And the Gods Laugh...
So earlier this month, God proved his sick sense of humor - much to my delight. Evidently, a man lowered himself voluntarily into a lion's pit in the Kiev zoo, claiming that, "God will save me, if he exists." An official of the zoo said that. "A lioness went straight for him, knocked him down, and severed his carotid artery.1"
Theological Irony - writ large. Or is it?
Aside from the common statement that, "One shouldn't request God to prove his existence," what does this really prove, other than give me a night's worth of entertainment? The question I am usually asked from time to time is, "What do I want God to say to me upon my arrival," (to the pearly gates) for which common answers include, "Welcome Home," "Your Family is over there," or "You made me proud," and other melodramatic oddities. My response is usually the same, much to the disgust of those asking:
"So, these two Jews walk into a bar."
To me, this would prove that God would have a sense of humor. He absolutely has to. To those that argue he doesn't. I'll just remind you by your own arguements, God can do anything he wants to - so wouldn't a sense of humor be included? Can God make a rock of fun so large even thoust cannot lift? I really find a difficult time in seeing how the divine creator could not have fun with the creation of the universe.
Just look at the humorous things that have evolved over time to see a somewhat jaded, albeit suitable conglomerate of humor, evolution, and god. The Pufferfish, bilbies, lead muntjac, Tucker Carlson, and Fred Phelps.
I sometimes wonder if God is sitting up in heaven laughing with the angels how we bought the whole, "The meek shall inheret the Earth," deal. I'm sure Archangel Michael hocked a feather outta his nose at least once. Raphael I'm sure had to throw his robe into the washer.
I really hope that the video of the mauling is available in heaven, on the jumbocloud-a-tron through paperview.
At the very least, zoo attendence should be up.
Theological Irony - writ large. Or is it?
Aside from the common statement that, "One shouldn't request God to prove his existence," what does this really prove, other than give me a night's worth of entertainment? The question I am usually asked from time to time is, "What do I want God to say to me upon my arrival," (to the pearly gates) for which common answers include, "Welcome Home," "Your Family is over there," or "You made me proud," and other melodramatic oddities. My response is usually the same, much to the disgust of those asking:
"So, these two Jews walk into a bar."
To me, this would prove that God would have a sense of humor. He absolutely has to. To those that argue he doesn't. I'll just remind you by your own arguements, God can do anything he wants to - so wouldn't a sense of humor be included? Can God make a rock of fun so large even thoust cannot lift? I really find a difficult time in seeing how the divine creator could not have fun with the creation of the universe.
Just look at the humorous things that have evolved over time to see a somewhat jaded, albeit suitable conglomerate of humor, evolution, and god. The Pufferfish, bilbies, lead muntjac, Tucker Carlson, and Fred Phelps.
I sometimes wonder if God is sitting up in heaven laughing with the angels how we bought the whole, "The meek shall inheret the Earth," deal. I'm sure Archangel Michael hocked a feather outta his nose at least once. Raphael I'm sure had to throw his robe into the washer.
I really hope that the video of the mauling is available in heaven, on the jumbocloud-a-tron through paperview.
At the very least, zoo attendence should be up.