god humor

For the love of God...

"It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it." -G.K. Chesterton
I have a joke book: The Encyclopedia of Humor. Here are some excerpts:

"God's greatest gift to man is the joy of laughter. We laugh before we speak, before we walk."

"What's another name for God?" the boy was asked. "Harold," he answered. "How do you get that?".."Well, when I say the prayers at night I say, 'Our Father which art in heaven, Harold be thy name."

A lady wanted to mail her son a bible, and had it wrapped up for the post office clerk, who asked if the package contained anything breakable. "only the 10 commandments." hardyharhar.

Apparently, there is no word in Japanese for humor. They say they have too much respect for their family, friends, and neighbors to laugh at them. (this book was printed in 1968). Anyway, it says they have a saying, "confess your sins to God, he will forgive you- confess them to man and you will be laughed at."

an optimist goes to the window after waking and says "good morning, god", whereas a pessimist says, "my god, it's morning."
It was such a religious audience, after each joke they said "Oh God."
He'll never change his religion- he thinks he's God.
Conceit is god's gift to little men.

about being "lost"
The hunter had been lost for 3 days. He was hungry, weary, and ready to fall down when he saw his friend, a fellow hunter. "John" he yelled with all the energy left in him. "It's me. Thank God- I've been lost for 3 days!" "Take it easy," John answered, "I've been lost for two weeks."

on church and state
I asked the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court if he thought the x bill was constitutional. He said, "It's clearly constitutional- it hasn't got a prayer."

on going to church
The pastor at a church was asked how many persons could sleep in the church building in case of an attack. "I don't know," replied the pastor, "but we sleep four hundred every Sunday morning."

Okay, so it's not a very good joke book, lol.
Here's some more God jokes at this website.