tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post1737918322793455763..comments2023-08-11T07:31:46.923-04:00Comments on Thoughts and Theology: God has a sense of humorJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-59646064753438648352008-11-17T23:33:00.000-05:002008-11-17T23:33:00.000-05:00Lori,Yeah, I suspect Elijah must have had some enj...Lori,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I suspect Elijah must have had some enjoyment at taunting the prophets of Baal. I've heard of righteous anger, but I suppose you might call what Elijah did, righteous sarcasm!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment, Lori!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-90205335043566664192008-11-17T21:53:00.000-05:002008-11-17T21:53:00.000-05:00Elijah and the prophets of Baal is one that I thin...Elijah and the prophets of Baal is one that I think is humorous. Can you imagine Elijah's sarcasm?<BR/><BR/>...maybe Baal is sleeping, or on vacation, or perhaps he's relieving himself!Lori Lawshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11838670586323527147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-90539179163457439572008-11-17T09:32:00.000-05:002008-11-17T09:32:00.000-05:00Greg,Oh, who can forget Elijah and the 400 prophet...Greg,<BR/><BR/><I>Oh, who can forget Elijah and the 400 prophets of Baal? That one is probably my son's favorite story! Every once in a while, he asks me to read it to him, as I put him to bed.</I><BR/><BR/>I can see why that story is probably your son's favorite. It's almost like an Old Western gunfight (like the gunfight at the O.K. Corral): the ultimate showdown: Yahweh/Jehovah God vs. all the Egyptian gods.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-70055650905038998542008-11-17T09:28:00.000-05:002008-11-17T09:28:00.000-05:00I DIDN'T KNOW THAT! About the Egyptian gods! That ...<I>I DIDN'T KNOW THAT! About the Egyptian gods! That is SOOOOOO<BR/>AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing! :-)</I><BR/><BR/>Thanks very much, Farrah! I agree, and I very much appreciate your comment. Thank you for dropping by! Sorry for my late response; besides spending a lot of time on Facebook these past few days, as well as playing this online Tennis game with my brother, I've been defragmenting my computer, running spyware checks, anti-virus scans and Registry fixes and stuff on it.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-79711666321391378752008-11-15T14:43:00.000-05:002008-11-15T14:43:00.000-05:00I DIDN'T KNOW THAT! About the Egyptian gods! Tha...I DIDN'T KNOW THAT! About the Egyptian gods! That is SOOOOOO<BR/>AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing! :-)Farrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274760327802884251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-14835436284494099232008-11-15T05:00:00.000-05:002008-11-15T05:00:00.000-05:00Oh, who can forget Elijah and the 400 prophets of ...Oh, who can forget Elijah and the 400 prophets of Baal? That one is probably my son's favorite story! Every once in a while, he asks me to read it to him, as I put him to bed.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01028914792240238768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-24745518444221860742008-11-14T17:44:00.000-05:002008-11-14T17:44:00.000-05:00Another thing I find really great is the way Jesus...Another thing I find really great is the way Jesus talked to the Pharisees. Imagine those great and mighty and holy religious leaders of that day. They must have been very respected, and people must have thought them to be very smart and very holy. They held high respect in society. Then Jesus comes along and says, “You guys are a bunch of whitewashed graves! You look clean on the outside, but on the inside, you’re a bunch of filthy hypocrites! You bunch of snakes!” I could just imagine the looks on their faces when they heard that. They must have turned red as a beet.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-66367119639313915702008-11-14T17:22:00.000-05:002008-11-14T17:22:00.000-05:00Greg,although the mention of Huz and BuzYeah, I re...Greg,<BR/><BR/><I>although the mention of Huz and Buz</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah, I remember reading about them not too many months ago. At the time, I thought they would make great names for cartoon characters.<BR/><BR/><I>as well as a mention in the NT that a group of people was "astonished with a great astonishment" make me chuckle.</I><BR/><BR/>That is funny.<BR/><BR/><I>The info on the plagues and the Egyptian Gods was very enlightening, though.</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah, I first learned about that when I was in BSF Intl. (Bible Study Fellowship), which I was in for over 3 years, and which was the most intensive Bible Study I have ever participated in. I just think the fact that God addressed the plagues to humiliate the gods of the Egyptians is so cool.<BR/><BR/>Oh, you reminded me of another one! Elijah and the prophets of Baal! I think that is hilarious how Elijah trash-talks the false god Baal! He says things like, "Maybe he's busy! Or perhaps he's meditating! Or maybe he went on a long journey! Or maybe he's sleeping and you need to yell a little louder to wake him up! Or maybe he's sitting on the toilet!<BR/><BR/>And then, when Baal never answers, it's Elijah's turn. And he really rubs it in their face and humiliates them! First, he has water poured over his altar. But that's not enough for him, so he has more water poured over it; so much, in fact, that the altar is basically flooded with water! I mean, he doesn't want to make it easy for God! And he doesn't want there to be any mistake that this will be the true and LIVING GOD that is going to do this! Then, suddenly, "WHOOOOMMM!" God sends down fire to light the burnt offering. But He doesn't just light it. Oh, no. He sends such an incredibly powerful blast of flame that it not only burns up the entire offering, but it burns up the wood, the bull, the WATER, and EVEN THE STONES! I mean, it's like when Tim Allen on Home Improvement would say, "More power!" When God does something, He does it BIG time! It's like God is saying, "Try to explain THIS away by natural causes!"<BR/><BR/><I>And the death of Pharaoh's son further solidifies the parallels between the Passover account and the Gospel.</I><BR/><BR/>Yes.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-723416972639791532008-11-14T17:04:00.000-05:002008-11-14T17:04:00.000-05:00When I remember my German Shepherd Husky and now o...<I>When I remember my German Shepherd Husky and now observe some of the neighbourhood dogs, I reason God has a sense of humour.</I><BR/><BR/>I remember you saying that your former dog acted crazy or did some crazy stuff, but I forget what it was.<BR/><BR/>One dog we had years ago would catch and eat pebbles that one of my brothers would toss to him. We would also put a rock at the bottom of a bucket filled with water, and he would dunk his entire head in the water to pick up the rock. I taught him to catch butterflies, but I never thought he would actually catch them; to my dismay, he got good at it, and began catching all the butterflies that would fly into the yard. We tied his leash to a cement block one time, but he just dragged it around. When my brother and his friend went to the beach one time, they brought that dog (Jock) and tied his chain to a railroad tie, but he just dragged that around. I taught him to pull branches off trees, and he ended up uprooting my mom's entire hedge of bushes around her entire back yard (she got SO mad!). When we had two dogs, I would let Jock pull me on the skateboard, and he would hold the other dog's (Jasper's) leash in his mouth while he ran. When Jasper got too old and slow, Jock would still hold Jasper's leash and drag him around. When both dogs were younger, there was a rat walking across the telephone line. I threw a rock and amazingly knocked the rat off the wire, but before the rat hit the ground, one of the dogs caught him in mid-air. The two dogs played tug-of-war and keep-away with the rat.<BR/><BR/><I>Not to mention us bloggers and how silly we can be...</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, yeah, I can be quite silly when I want to be.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146601338956701881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-79498755680869465442008-11-14T16:58:00.000-05:002008-11-14T16:58:00.000-05:00Hi, Jeff. I don't usually read my Bible to find hu...Hi, Jeff. I don't usually read my Bible to find humor in it, although the mention of Huz and Buz, as well as a mention in the NT that a group of people was "astonished with a great astonishment" make me chuckle.<BR/><BR/>The info on the plagues and the Egyptian Gods was very enlightening, though. And the death of Pharaoh's son further solidifies the parallels between the Passover account and the Gospel.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01028914792240238768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3096670002191538774.post-10060227049179709582008-11-14T16:25:00.000-05:002008-11-14T16:25:00.000-05:00When I remember my German Shepherd Husky and now o...When I remember my German Shepherd Husky and now observe some of the neighbourhood dogs, I reason God has a sense of humour.<BR/><BR/>Not to mention us bloggers and how silly we can be...Dr. Russell Norman Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11505655776770812228noreply@blogger.com