Are Christians offended by Comedy?

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I watch shows such as South Park and Mad TV. Some parts are funny to watch, other parts are not so funny. I don't think I've heard a Christian thats ever watch "Comedy" from here.


Are you, as a Christian, offended by watching Comedy shows/cartoons/movies, making jokes/lines about religion? YES OR NO OR Explain your answer.
 
Wouldn't this question be along the same lines as people on the cs server saying "Your a christian how can u play cs", its entertainment, and since I think I've seen a family guy avatar on, I think people just take it as that.
Dirka Dirka :p
 
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LoL, ive watched south park, and watched the whole first 2 seasons of family guy, whats life with out laughter :D i think it even encourges laughter in the bible if im not mistaken.
 
I don't mind comedy and laughter etc, but I am not sure that shows like South Park really merit the title. The Bible tells us to be careful of what we allow to enter our hearts, minds and bodies. I am not sure how a show, comedic or otherwise that is repetively laced with profanity and lewd references really can be that uplifting for anyone to watch.

Gen
 
I agree with Gen 100% There is a child's Sunday School song that came to mind when I read your thread; it would be good for young and old alike to keep in mind...

http://www.ebibleteacher.com/children/sounds/careful.wmv
Oh, be careful little eyes, what you see
Oh, be careful little eyes, what you see.
Oh, be careful little eyes, what you see.
There's a Father up above, looking down in tender love,
So be careful little eyes, what you see.
Be careful little ears what you hear
Be careful little mouth what you say...
Be careful little hands, what you touch...
Be careful little feet, where you go...

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. Proverbs 15:15

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Proverbs 17:22

Those are two of my favorite on a merry heart! I think the second is where, "laughter is the best medicine," originated. God wants us to be joyful, it is part of the fruit of the Spirit, and that sometimes manifest itself with laughter. Good, clean, laughter, I might add. Seeing that we are created in the image of God, I believe God has a sense of humor, also. I think what we find funny may show the condition of our heart.

Here is a site with Christian comedians.

http://christiancomedy.tripod.com

You might find something you like there and at the bottom of the page there are links to take you through a Christian comedy webring. I used to be an avid I Love Lucy fan, but some of her antics gets to me now, she depicts a downright rebel when it comes to obeying her husband and being a submissive wife...yet, it got her into LOTS of trouble :)
 
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I sometimes watch The Daily Show, Chapelle's Show, and Futurama, all of which are funny, but also I wouldn't want my little sister watching them, because she is offended much more easily than I am. Family Guy is OK sometimes, but I'm not a fanatic like some people. Altogether, I don't really watch more than one or two hours of TV a week though. Sitting there unengaged can get boring after a while; I need more mental stimulation than long periods of TV can provide.

If you want classic humor in the vein of I Love Lucy, Get Smart is probably my favorite.

The thing is though, being dirty or crass isn't necessary to be funny. If you've never seen Bill Cosby's stand-up routine, "Himself," I suggest you go rent it. It's available at a lot of Blockbuster stores. He only uses maybe 5-10 profanities, in what is a very long routine (over an hour), and he didn't make any dirty jokes at all, and yet that routine is so funny I still have trouble breathing for all my laughing when I watch it. So it's kind of sad that Family Guy has an entire character (Quagmire, the guy on B-man's avatar) reserved pretty much exclusively for sex jokes, because the show would be just as funny without them.

So to answer your question, I don't think Christians are offended by comedy. They're offended by profanity, sex, violence, and racism, and most comedians, in a vain attempt to improve on their humor, resort to these sorts of things in place of actual wit.

And a lot of comedy isn't my style anyway, I like things more along the lines of Toothpaste for Dinner

P.S. I once got kicked out of children's church for refusing to do the hand motions to songs like the one mentioned.
 
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P.S. I once got kicked out of children's church for refusing to do the hand motions to songs like the one mentioned.
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lol Now THAT is funny! Thank you, much needed! I must hear that story and the reason behind your refusal!!
 
Ive always been a person like that Kraniac its just dumb the actions i was never really felt into it even when i was young why must they force you if all you do if is feel dumb...
 
They're offended by profanity, sex, violence, and racism, and most comedians
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I was hoping you were gonna say, Religion, so then I assume that making fun of Religion is funny for you? :confused:

Such as Jesus in South Park, I know he's not the real Jesus, but some of his comments, the real one would not say it.

Or Bible Dude in Mad TV, which oddly, you would like a guy with blue tights telling others that playing video games and listening to rap music is a sin, shocks and kills someone with "his bible" then he would pick a bible verse from "his bible" (which I really think its not from the bible), reads it out, and the "Christian" kids would understand. :confused:
 
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it's in there..:)

If corp posts on his blog that's not a problem. this is mainly to protect against boardwars.
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rgr that, thanks.
 
I refused to do the motions because I didn't want to. They told me that if I didn't do the motions like everyone else they were going to put me up on stage until I did.

I stood up on that stage until the service was over and they told me not to come back. :D

By the way, I think a lot of comedy involving religion is funny, because it's satirical, and you can tell a lot from it. For instance, in this (WARNING: Link contains profanity) Penny Arcade comic, the fact that Jesus uses foul language is funny. And the reason that's funny is because, secularly, Jesus is almost exclusively seen as a holy Dudley Do-Right. Most non-Christians aren't really aware, in a deeper sense, that Jesus was actually a real person. He never sinned, but I bet he belched at the dinner table and got the flu and stubbed his toe walking around at night and hung out with friends the way everybody else did. So not only is the comic funny, but it also teaches us that we as Christians underrepresent the human side of Jesus to a lot of secular people.

By the way, my ABSOLUTE FAVORITE Christian satire site is The Wittenburg Door Magazine, founded by the late Mike Yaconelli.
 
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Corpfox i ment Post the topic on http://www.allthingschrist.org/yourop/news.php, on the right is a submit topic if you are signed up
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Just take it; copy & paste it. I don't care if you take my post, as long as you do not edit it. I would get extremely angry if you wrote more to what I didn't say/typed/read.

Most non-Christians aren't really aware, in a deeper sense, that Jesus was actually a real person.
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Most non-Christians don't hang around forums, such as CGA, for many years.

I think a lot of comedy involving religion is funny, because it's satirical, and you can tell a lot from it.
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Even as a non-Christian, most religion jokes for me are not funny, I even find it disturbing when someone makes that religion bar joke. -_-
For me, real life acts crack me up. Such as, America's Funniest Video and those Behind the scenes bloopers/gag reels.
 
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