Post Praetorian said:

RicOlie_2 said:

One thing that may be considered is that if, as Christian theology has it, we are made in the image of God, it seems likely that humour would have been part of the package.

It is possible...unless one might consider such an image to have been one of mirror quality or equivalent.

That seems unlikely if God has no body.

Additionally, Jesus, being human, almost certainly had a sense of humour. It seems unlikely he would have been accused of being a drunkard if he were serious all the time.

Alternately is it not possible he might merely have been taken to drink-- often, and in quantity?

Certainly possible, but as my "argument" presupposes that he was/is God, I would consider it rather improbable. If Jesus' opponents thought it unsuitable for a respectable teacher to crack jokes or have a good laugh now and then, they may have attempted to undermine his authority by accusing him of drunkenness (something that probably wouldn't have been taken seriously if Jesus was serious).