The audience was laughing away - enjoying themselves - all united in their love of hating faith and the faithful and seeing them get pulled to pieces. I don't think the comedian laughed once - he seemed kind of angry. He was pacing up and down the stage looking rather tense, intense and intent on doing his gladiatorial job of slaying the Christians. Well, I suppose that always was a crowd pleaser.
Going back to the forum, point by point I critiqued the "comedian's" theology, pointed out that his material was rather obscene and told them that I didn't find it funny. Apparently that means I lack a sense of humour.
Don't they say "laughter is the best medicine" and "you've got to be able to laugh at yourself". Who says those things? Where did those little bits of "wisdom" come from? Pretty soon everyone is laughing at everyone else - another little bit of human ingenuity turned sour. Well, we rarely bear fruit when we branch out on our own - when we insist on going our own sweet way.
No - laughter isn't the best medicine - especially not when it's at someone else's expense - then it'll just darken your heart and weaken your mind. Now love, faith and hope - those are good medicines - they're also virtues. They can make you happier too - not cackling happy, a more contented kind - a kinder kind. But laughter looks a bit like happiness doesn't it? Kind of like a fake Rolex sort of looks like the real thing, but it's just a cheap copy.
Darkness can masquerade as light. The moon can shine if it borrows a little sunlight - if it copies the sun. But I hear it's actually pretty cold up there.
Going back to the forum, point by point I critiqued the "comedian's" theology, pointed out that his material was rather obscene and told them that I didn't find it funny. Apparently that means I lack a sense of humour.
Don't they say "laughter is the best medicine" and "you've got to be able to laugh at yourself". Who says those things? Where did those little bits of "wisdom" come from? Pretty soon everyone is laughing at everyone else - another little bit of human ingenuity turned sour. Well, we rarely bear fruit when we branch out on our own - when we insist on going our own sweet way.
No - laughter isn't the best medicine - especially not when it's at someone else's expense - then it'll just darken your heart and weaken your mind. Now love, faith and hope - those are good medicines - they're also virtues. They can make you happier too - not cackling happy, a more contented kind - a kinder kind. But laughter looks a bit like happiness doesn't it? Kind of like a fake Rolex sort of looks like the real thing, but it's just a cheap copy.
Darkness can masquerade as light. The moon can shine if it borrows a little sunlight - if it copies the sun. But I hear it's actually pretty cold up there.
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