Do you like jokes/riddles on God?

[Jack_Ripper]

Yes, the question is in the title. Do you like jokes or riddles on god- especially when the joke mentions god using slangs or not-so-good language, or when we are insulting him or vice versa.
I just smile when its been discussed among friends, because i don't want my friends to know that i am too much sentimental.

What do you all think? Describe your feelings when such jokes are called, especially among friends or in a gathering.

 

[Breathe]

Honestly, it depends on the joke. The style, the intention, etc.
Crude, slanderous, hostile, etc jokes, I don't like. I make it quite clear with my friends that I don't like crass jokes, especially about God. I suppose if you couldn't say it to your kids (or to your grandmother) without blushing, I wouldn't really approve of it.


Now, jokes on religion I can be slightly more forgiving over. As long as they make it clear it's a joke.

 

[Heneni]

Oh there have been hundreds of jokes about god...even on this forum. God has a sense of humour. He created you and me. And when he created me, he was running out of braincells. But he compensated by giving me lots of hair. Now i usually swing my hair around when i try to look clever. Its not quite as effective as saying something smart though.

There are the more cynical jokes about god...which i dont think is meant as a joke, but rather as a personal attack on the person who believes in god. These friends of ours have callouses growing on their heart.

 

[Breathe]

There are the more cynical jokes about god...which i dont think is meant as a joke, but rather as a personal attack on the person who believes in god. These friends of ours have callouses growing on their heart.

Yeah. With the "personal attack" on God, so to speak, I don't like either. Like if someone said "God is a piece of ****", I'd find that offensive, and then said "It was only a joke!!!".

 

[Heneni]

Personally, i dont think god notices what some people say about him, he is too busy loving his kids.

heneni

 

[Jack_Ripper]

Personally, i dont think god notices what some people say about him, he is too busy loving his kids.

heneni

Well, he could do with a bit of laugh sometimes.
For the crude ones............... GOD KNOWS lol :bow:

 

[whereismynotecard]

I don't have a problem with god jokes. But why would I?

I like most jokes. The way I see it, it's okay to make jokes about pretty much anything, men being stupid, women being stupid, blondes being stupid... pretty much anything, as long as it really is in jest and not actual hatred. Like, for example, if someone constantly makes racist jokes, and they are always about the same race, and are really mean, that's probably not good. But if they make fun of every group of people equally, than I'm okay with it. Like South Park, for instance. It would be really easy to get offended by watching that show, but they make fun of everyone, not just one group, so I think it's okay.

 

[stacey bo bacey]

If something is funny, I laugh.

I have a pretty sick sense of humor, though so uhhh...yea I guess god jokes would fall into that. Really anything or anyone is up for grabs. (As long as it's not about just one group of people because that's mean).

 

[Elessar]

Jokes about G-d - no.

Jokes about religion - usually.

Jokes about human perception of G-d - usually.

The latter two can be extremely offensive, but most of the time, are okay, and pretty funny

 

[3.14]

http://www.basicjokes.com/dtitles.php?cid=134A blonde finds herself in serious trouble. Her business has gone bust and she's in dire financial straits. She's so desperate that she decides to ask God for help. She begins to pray..."God, please help me. I've lost my business and if I don't get some money, I'm going to lose my house as well. Please let me win the Lotto."
Lotto night comes, and somebody else wins it. She again prays..."God, please let me win the Lotto! I've lost my business, my house and I'm going to lose my car as well."
Lotto night comes and she still has no luck. Once again, she prays..."My God, why have You forsaken me? I've lost my business, my house, and my car. My children are starving. I don't often ask You for help, and I have always been a good servant to You. PLEASE let me win the Lotto just this one time so I can get my life back in order."
Suddenly there is a blinding flash of light as the heavens open. The blonde is overwhelmed by the Voice of God Himself..."Sweetheart, work with Me on this... Buy a ticket"


Jesus saw a crowd chasing down a woman to stone her and approached them. "What's going on here, anyway?" he asked.
"This woman was found committing adultery, and the law says we should stone her!" one of the crowd responded.
"Wait," yelled Jesus. "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."
Suddenly, a stone was thrown from out of the sky, and knocked the woman on the side of her head.
"Aw, c'mon, Dad..." Jesus cried, "I'm trying to make a point here!"

 

[methylatedghosts]

A little girl was concentrating hard with coloured pencils and some paper. Her mother looks over and says "What's that you're drawing over there, honey?"
"I'm drawing a picture of God" she replied
"That's beautiful darling, but no-one knows what God looks like"
"Well... if you'd just let me finish"


(Personally, I think this is a beautiful little joke - that this girl had no inclination that she wasn't able to draw God - that she knew in her own mind what God was to her)

 

[methylatedghosts]

Hehe - here's another though. I think God itself could appreciate it ^_^

2 men were out golfing one morning, one of them a priest. The first man steps up and tees off, but a gust of wind blows his ball into the rough. "S***, I missed!" he said - getting a glare from the priest.
A little while later, he accidently knocks the ball into a water hazard. "Ahhh Jesus, I missed again!". The priest stops him and says "Look, god is probably not to happy with you mouthing off like this. It's very offensive!"
"I'm sorry," the first man says "May God strike me down if I swear once more"
All goes well up until the last hole, where he overshoots the green and the ball lands into a sand trap. "AHH C***!!! I MISSED!!!"

Suddenly there was a big bright flash. The man looks over to see a pile of ashes where the priest once stood. Then there was a loud booming voice.... "Ahh.... S***... I missed"

 

[Breathe]

LOL.
Jokes like those, I like

 

[darkendless]

Perople take offense to everything, i make jokes all the time at the expense of religion. My university lecturers do it even more than i do. An example was when we wrre discussing the effects of Gravity and the professor said well for anyone whos Christian don't listen to this, the pope doesn't believe in gravity. Everyone laughed. Personally i think people who get upset by cynnical jokes are to prudent for their own good, lighten up.

I don't think personal attacks are very considerate but i do often respond to people posting pointless scripture with cynnical God jokes, there's nothing else to respond with.

 

[AshleyLove.]

Ehh, if it's a meaningless joke about God, then I laugh and don't think about it. But, if it's meant to be insulting, I don't really like it. I mean, I'm not a Christian, but I've never been big on insulting other's religions/god.

 

[Elessar]

This one is only slightly religious, but still I think funny...

So, three men are waiting in line to get into heaven. The first man comes up, and the angel standing at the gate says, "I'm sorry, but only people who've had really horrible deaths are allowed to come in today."

The man says, "Well, I had a horrible death. I went home early because I thought my wife was having an affair. So I searched through the apartment, where I live on the nineteenth floor. I search through the house for the man, and can't find him, until I arrive at the balcony, where the ******* is hanging from his fingers off the railing. I go crazy and start kicking and punching at him, but he inhumanly held on, so I grabbed my hammer, and I smashed in his knuckles, so finally he falls - but then he lands safe in a bush, so I am so angry I run to the kitchen, tear the refrigerator out of the wall, and drop it on him. I killed him, but the strain was too much for my heart, so I died."

The angel agrees this is a horrible death, and lets him in. Then, comes the second man, who goes, "Well, my death was pretty horrible. I'm a high school teacher and I was home early after a halfday. I was exercising, as usual, on my balcony, when, what do you know, I slip and fall. Fortunately, I grab the railing of the balcony right below mine. I hanged there for a full hour, and was about to give up, when a MADMAN came out and starting punching and kicking me!!! I somehow, by miracle, held on, but he took out a hammer and smashed my knuckles in, and I fell. I miraculously landed

The angel agrees this is a horrible death, and lets him in. Then the third man comes up, and the angel explains, and he said, "I had a really horrible death. Picture this - I'm hiding naked inside a refrigerator..."