The Saturday night early show ended.
Audience started making their way out of the comedy club.
Overheard this conversation from a group near the stage.
“Not a bad show. The second two guys were funny.”
“Yeah. The first guy sucked though.”
I was that ‘first guy’.
These people are not alone.
They represent a group of people who don’t think I’m funny.
As more people see my show…the size of the group increases.
I learned a lot from the people who don’t think I’m funny.
Most important is this:
There will always be people who don’t like me.
It’s okay.
There are comedians who I don’t think are funny.
Many of them are way more successful than me.
So, why should they care what I think?
I can’t predict what will make someone else laugh.
So I just do what I think is funny.
Some people agree with me.
Some don’t.
The majority of my critics are strangers.
I’ve never met them.
Like the people who flip me off in traffic.
A momentary flash of disapproval.
Gone in a blink.
Most people on Earth…
…haven’t heard of me.
I am irrelevant to almost everyone.
Almost everyone…
Some people NEED to express their opinions in YouTube comments:
“This guy isn’t funny. If you really want comedy, go watch Tim Hawkins.”
I agree that Tim is hilarious.
I remember something he said during one of our conversations.
“Comedy isn’t a zero sum game.”
Laughter is infinite.
It doesn’t get ‘used up’.
Tim makes millions of people laugh.
But he doesn’t make EVERYBODY laugh.
“This guy isn’t funny. If you want comedy, check out Ken Davis!”
And Ken Davis critics rave about the comedy of Michael Jr.
That’s why Tim, Ken, Michael…
…and me…
… are ALL necessary.
One of my favorite memories happened after a show in Ohio.
A seven-year old girl asked me if I knew Bob Smiley.
I told her that Bob is a friend of mine.
She said:
“He’s my favorite comedian. I wish he was here tonight.”
I took a picture with her which we texted immediately to Bob.
He responded:
“This girl has excellent taste in comics.”
We relate to different people.
And so do you.
Have you ever heard from a critic?
Does it bug you?
Do you even know them?
If the critic is someone important to you, then address the criticism.
Otherwise…
…shrug and go back to whatever you were doing.
Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Galatians 1:10
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Maybe….They’re not funny! Many folks only respond to bathroom or bar room humour…others are Monty Pythonesque masters of wit and sarcasm…if you are the later instead of the former..you might have to wait a little longer to find your audience. 😂😉 I follow you…Keep it up! Don’t let others get you down.
Everyone experiences this at one time or another. Excellent post!
So poignant! Applies to all kinds of things.
There are several conclusions. Which one are you referring to Jasmine?
But the question is, why are you still a christian?
@Jasmine
Good! Then why are you still a Christian?
Oh, the pattern wasn’t mine.
Then why are you still a Christian?
Since you’re not sleeping tonight, Ark, do you want to watch this debate between Dr. Michael Shermer and Dr. David Wood with me?
http://ksutv.kennesaw.edu/index.php
check your link
It was a live stream. It’s over now. Maybe next time.
So, tell me, did your favorite psychopath see his arse? 🙂
You’re my favorite psychopath, Ark.
You don’t think that Woods is psychopathic?
Really?
Did you actually listen to him describe bludgeoning his father to death with a hammer and then straight away go on to say how pointless atheism is?
And you think this is a glowing example to hold up to kiddies?
Are you serious?
Are you hearing voices? I didn’t say anything about David Wood. I just said YOU’RE my favorite. 🙂 <3
I was replying in response to the fact you wanted me to watch that live stream. Also, I asked if Shermer handed Woods his arse on a plate.
Do you admire Woods?
Lol… And THIS is why you’re my favorite. I can always count on you to ask off-topic questions.
Hey, Ark, do you like pancakes?
Do you admire Richard Dawkins?
Have you taken your meds today?
I was on topic ,Amanda, and still am. You ere the one who first suggested the debate with Woods.
‘Do you admire this guy? Seriously?
Seriously, seriously:
Ark, seriously: are people more likely to answer your loaded questions when you ask seriously?
I mean, seriously, do you think that I seriously think you’re serious?
Lol.
Seriously?
I think you are seriously ill.
So, do you admire Donald Woods?
Do you think that bashing his father’s skull in is the perfect example of a normal human being?
So, seriously, have you taken your meds today?
No–that’s not a loaded question! I’m just curious!
Seriously!
I think you are seriously ill…
So, have you taken your meds? Seriously.
Do you admire Donald Woods, Amanda?
Have you taken your meds, Ark?
Which meds would those be, Amanda?
Seriously.
You are not well … seriously.
It’s just a simple question. Seriously!
Why won’t you just answer the seriously question?
Yes, you are most definitely ill.
Seriously?
Yes, seriously ill.
For anyone else who may want to follow “Donald Woods,” you’ll have to ask Ark who in the world that is. lol.
But I follow David Wood, because he claims that God renewed his mind and made him sane.
That’s a pretty big claim! I like to keep my eye on him. 🙂
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007479062157&fref=ts
And you need to visit a mental health professional. Seriously.
This you might find enlightening.
It’s about your ”hero”, David Wood.
It is a comment based on the video of his ”conversion” you once thought would be a good idea to share, remember?
Mario Strada • a year ago
”This is one scary dude. I hope his faith remains strong for I would not want to deal with his former self.
It seems clear that Dr. Wood suffers from an extreme case of antisocial personality disorder. What we normally call a psychopath. The main difference between psycopaths and sociopaths, according to modern psychiatry, is that one is born a psychopath while sociopaths are created by their environment.
Dr. Wood was likely born a psychopath. Even Christian Dr. Wood is still a psychopath. Fortunately he seems to be able to channel his pathology in less destructive ways, but make no mistake, what made him a deluded individual with no empathy for anyone else is still there. He still obviously suffers from delusion of grandeurs. As much as he believed himself to be humanity 2.0 before his conversion, the new Christian 2.0 he has become is hardly different from his former self at his core.
Dr. wood is a very smart man. Not unusual among people with his condition. I think we can all safely say that we’d rather have this version of him than the previous iteration.
However, shadows of his former self manage to peek at us throughout the interview. He believed to be a superman, the best human around. With doubt dismantling him from the inside, he became the worst man. Not a humble man, but still an exceptional man. Previously his claim to superiority was to be the best and if he couldn’t be the best, as was apparent, he choose to think of himself as the worst man possible. Being the worst at something is still a grander claim than being mediocre. Mediocrity was what he was running away from.
As he raised from the dead exiting the tube, his claim lost a lot of the power of his previous testimony. From a rather interesting story of a wretched youth, we are supposed to root for him to awaken as a better person, but his arguments for becoming a new man, a superchristian, get lost in a trite narrative. Suddenly, his christian awakening becomes less poignant and turns into something that we have heard many, many times. Atheists are bad, as he was bad before his conversion, Jesus is god and the proof is in his resurrection, and so on. All arguments that are as far from real evidence as anything.
He expect us to follow him in this journey of redemption, but I found myself having a sense of pity and dread rather than elation. Dread because Jesus for him seems like an anchor that keeps him moored, for now. Yet I am afraid of who this man may become as he continues to explore his faith and his beliefs. As he accumulates power over his fellow men.
I can only hope that his mental illness is a thing of a past, but I am also aware that many people with his condition can be very good at faking social skills that are unnatural to them. Being intelligent, good looking, articulate, and recounting a story both familiar and exalting to many Christians, I can see him becoming a powerful force in his Christian ministry and that disturbs me. I have this dreadful feeling that someone is going to get hurt. I hope I am wrong, but even I can see he has uncommon charisma and powers of persuasion. Will he use them for good or will his true personality take control at some point?
I have never encountered a person born without a moral compass and empathy that was able to overcome their illness. Of course, we know little of his family and environment. It’s possible he wasn’t born that way. That he become the monster that hammered his own father within inches of his life due to outside influences but according to his own narrative, he seemed to be incapable of empathy at a fairly young age.
Still he makes me uncomfortable and his theological reasoning is really not that profound or unique. In addition, his transformation from cruel atheist to pious Christian plays too well into the narrative many Christians really like to hear. See the success of “God is [not] dead”.
But just the fact that so many people have done that journey in reverse, without suddenly going on murderous rampages, makes his point immediately weaker. There are good people and bad people. They seem to be pretty evenly distributed across the spectrum. For all his delusion of grandeur, his post conversion story is pedestrian and very much guided by a desire to connect to a being more powerful than himself. If you cannot be a god, you can reflect his light and still be above the rest of humanity.”
Maybe you ought to have a rethink?
BAHAHAHAHAHA!
And if anyone wants to follow “Mario Strada” while they’re at it, you’ll have to ask Ark how to find that guy.
Now–seriously–is this the kind of stuff that makes YOU “have a rethink” about stuff? Some random comment on a YouTube video?
HAHAHAHAHA! You’re fabulous.
No, but watching Wood made me think that he is < still patently off his rocker.
That you follow him on FB and, it seems, delight in his conversion and his turning to your god, is cause for serious concern.
Wood is clearly not on the level and anyone watching that video can see.
He shows no empathy at all.
Though a great many reading this will despise me simply because they despise atheists per se, your behaviour is truly disconcerting.
That you have a family history of certain unhealthy mental conditions should give anyone reading along pause for thought.
Really, you are not well, Amanda.
“This YouTube comment in enlightening…” LOL!!!!
I can’t get over how funny this is.
Where did I say ”YouTube” comment, Amanda?
HAHAHAHAHA!
My bad. Not YouTube? So it’s Facebook then?
Apologies! I guess Michael Strada (and “anyone who watches the video”) have showed me the light.
LOL!!!!
It is generally considered a sign of some sort of manic disorder when one feels the need to continually write so many capitals and exclamation marks.
I’m serious.
Maybe you should try to , you know, tone it down a little?
Did you miss your SSRIs today?
Seriously?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Seriously?
LOL!
You’re just curious, right? 😉
Curious? About what exactly?
That’s the other word you use, other than “seriously.”
Just curious. Seriously!
Except you’re not curious because I’ve answered the meds question. I’m not on meds.
How about you–are you on Lithium, Depakote, or both?
Seriously. Just curious. 😉
Never heard of those drugs. Must I Google them or are you clued up?
Nope… I can keep guessing, or you can tell me which drugs you’re taking for your Bi-Polar Disorder (formerly known as Manic Depression).
And why would you think I am bi-polar?
Have you been emailing my mummy again?
You could lie, you know?
Just tell me I’m wrong…
Say you’re not on any meds and you don’t have BPD (which you were diagnosed with a long time ago).
I am sure I mentioned to you before that I have no need to lie. You are the Christian remember?
That’s right. You have no need to lie.
Do you think it’s a coincidence that you’ve been cycling–struggling to sleep–and you just happen to be talking with someone online who knows about Manic Depression? Do you think it’s just a lucky situation, that mental illness is one of my areas of fascination? Is it coincidence that I JUST HAPPEN to know a Manic Depressive personally?
Do you think that’s just random?
I don’t.
And yet, oddly enough, you seem t think that David Wood has been ”cured” … by your god.
I wonder how many reading along might think that more than a little strange?
I do.
It IS strange. Very strange…
If it’s true, it would be a miracle.
Have you talked to Frank yet, Ark?
And what convinced you it is true?
He makes videos every week. You can watch him. You can follow him on Facebook and Twitter. You can ask his wife because BOTH of them have public profiles on social media. (They’ve been married for 12 years, and they have four boys. Two of them have profound physical disabilities.)
David helped his Muslim roommate find the Truth in college, and then they started a ministry to other Muslims. They gained a YouTube following over the course of about 4 years, but people kept asking about their testimonies. (The subscribers knew that David’s friend, Nabeel, used to be a Muslim, but nobody knew what David’s background was.)
For four years, he never really talked about his history. Until one day–two years ago–when he posted that video you saw. People were shocked. They thought he was playing a joke.
“Is this REALLY your testimony, David?”
They never would have guessed.
But, sure enough, you can verify his police record. David Wood beat his father with a hammer, just to prove that no one could tell him what to do. He was starving himself to death in a prison cell, because he hated Christians and he hated Jesus. He was 100% crazy, by everybody’s standard. But, then, just before he died of self-inflicted starvation, he realized he needed help. (Like, duh, right?) 🙂 He realized God was his only hope. He prayed, “God, I don’t know if I’ll believe in you tomorrow, but I believe in you right now. If there’s anything you can do with my mess, you’re welcome to have me.”
And now, he speaks at colleges regularly.
I am aware of his history.
He comes across as having no humility and no empathy and little remorse.
I have perused a few of his videos. His latent arrogance lurks close to the surface.
When one knows his background it’s not a major leap to see psychopath. His whole persona suggests it, and such people are generally quite intelligent and quite capable of gross deception.
They also usually require lifelong treatment/medication.
I wouldn’t trust him as far as I could spit.
Again,that you hold Wood in such high esteem is more than a little disturbing.
Maybe you feel an affinity?
That you both believe one can only be good and moral because of of your god, a fallacy easily disproved, is equally disturbing.
Bearing in mind Wood’s past, such an erroneous belief could have devastating results should your hero deconvert and revert to type.
I am not alone in believing he is simply a fraud and he has found ”god” merely to continue with his own ”god complex”.
I find him simply disgusting.
Whatever you want to believe, Ark.
You seem to be doing juuuuuuust fine, right?
Better than you might think.
So why do you hold Wood in such high esteem?
I already answered that question, Buddy.
The thing is: if people just evolve the way they are–then he wasn’t “insane.” And neither are you.
Both of you are just doing what nature has made you do. Both of you are just broken brains. That’s it. So, David had every right to try and murder his father. That’s a totally rational thing to do, if none of it REALLY matters anyway.
But, David realized he was wrong. When he realized there IS a God, it changed the way he thinks. It changed everything.
It’s not really a cure. It’s just using our mind for what we were meant to use them for.
I believe Wood because I’ve experienced what he has experienced, and I know others who have, too. Not that our problems are all solved–not that we’ll never be called “crazy” again. (Because I get called crazy all the time.) But it doesn’t bother me anymore, because I know my mind is new.
I am not your ”buddy”, Amanda.
And your comment outlines more eloquently the depth of your mental disturbance than I could possibly describe.
As I stated, perhaps you feel an affinity for Wood, and it seems this is true.
Even if nothing mattered such an action is that of a sick and damaged mind.
That you consider he had every right to try to murder his dad, who had been nothing but a normal father, apparently, tells me , and anyone else reading your comments that you are very disturbed indeed.
Not new. You just have a different focus for your delusion.
I sincerely hope your father takes note of the things you write, especially this comment.
That you wish to pass on such values to children is more than worrisome.
You need help.
You would make your case better if you weren’t actually, literally a DIAGNOSED mental case, trying to tell me that I’m disturbed.
If it’s too much for you to understand, never mind. I never know whether to give you the simple version or the more complicated explanation of things.
The fact is, YOU’RE the one on medication. Not me. YOU’RE the one who is too afraid to ask these questions about right/wrong because you don’t trust your own mind to arrive at the correct answers.
If you actually believed I am mentally ill, then you’re a jerk for making fun of me. But, if you don’t really believe I “need help” then stop trying to pin that on me.
YOU’RE the diagnosed mental patient, remember?
If you really believe you are going to convince anyone reading along that your CAPITAL letter diagnosis holds any water you are even more disturbed than even you realise.
I am not making fun of you Amanda.
I am merely stating what I ( and others who have read your comments ) consider to be fact:
You do come across as mentally unbalanced.
And one would have thought your father would at least have taken some steps.
Anyone who would actually defend the actions of David Wood could hardly be regarded in any other light, now could they?
If nothing matters,you think that bashing one’s father over the head with a hammer is okay? Wow!
Unless you are merely yanking everyone’s chain and all your Christian posturing is a sham?
But to admit to contemplating suicide as part of a ruse doesn’t even come close to even the wackiest humour.
No, I stand by what I wrote.
I believe you are not well and you need professional help.
No poking fun.
It was a debate titled “Does God Exist.” I thought you might enjoy cheering for Shermer, even if you didn’t understand a thing that either side was saying.
I’ll share it with you, if it gets reposted to YouTube or something–so that you can find some excuse not to watch. 🙂
I enjoy Shermer a lot. Woods is a psychopath.
I am surprised you even reference him.
So do you admire him?
You forgot to ask “Seriously?”
Lol.
Seriously.
While you are sorting out the link …
Here’s Shermer destroying your god and your religion.
https://youtu.be/0pOI2YvVuuE
On a more serious note, I have to truly wonder why on earth you have this ”thing” for Wood.?
The man is a frakking psychopath, and if you know anything about this form of mental illness you will be aware that such people are very good at faking it.
The pattern I’m seeing is yours. How it repeats, and repeats, and repeats, but never reaches a conclusion.
I’ve watched videos of four or five and didn’t laugh once.
Again, I believe it is because they are first and foremost pandering to their Christian audience and feel the need to underscore their humour with subtle and not so subtle god plugs at various points during their set.
Cosby’s Noah’s take was pure religious spoof with no concern of causing offence.
I suspect there might be a fair percentage that would take umbrage at Cosby’s delivery style and suggest it was disrespectful.
You obviously have a warped understanding of what it means to do everything to the glory of God.
Warped? Me? Not in the least.
I read a fair amount of history on your religion and your god.
Do you?.
You simply have no understanding what god is so you simply make it up as you go along – within the bounds that the bible (or theologians) will allow.
And t is quite flexible as demonstrated by the 30,000 odd different christian cults.
And your understanding is based on what Bronze Age men first outlined, then later men from the 1st century onward began to refine your religion until the 4th century when a man,Theodosius declared Christianity the one and only religion and began a systematic eradication of every other belief system, including variants of Christianity that did not conform.
In other words, the ”glory of (your) god”
is based solely on what men have decided and you have been obliged to believe what men have said after being indoctrinated.
Are you sensing a pattern here, by the way?
Oh, man, please don’t.
Please, pleeeeeease don’t engage him about history.
He misspelled Akhenaten, for crying out loud. Lol.
I do absolutely adore the way God can only exist the way that Ark believes that He should. Impossible that anyone could have a relationship with God outside of the way Ark says they can!
Yeah, he’s something… 🙂
He has been poking around on my blog tonight.
You have my deepest condolences.
And yes, Ark. I am sensing a pattern. * smirk *
@Dave
This quote …
1 Corinthians 10:31 (ESV) – So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
… perfectly illustrates my point. Surely your god, being omnipotent and all hearing with, one presumes, a well-developed sense of humour doesn’t require his grovelling minions to harp on all the time?
Or do you believe your god is so insecure he needs his overblown ego stroked 24/7?
John,
I came here because I was already a fan of your comedy. I do like more cerebral, dare I say, nerdier comedy. I am a fan of Tim and Bob as well, but you are my fave of that trio.
One of my favorite things you do is your “wife voice”. It gets me every time.
What your detractors fail to see is that clean comedy, be it Christian or not, is harder to do well. Many go for the cheap laughs over raunchy sex jokes, ethnic stereotypes, foul language for shock value, and alcohol and drug bits, but doing clean comedy means you have to be more original and creative. When people are used to a comic going to the gutter, they should be happy to see something different that they don’t mind telling their grandma about after going to a show.
Keep up the great comedy, and know that your True Audience above is pleased.
Dave
1 Corinthians 10:31 (ESV) – So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
@Dave.
Nothing wrong with clean comedy. It is the Christian angle that just isn’t funny. Not to me, at any rate.
I mentioned Cosby and he was generally as clean as it gets. And he was black yet his appeal was pretty much universal.
His sketch about him getting the car on the lawn without ”no gas in the car”, or his Noah’s Ark skit are two of the funniest pieces of stand up I have ever listened to.
And they still make me laugh to this day just thinking about them.
It’s interesting that you like Cosby’s skit on Noah’s Ark.
I can’t remember whether I’ve seen it. But that sounds pretty Christian-y to me?
Well, maybe it’s the way he tells it?
Maybe. But it kind of changes what you’ve been saying about Christian comedians not being funny…
Some are.
Some are even funny when they’re talking about Bible stories.
But some Christians aren’t funny even when they’re talking about Shakespeare and the Three Little Pigs.
I guess it’s complicated. 🙂
Duh, Ark. Of course the Christian angle isn’t funny to you. Go find an atheist comedian.
I think you are hilarious, and I also greatly enjoy your blog posts which are funny as well as perceptive and wryly deep. Not an easy combination, but you are good at it. 🙂
If it makes you feel better, you’re one of my favourite comedians (even though I don’t really know that many). It’s a case like the man, the boy, and the donkey. You can’t please everyone, and that’s okay. There are always going to be those people we don’t click with. It doesn’t mean either person is wrong, it just means both are different.
I go back to the comedians Bob Newhart, Andy Griffith, Shelley Berman, Brother Dave in the 50’s/60’s up through 70’s/80’s Steve Martin Steven Wright and have found them all funny in their own way of looking at life. I put John among these as a comedian who has made me laugh with the way he sees things. Keep it up. Not everyone will appreciate us and that’s ok it’s a semi-free country.
Comedy is so subjective, anyway, that I can’t see how any rational person could think that as a comic they would have universal appeal. So, your attitide is a very healthy one. Your comedy is more cerebral than Tim’s, and not as dependant upon timing and voice tone as Bob’s, and that appeals to me. I loved you on the Rock show comedy tour. My kid sister used your YouTube video of the Shakespeare 3 little pigs in her English comp classroom for years, because it is funny and educational. Some people didn’t get Mitch Headberg either, but I always thought he was enormously funny. It is sad that people can’t just say that a comic didn’t appeal to them instead of being mean, but you appear to be handling that well. Your advice to shrug and go back to what you were doing is well said, and I will take it to heart whem critics come after me for my own performances.
Mitch Hedberg was fantastic! We agree about that too.
FWIW. I don’t consider Tim Hawkins funny either.
Christian comedy seems to be very genre specific and narrowly focused. Much like Christian music; even when they try to put a mainstream spin to it and even a pseudo hard edge to it. It’s a bit like a one-trick pony inasmuch that God/Jesus (Frank?) has to feature somewhere otherwise it just ain’t ”cristyun”.
Nothing wrong in this , of course, as it is crucial to know the audience you wish to deliver your art form to.
However, after listening to several of these genre specific videos I concluded that ( based on the material I viewed) it would not likely cross over to mainstream comedy.
Which is odd, in a way, as Cosby was mega successful and never used profanity at all throughout his career.
Maybe it is because of the aforementioned belief that Jesus/Frank/Yahweh or church must feature in the delivery, at least once?
Perhaps I did not watch enough?
Take all, sorts to make a world and we all got to put bread on the table, right?
“Christian comedy seems to be very genre specific…much like Christian music.” I agree.
And that’s why I usually encourage comedians to drop the word “Christian,” and just do comedy. Just be funny. If ONLY Christians laugh, you have some work to do. Similarly, if ONLY Christians like your music, it’s probably not that great.
(By the way, this video made me giggle. It criticizes the Christian music industry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwwhkKPEieE )
I also viewed a couple of videos by someone called Chondra Pierce.
Once again … she introduced her god into her act.
It just came across as forced.
I know I have a very broad sense of humour but this just didn’t register on the funny meter at all.
It’s probably me.
We know Chonda. She tends to be even more specific than just “Christians.” Her niche is specifically Christian women.
What did you think of the video?
Haven’t watched it yet I’m busy with a Hendrix video. Watch it later…
Er… um…
If by “busy with a Hendrix video” you mean “busy picking at Wally about things that aren’t relevant to this post,” then alright.
But, if you get around to it, let me know what you think. The video caused a lot of controversy, but I know lots of Christians who liked it.
No. I am listening to A PBS video called Hear my Train a coming and flipping over when the adverts are on ..
Wally is a light weight and doesn’t require much cerebral processing power.
Ark
Yep…I am quite simple in my thoughts, and you can’t stand it!!! I live in constant observation of the blinding flashes of the obvious.
My simplicity takes away your ability to mask all the things you actually don’t know and can’t defend behind a mask of pleonasms and pseudo intellectualism.
Good grief! I even had to look up mask.
That video really tickled me. Why was it controversial anyway? Seems like a pretty good spoof of a lot of current Christian music to me. Of course, I am really a huge hymn fan, so I might not be the best judge of things like that. I don’t dislike CCM at all, just find a bunch of it problematic in a lot of ways.
As the saying goes: you can’t please everybody. 🙂 If you’ve got critics, it’s because you have created something. You’ve bothered to take a risk and put your art out there.
I did smile but I guess one must know more about Christian music than I do.
Good point.
Comedy has to be true… it can be exaggerated or understated. The comic can play a character or appeal to absurdity. But underneath it all, there has to be something true.
And, none of us knows enough true things to think EVERY comic is funny. That probably has a lot to do with which ones we like and which we don’t.
There are cultural things involved as well, I’m sure.
But that skit would have appealed more to Christians than non christians simply because you would be familiar with the format of christian music – ( I presume?)
But it baffles me why there must be christian specific comedy?
I saw a video of one of Robin Williams last shows in front of Prince Charles, so there was no bad language etc and he went down a storm.
Is it expected that Christian comics simply must be thanking god in some manner ( as Pierce does) or constantly introduce some aspect of the faith into the act?
I saw mention of Mitch Headberg and I have watched a couple of his videos and he hardly swears at all.
My daughters and I love your comedy, as we do Tim Hawkins, Bob Smiley and Ken Davis. We think you are hilarious and insightful. And I think we have excellent taste in comedians.
@Wally
There you go again, Wally, displaying your ignorance and your own projected hatred.
Remember how vitriolic you were towards me; stating that my father was the Devil?
For an atheist to hate gods – your’s or anyone else’s – is the height of absurdity.
Furthermore, you have no idea what your god is like in any sense other that what you have conjured in your own mind, so how the Gehenna would someone like Mike or I have a mental picture of something even you, a biblical literalist, fundamentalist christian have no image of.
At best we could ”hate” the idea or the concept of your god, but even here we would still have to formulate some sort of mental impression for us to generate such an emotion.I am thinking a plate Liver and Onions. A nightmare from school days and every time I think of it I exclaim: ”Jesus Christ!”
That is about as close to hating anything I get.
However, if you could at least offer us an image of your god, maybe the one that you have in your head, and describe it in as much detail as you are able I will do my level best to generate deep sincere feelings of animosity.
“For an atheist to hate gods – your’s or anyone else’s – is the height of absurdity.”
Yes, we agree there.
At least you acknowledge there are a great many gods, Wally.
Now how about a description of your god?
Huh? When? I missed that. Never said it.
Liar.
I mentioned that it is absurd for an atheist to hate gods, yours or anyone else’s and you wrote:
”Yes, we agree there.”
Do you need any further explanation?
So, again where did I acknowledge a multiplicity of Gods?
Liar
Because I mentioned gods – plural – and you acknowledged that you agreed.
Now I realise you are a bit slow on the uptake at times but I am damned if I am going to give you a grammar lesson.
Ah…gotcha. LOL when you point the finger of “you are slow on the uptake” perhaps you should remember there are still three curled back at you!
As long as you understand.
So, do have you have a description of your god?
So, exactly what problem do you have with the content of this post here?
Read my other comments.
Don’t feel like you need to go down the “which God” rabbit trail again, Wally.
We’re talking about criticism and Christian art.
You can tell the Atheists to stay on topic, if you’re not in the mood for deja vu. 😉
Oh..no plans to chased that rabbit, Amanda…been there done that for sure!
I’m not sue I’d ever heard that Bob story! lol.
You gotta love a kid who knows what she likes. 🙂
Also, here’s a meme:
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Way to blame your mediocrity on your listeners tastes rather than your lack of talent. Extra points for using your disapproval ratings as a badge of honor.
Eh…preacher, pretty sure you don’t find any Christian comedians funny. Of course you don’t because everything about God offends you.
You hate God and God’s people
And you use YOUR hatred as a badge of honor and a way to gain approval from your cackling band of hyenas.
Hi wally. Have a great day. I don’t hate anyone at all.
Oh…I am confused by the fact that you troll MULTIPLE Christian blogs dropping an insult then running off.
Pretty sure you don’t do that because you like them.
I’m not sure you understand the difference between hate and disagreement/opposition. You also seem not to grasp the concept of hating ideas does not mean hating people. You really should work on that comprehension while you’re dealing with your anger and hostility issues. But you did give me a great idea for a post on hate. Thx.Have a good day.
Hate and dislike are not synonymous either. Please purchase a dictionary for those slow times on roofs and under houses. 😉
Who needs that
Teach me
By the way, I did ac and plumbing out her in arizona for about 2years
Ok..good.
Now, being as you maintain the position that you hate no one, but only hate ideas….splain me this.
This post was about comedy…exactly which IDEA in it did you find disagreeable? Other than the blog host’s very existence?
Oh wally… Why do you persist in telling people to comment? If I had wanted to comment further I am fully capable and post adolescent enough to do it myself without the commands from you.
That is hilarious… You don’t tell people when to comment. They decide for themselves.
Stop getting worked up about me not commenting when I don’t. It’s getting a bit childish
I think it’s a valid question. Exactly what issue do you have with the content of this post other than the author?
I am not telling you how to comment, I am asking question.
It’s called conversation.
So, what exactly is the problem you have with the content here?
Conversations happen when two willing participants agree to discuss a topic. You my friend are not ‘valuing’ or respecting my non participation.
Pro tip: only my mom or my wife get to tell me what to do. You ain’t either one… And mom passed 3yrs ago
So again, you decline to ever answer a question.
Gotcha.
Pro-tip: if you don’t want to be part of a conversation, don’t be the first to comment.
Does one have to be part of a conversation to comment on a post? I doubt it
Yes, you’ve made yourself part of a conversation.
Except, when you refuse to answer questions, it’s a conversation with yourself.
Even when you comment and comment and comment with other people, you’re still only talking to yourself, because you refuse to offer anything. You’re a selfish conversationalist. You’re a distraction.
I really recommend you answer some questions now and then. Because swooping in to say something about the blog host’s “mediocrity,” and then refusing to defend that comment only makes you look like an idiot.
I recommend allowing people the freedom to say… or not say what the want… or don’t want. It’s a bit odd to try to force people to comment. It’s not respectful or polite. I’m sure you would object if I used similar tactics with you. As you have objected before, quite recently.
Have a great day
LOL!!!!!
You want to make free speech recommendations? HAHAHAHAHA!
Everyone has the freedom to say, or not say, whatever they want or don’t want. And–unlike on your blog–their comments will stay here forever. People can go back months or even years and see what people wanted to say–or that they didn’t say something… because we let people be distractions around here.
What’s not respectful or polite is to make the comment you made at the top of the post and then slither away without standing behind it. I’ve never made the claim that I’m respectful or polite. I’m neither. And that’s why you shouldn’t be too surprised when I say: Go away, coward. We have no use for you here.
Lol… amazingly funny. Your dad, not so much. But you? Oh yeah, and you don’t even know it
Well, thanks for at least coming back on topic. 😉