tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post3177827654039373817..comments2024-03-24T15:19:06.377-04:00Comments on The Continuum: Theology and HumourFr. Robert Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-4718468766954142662007-07-21T12:59:00.000-04:002007-07-21T12:59:00.000-04:00Yes, and in doing so He showed a great sense of hu...Yes, and in doing so He showed a great sense of humor. Many of the parables, as well as presenting solid truth, are positively funny. My reading of Scripture frequently causes me to grin, and occasionally brings on a belly laugh.<BR/><BR/>Years ago, as a teen, I was riding a train. Next to me sat an RC priest with his Breviary. I knew he was praying, so I was startled when he suddenly began to laugh audibly. He noticed me noticing, turned, and said, "Yes, I was praying my Office, but I came upon one of those outrageous Latin puns." I think (and thought then) that God smiled.<BR/><BR/>edpoetreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613032927883843078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-51608834764031508902007-07-20T18:30:00.000-04:002007-07-20T18:30:00.000-04:00Further, far be it from me to wipe a smile off any...Further, far be it from me to wipe a smile off anyone's face, including my own, but did not God become one of us in order to reveal Himself to us so that we could know Him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-7548268589805745552007-07-20T12:54:00.000-04:002007-07-20T12:54:00.000-04:00As long as the smirk is about our own limitations,...As long as the smirk is about our own limitations, and not about faith in revelation as a source of knowledge. Yes, we must laugh at ourselves, and learn humility. But, I would not want that to be an excuse for agnosticism or treating theology as something less than the <I>science</I> that it is. <BR/><BR/>Vol. I of Hall's Dogmatic Theology begins with why theology is a science, and in modern times remains a science.Fr. Robert Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.com