RicOlie_2 said:
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.
May not such a state of loneliness merely serve to provide further evidence as to his clearly established lack of light humor as indicated above?
Alternately, perhaps an older copying method might have been used with faulty rendering? Somewhat akin to loading an image into paint, saving it, and then reloading it?
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).
Is it not equally possible to reverse such an argument?
Might it not have been due to a general demeanor of serious purpose that such a counter claim to his conduct might have had its inception? To clarify, is it not possible that, in seeing one of such a disposition becoming popular, an alternate version of his comportment might have been circulated with an express purpose of undermining credibility?
Provided only with such hearsay evidence, who among the listeners might have been capable of effectively countering such a campaign?
Alternately, if Jesus had been known for his joviality, might one not expect to locate a single qualifying parable?