Funny!

I recently had occasion to stop by LarkNews.Com and glance at their headlines.

FUNNY!

Though I find they sometimes cross the line (“Humor is such a subject thing,” Emperor Cartagia said), much of the time they manage to poke fun at Christian sensibilities in an amusing way. Consider these recent stories:

* Cleveland-Area Revival Attributed to Woman’s Scripture Checks

* Teen No Longer Called To Chores

* Accountability Groups Classified As Gangs In Detroit

Also check out Lark News’s custom “404 File Not Found” message (unless they’ve fixed it).

Finally, there is this really funny Q & A about the “40 Days of Purpose”® fad sweeping Evangelical churches and its overly litigious use of the ® symbol.

Catholic circles aren’t immune to this. Someone or other (who has poked fun at me in print before) used to put a trademark symbol next to the phrase Bringing Christ To The World™, though I see the symbol has been dropped–no doubt in the spirit of Christian charity. Otherwise the Vatican itself might be legally barred from bringing Christ to the world! So, fortunately, we now live in a world where you can Speak Your Mind™ freely, without worrying about such things.

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

5 thoughts on “Funny!”

  1. Reminds me of:
    “DALLAS, TX – January 2nd, 2001 – In a move that has millions across the Internet community frowning, Despair, Inc. today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) had awarded them a registered trademark for the ‘frowny’ emoticon which serves as their logo. …” 🙁
    http://www.despair.com/demotivators/frownonthis.html

  2. Jimmy,
    since you mentioned ‘speak your mind’ you should stop by sometime… There is a nice Protesant seminarian there challenging people with his Greek training and Reformed theological gripes conta Rome…
    IC XC
    Chris

  3. The “page cannot be found” left out the Catholic explanation: You didn’t pray to St. Anthony.

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