03-18-2008, 08:50 AM
As I said above, all in good fun. If you can't have a little fun, then, well, you can't have a little fun. What I said was that I didn't believe, wasn't a believer, then I poked fun at myself and KathyH. I didn't (and don't) think it was an insult to declare disbelief.
I don't believe that Muhammad is the prophet of God, and I might laugh at a joke about Muslims, but I don't think (the vast majority of) Muslims are anything but good, decent, honest people. I don't believe in the Old Testament God of Judaism, and I might laugh at a Jewish joke, but I don't believe that (most) Jews are anything but good, decent, honest people. I was raised in the Christian faith, but I don't believe in the same God that fundamentalist Baptists believe in. I might laugh at a joke about Christ, and I have, but I don't believe that (most) fundamentalist Baptists are anything other than good, decent, honest people.
Sheesh. As I said, if you can't have a little fun, even religious fun, then, well, you can't have a little fun. Some PUNAWEB people are pretty sensitive, perhaps overly so. There was no offense intended, and if an apology is in order, then I'm sorry I ever tried to apply humor to a religious belief. Some people are able to find humor everywhere they look, even if it's religious humor. I'm one of those people.
Aloha! ;-)
I don't believe that Muhammad is the prophet of God, and I might laugh at a joke about Muslims, but I don't think (the vast majority of) Muslims are anything but good, decent, honest people. I don't believe in the Old Testament God of Judaism, and I might laugh at a Jewish joke, but I don't believe that (most) Jews are anything but good, decent, honest people. I was raised in the Christian faith, but I don't believe in the same God that fundamentalist Baptists believe in. I might laugh at a joke about Christ, and I have, but I don't believe that (most) fundamentalist Baptists are anything other than good, decent, honest people.
Sheesh. As I said, if you can't have a little fun, even religious fun, then, well, you can't have a little fun. Some PUNAWEB people are pretty sensitive, perhaps overly so. There was no offense intended, and if an apology is in order, then I'm sorry I ever tried to apply humor to a religious belief. Some people are able to find humor everywhere they look, even if it's religious humor. I'm one of those people.
Aloha! ;-)
Aloha! ;-)