Responding to Racism

January 3, 2013 By 38 Comments

Someone I know shared this “joke” on Facebook. I left a comment expressing my disappointment that they had shared it, since it seemed to me to have racist overtones. Let me share it and see whether others get the same impression, before I say more. Flying on Air Force One, Obama looked at Oprah, chuckled [...]

Filed Under: politics Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , 38 Comments

Literalism Humor

September 6, 2012 By 1 Comment

Joke-teller: So Ken Ham, Al Mohler, and Pat Robertson walk into a bar… Literalist: Really?!     And for those who don’t face the challenges that literalists do (or should) with humor, there’s this:

Filed Under: Christianity, fundamentalism, humor Tagged With: , , , , , , , 1 Comment

Rick Warren Needs ContextBot

July 23, 2012 By 2 Comments

XKCD has what Rick Warren and many others need…  

Filed Under: humor, technology Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 2 Comments

More Mythicism around the Blogosphere

June 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment

There seems to be quite a bit of buzz about mythicism in the blogosphere. Today’s round-up starts with another post by Joseph Hoffmann on the topic, which begins with the following statement: The train crash that is modern mythicism is built on the train crash that was earlier mythicism. The chance of the crash happening [...]

Filed Under: historical Jesus, mythicism, New Testament Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , , Leave a Comment

Palm Sunday, April 1, circa AD 33

April 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment

It was a clear indication of Jesus’ genuine humanity that he didn’t always know when he was taking a joke too far…

Filed Under: humor, New Testament Tagged With: , , , , , Leave a Comment

Could God Get Tenure?

January 12, 2012 By 1 Comment

I came across a bit of educational humor which I thought might be worth sharing, and reflecting on: Publish or Perish : Ever wonder why God never received a permanent job at a good university? The Reasons : 1. He had only one major publication and it had no references. 2. Some people doubt that [...]

Filed Under: education, humor, theology Tagged With: , , , , , , 1 Comment

What if This is All there Is? What if I’m not Right?

November 26, 2011 By 1 Comment

John Hobbins shared this story which he heard at AAR/SBL in San Francisco, and I thought it was worth passing on (it is apparently a variation on a joke told by Stephen Colbert): A guy commits suicide. And he goes to heaven, which is not what he expected. God greets him there, and the guy [...]

Filed Under: American Academy of Religion, humor, Society of Biblical Literature Tagged With: , , , , , , , , , , 1 Comment