God has a sense of humor

Not that I would advocate making fun of God, flirting with blasphemy, but I do believe that even God has a sense of humor. The evidence, in my opinion, comes from the verses in scripture that speak to human kind being "made in the image of God." I find this to be an extremely interesting fact. We are not equals to God, and yet we are a representative symbol of God's personhood. (much like art can be representative of humanity.) This means that we are endowed by our creator with many characteristics that God Himself possesses. We understand God to be triune; three persons of one substance: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We also are, in a sense, triune: Body, Mind, and Soul. (I would argue that our mind is representative of the Father, who is Creator; our body, the Son who was made flesh; our Soul, the Holy Spirit which dwells in us.) We, like God but to a much lesser extent, are creative, intuitive, intelligent, and we have a sense of humor. I believe that Christ while on earth also displayed a sense of humor. He was, after all, fully Human while being fully God. And while this may not be clearly demonstrated in the Bible, I still believe it to be true. 

Laughter and humor cross cultural and ethnic boundaries. Even apart from language, some things are just inherently funny to most if not all of us. (e.g. pixar short animations sans dialogue.) And yet many cultures have a humor that is uniquely their own. Laughter, like all other human traits, was created by God and gifted to his creation: humanity.

The reason I speak to this is that many people find humor about our faith to be blasphemous. Yet I feel that we can, and often should, laugh at our feeble, and oft misguided attempts at understanding God. A few good examples that I have found include movies such as "Monty Python's The Life of Brian," "Dogma," etc. These films, along with many satirical excerpts of t.v. shows like Family Guy among others, make fun of our limited understanding of who God is and our strange and often misunderstood religious practices that stem from it. I may be among a minority of Christians who feels this way, but I do believe that this is acceptable even in the eyes of our Lord.

God loves us, cries with us, hurts with us, and yes, laughs with us even as we laugh at ourselves. And that is not limited to non-religious humor. So let's continue to laugh with God.

DH out.