Lighten up.Religions generally tend to be short on humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was . I'm a Christian, but I wish Jesus had as much of Cervantes and Twain in his soul as they did of him in theirs. All this gets me to Islam, which, I must say, seems to me the most humorless of all religions. Even in a relatively tolerant Muslim nation like Morocco, a magazine editor and a reporter were recently convicted of defamation for printing what the Washington Post's Craig Whitlock describes as "heard-on-the-street jokes about religion and politics." Whitlock gives this example: "One bit featured prankster angels playing a joke on a companion of the prophet Muhammad by making him think he was destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. to spend eternity in hell. As the holy man panics, he is interrupted by the punch line punch line n. The climactic phrase or statement of a joke, producing a sudden humorous effect. punch line Noun the last line of a joke or funny story that gives it its point Noun 1. : 'Smile! You're on Candid Camera candid camera n. A small, easily operated camera with a fast lens for taking unposed or informal photographs. Noun 1. candid camera - a miniature camera with a fast lens !'" Not exactly hilarious, but how could anyone find it offensive? |
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