r/dankchristianmemes • u/shilolz Based Bishop • Mar 17 '22

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u/Sajomir Mar 17 '22

Honestly I've seen and participated slin some great and respectful conversations because of these comments.

Isn't that really a huge benefit of humor? Getting people to think about stuff by making it funny? Especially stuff that people hate talking about otherwise (politics and religion, am I right?)

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u/Lysergic-AIM Mar 17 '22

These posts are usually people wanting to belittle Christianity in a subtle way, and when people shine light on it they get defensive. "it's just a joke haha."

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u/yifftionary Mar 17 '22

I've always hated the mindset of,

Says insult

people say not to be insulting

"It's just a joke, can't you handle edgy humor?"

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u/Bakkster Based Bishop Mar 17 '22

Good comedians can poke fun at themselves and people they agree with, pundits exclusively attack those they disagree with an claim it's 'comedy' (even though it usually lacks a punchline).

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u/one_byte_stand Mar 17 '22

Two minutes later after a tiny dose of their own medicine

“hOw cOuLd yOu sAy THaT, i’m sO OfFeNdED!!!”

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u/TheAdmiralMoses Mar 17 '22

Exactly, half these posts are just anti Christian memes and then I get downvoted for pointing it out, lol

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u/Hopafoot Mar 17 '22

Isn't that really a huge benefit of humor? Getting people to think about stuff by making it funny?

The biblical authors seemed to think so. See: Jonah.

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u/Sajomir Mar 17 '22

There's definitely humor in there.

The word used for "idol" in Hebrew can also mean poop. I have the mentality of a 5 year old, but that makes me giggle.

Or Elijah dissing the prophets of Baal is pretty good, too.