Laughter - you either laugh or cry

Laughter can sometimes signal an epiphany. We see through the crack, what Kurt Vonnegut called the "peep hole" into the cosmic consciousness. We can become what St. Paul  called "fools for Christ" in his first letter to Corinthians. And so UU Way Of Life will start to include humor in its regular offerings. Feel free to suggest your own favorites either in the comments or send them to davidgmarkham@gmail.com.

"If you wish to glance inside a human soul and get to know a man... just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man."

Fydor Dostoyevsky

Humor Friday - Getting off my ass would be a crime against nature

"I like nothing more in the world than sitting on my ass doing nothing. And it's not my fault I have this attitude, because I happen to have an amazingly comfortable ass. It may not look like much, but if you could sit on this baby for two minutes, you'd realize that getting off this ass would be a crime against nature."

Lori Chapman in the April, 2012, The Sun Magazine.

This is article #6 on humor. An article on humor is posted every Friday on UUAWOL.

And so it goes

A devout Christian was arguing with a UU about the existence of God. He said, "Ok, just prove there is no God." The UU quipped, "You can't prove there is no God - you have take it on faith."

The former President of the UUA, John Buehrens, is said to have asked people who stated they were atheists "What god is it that you don't believe in?"

The questions about the "ultimate" have plagued human kind since self awareness arose in the minds of humans and there are no empirical answers to these ultimate questions except for the time a 6 year old child was drawing a picture of god in his UU Sunday school class. The teacher told the child, "Honey, no one knows what god looks like." The child answered, "They will when I'm done with my picture."

Unitarian Universalism encourages people to conjure up any God they desire or don't desire. Unitarian Universalism is a very tolerant religion that has no creed or dogma. UUs are fond of saying, "Don't let your karma run over your dogma."

I have been told that God is a verb and Neale Donald Walsch says that when you want to talk about "God" use the word "Life" instead. Maybe Luke Skywalker of Star Wars fame had it best when he talked reverently about "the force".

The Monk said to the hot dog vendor "Make me one with everything." and handed the vendor a $5.00 bill for a $2.00 hot dog. When the Monk complained to the vendor about not getting his $3.00 change, the vendor said, "Dear Monk you should know better than anyone that change comes from within." The Monk replied "If God truly is within I hope he likes hot dogs with onions and hot spicy mustard."

As Kurt Vonnegut was fond of saying, "And so it goes..............................."

Things are not always as advertised

Thank you to George M. for the referral.

The light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection. The tailgating woman was furious and honked her horn, screaming infrustration, as she missed her chance to get through the intersection, dropping her cell phone and makeup. As she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and looked up into the face of a very serious police officer. The officer ordered her to exit her car with her hands up.

He took her to the police station where she was searched, fingerprinted,photographed, and placed in a holding cell. After a couple of hours, a policeman approached the cell and opened the door. She was escorted back to the booking desk where the arresting officer was waiting with her personal effects.

He said, ''I'm very sorry for this mistake. You see, I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn, flipping off the guy in front of you and cussing a blue streak at him. I noticed the 'What Would Jesus Do' bumper sticker, the 'Choose Life' license plate holder, the 'Follow Me to Sunday-School' bumper sticker, and the chrome-plated Christian fish emblem on the trunk, so naturally... I assumed you had stolen the car.''

God explains heaven and hell

Betty Butterfield searches for a church

Betty Butterfield talks about her search for a church where she can feel comfortable. Video lasts about 4 minutes.

Image Of Toast Appears On Jesus