another monkey comes along and takes it from him. In frustration, the first monkey goes and beats up on another, smaller monkey (or at least that's how I remember it - I cannot find the passage.) Whatever happens, exactly, the upshot is that the hero begins laughing uncontrollably. <BR/><BR/>He finally knows what it is to be human. <BR/><BR/>Laughter is the only possible human response to tragedy. Much of our laughter at each other is our response to putting another human into a position that we could not bear to occupy ourselves. <BR/><BR/>Reading that passage really put me off humor for a long while. It made a huge impression. I had to go out and learn again that there was supportive humor as well. Thanks for pointing both out.<BR/><BR/>Great post.Kevin Knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788817477327510023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15860677.post-1153016864077144682006-07-15T21:27:00.000-05:002006-07-15T21:27:00.000-05:00I'll give you one my son made up when he was littl...I'll give you one my son made up when he was little. You can add the meaning. The only meaning I can think of targets the other side, but I won't let on which side I'm on.<BR/><BR/>Why did the duck cross the road?<BR/><BR/>He was stapled to the chicken.LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083454353846306345noreply@blogger.com