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March 10, 2005
Sacrilegious?
I'll admit that I have a zany sense of humor. I'll blame it on genetics. But sometimes I find myself laughing at something and then feeling extremely guilty about it. I've started to wonder where the line falls between a joke involving religion and a sacrilegious joke.
Example 1: I've recently entered the world of Facebook. I never knew it before, but evidently Jesus Christ attends St. Olaf College. After adding Jesus to my list of friends, I decided to poke him. For those who aren't familiar with Facebook, poking is basically a virtual game of tag. The computer enters into the following dialogue with me:
"You are about to poke Jesus Christ. Jesus will be informed of this the next time they log in."
There are then two buttons: Poke Jesus and Cancel. I, of course, opt to click the Poke Jesus one.
"You have poked Jesus Christ."
Example 2: God Names Next "Chosen People"; It's Jews Again
Example 3: WARNING -- if you found either of the above to be sacrilegious, I would suggest skipping this one.
Dress Up Jesus
I really hope I haven't offended anyone. I honestly just want thoughts on where the line should be drawn.
Posted by Megan at March 10, 2005 12:08 AM
Comments
Ya, this is a tough one too. I guess I just don't find anything funny about dressing up a crucifix. But I definitely think God has a sense of humor.
Different people have different convictions about this, and I think it falls under the "don't cause your brother to stumble" category.
Personally, I don't find anything funny about hell, or the crucifixion, or mocking Christ. Irony, maybe (in order to illustrate real love and bring real life, christ had to undergo a reeeeally grizzly death...), but not humor.
Posted by: Matt Heerema at March 10, 2005 08:11 AM
It's funny for the same reason I'm wearing a faux-mohawk today: it's absurd.
That's why I laughed, at least.
Posted by: Ben W at March 10, 2005 12:30 PM