Wednesday, December 20, 2006

A Humorless God?

Christmas is coming, and I find it strange that while people may engage in their yuletide cheer, they also believe that their Christian God is some humorless being. I mean, humans may be overly serious. However, what do they think God is? Human?

Everything written in what they believe to be religious texts are taken literally, and often out of context. And that's assuming that what was written was meant to be serious reading in the first place. After all, when you're almighty, there is probably some room for fun and laughter. You'd probably be entitled to that, at least.

So what if the entirety of creation were as such just because some almighty decided to have a spot of fun? Reality could be a part of the joke, and naturally the denizens of reality wouldn't be in on that joke or they would cease to be amusing.

That's not to assume, of course, that reality is most certainly a joke. Some may think such a hypothetical situation is blasphemous. However, such a notion would assume that the Christian God has no room for amusement... I just think humans are overly dour and serious about life. I guess that's a result of short mortal lives. Fragile existences that depend on their humorless god.

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