Monday, September 29, 2008

Humor and God

God must be a very funny Person. Why? Because we are made in God's image and we all have a sense of humor! With all power in Heaven and earth, Jesus must have quite a funny bone; his Father too. I bet they are bored with over-serious religion (just as we are). One gift of the Spirit is missing from the Bible -- humor; perhaps it is a given.

I bet God gets a kick out of these funny quotes as much as we do:

If I had been the Virgin Mary, I would have said, "No." -Margaret "Stevie" Smith

Religions change; beer and wine remain. -Hervey Allen

The chicken probably came before the egg because it is hard to imagine God wanting to sit on an egg. -Unknown

Living with a saint is more grueling than being one. -Robert Neville

Everybody should believe in something; I believe I'll have another drink. -Unknown

Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. -Mark Twain

The trouble with born-again Christians is that they are even bigger pain the second time around. -Herb Caen

Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God. -Lenny Bruce

Churches welcome all denominations, but most prefer fives and tens. -Uknown

He had a God-given killer instinct. -Al Davis of the Oakland Raiders talking about George Blanda

(Most if not all quotes are from The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said, by Robert Byrne)

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