Humor

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RELIGIOUS JOKES

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can be pointed at no one remotely divine but believers - like the stoning scene in life of Brian - makes a well earned mockery of religious legalism and sexcism (1999)

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EDDIE IZZARD

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If you are religious, thats ok, but you've got to keep analysing it, and keep a sense of humor, because without a sense of humor people start dying

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Can comedy and religion go together?

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religion is a part of so many conflicts - some have found ways to bring people together and force them to address their stereotypes

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can comedy and religion go together?

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laughing together can create a sense of understanding across differences

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can comedy and religion go together?

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"we came in peace tour" - lots of religious comedians - and the goal is to shed light on the misunderstandings between the different faiths and to demonstrate that at their core all religions share a common message.

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examples

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life of brian, danish cartoons - drawing mohammed, touchy religion - can you make humour about this?

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do you need to understand the bible to understand biblical humour?

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yes - humor assumes that we know it

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Dawkins

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religious history - we should be able to make jokes about religion because its a social entity - we should know about religions as well they are part of history.