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Just curious considering all humour seems to be based on gakky things happening to someone/something wouldn't that mean that no one would ever laugh in heaven? Btw, I'm an atheist and don't believe heaven exists (or at least not in the biblical sense) but I am curious about the idea of

comedy existing in heaven.

We laugh at the people in hell.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
We laugh at the people in hell.

You win all the things Twilight.

The only way to have sex in heaven without being sent to hell would be to have it with your spouse, who is also dead. There wouldn't be anything funny about it. You couldn't make anal jokes, because that's sodomy. You couldn't even look at other women either.

I don't know what people would laugh about, besides the fact that they aren't spending eternity slaving away in hell pushing large wooden wheels for some reason. That would stop being funny after about a week though. I doubt there is a government to mock in Heaven either, so that takes political humor out.

What does that leave? Fart Jokes?

Do souls fart.....I mean My grandma always told me to hold my farts because that is my soul trying to escape

If the gods are as omnipotent as theists claim, I would assume they have some pretty sweet jokes saved up, so I'd say yes.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
We laugh at the people in hell.

If Heaven is full of ponies I'm becoming an atheist pronto

Happiness is a state of mind, an attitude, so I assume being in heaven would mean existing in a state of contentment.

Of course God has a sense of humor. Just look at the platypus.

 MrMoustaffa wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
We laugh at the people in hell.

If Heaven is full of ponies I'm becoming an atheist pronto

Well, heaven is supposed to be whatever you want it to be

Of course there's no laughter in heaven, because it's all a translation error. "Heaven" is the place ruled by the sadistic mass-murderer, so calling it paradise is really kind of misleading. In reality it would probably be a place of immense suffering, where the only sounds allowed are songs of praise to the tyrant (who will torture you even more if you don't sing properly). Meanwhile the so-called "hell" is ruled by the tyrant's worst enemy, so it's probably a pretty awesome place. There's probably lots of laughter in hell, since Satan doesn't seem to be so obsessed with all those rules about not having any fun.

Any place has to be better than the Dakka OT...

 Peregrine wrote:
Of course there's no laughter in heaven, because it's all a translation error. "Heaven" is the place ruled by the sadistic mass-murderer, so calling it paradise is really kind of misleading. In reality it would probably be a place of immense suffering, where the only sounds allowed are songs of praise to the tyrant (who will torture you even more if you don't sing properly). Meanwhile the so-called "hell" is ruled by the tyrant's worst enemy, so it's probably a pretty awesome place. There's probably lots of laughter in hell, since Satan doesn't seem to be so obsessed with all those rules about not having any fun.

Stay classy Pere.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Do souls fart.....I mean My grandma always told me to hold my farts because that is my soul trying to escape

Well, that explains where mine went, then.

You remember when you get together with your friends and you all rip on each other over the stupid stuff you did before? Yeah, think of that, but for eternity

Milquedawg, I hope you don't really think that the only way to laugh is at someone's expense.

 Manchu wrote:
Milquedawg, I hope you don't really think that the only way to laugh is at someone's expense.

I can't think of any good jokes that involve positive things happening with people's/thing's I always thought the biological reason for laughter is to help ease hardship.

A nice chap I was talking to online said that in heaven I'll be given 72 virgins to look after if I do some stuff now for him.

So im guessing that means I'll be given a reasonably popular games store filled with customers.

Should be a good laugh.

 notprop wrote:
A nice chap I was talking to online said that in heaven I'll be given 72 virgins to look after if I do some stuff now for him.

So im guessing that means I'll be given a reasonably popular games store filled with customers.

Should be a good laugh.

See even that has a bit of negativity to it as it implies that gamers aren't that sexy and that the stores aren't that popular so it still has those negative elements that I identify in a joke.

Laughing is sinful, thus, there is no laughter in heaven.

 Cheesecat wrote:

 notprop wrote:
A nice chap I was talking to online said that in heaven I'll be given 72 virgins to look after if I do some stuff now for him.

So im guessing that means I'll be given a reasonably popular games store filled with customers.

Should be a good laugh.

See even that has a bit of negativity to it as it implies that gamers aren't that sexy and that the stores aren't that popular so it still has those negative elements that I identify in a joke.

I don't know... Knock Knock jokes can be tame.

However, if Heaven's idea of consists of an eternity of tame knock knock jokes, I'm joining the Norse.

I mean, Valhalla is a bit a mess, but at least the inhabitants know how to have a good time. And unlike hell, there shouldn't be some dick trying to sodomize people with a cactus.

 LordofHats wrote:

 Peregrine wrote:
Of course there's no laughter in heaven, because it's all a translation error. "Heaven" is the place ruled by the sadistic mass-murderer, so calling it paradise is really kind of misleading. In reality it would probably be a place of immense suffering, where the only sounds allowed are songs of praise to the tyrant (who will torture you even more if you don't sing properly). Meanwhile the so-called "hell" is ruled by the tyrant's worst enemy, so it's probably a pretty awesome place. There's probably lots of laughter in hell, since Satan doesn't seem to be so obsessed with all those rules about not having any fun.

Stay classy Pere.

That's what I was thinking. Very unhappy person there.

I think Hell is probably filled with people complaining that they didn't make it into heaven, which means Heaven can't be much worse, if the people don't have anything to complain about... Right?

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 Cheesecat wrote:

 notprop wrote:
A nice chap I was talking to online said that in heaven I'll be given 72 virgins to look after if I do some stuff now for him.

So im guessing that means I'll be given a reasonably popular games store filled with customers.

Should be a good laugh.

See even that has a bit of negativity to it as it implies that gamers aren't that sexy and that the stores aren't that popular so it still has those negative elements that I identify in a joke.

I don't know... Knock Knock jokes can be tame.

However, if Heaven's idea of consists of an eternity of tame knock knock jokes, I'm joining the Norse.

I mean, Valhalla is a bit a mess, but at least the inhabitants know how to have a good time. And unlike hell, there shouldn't be some dick trying to sodomize people with a cactus.

Yeah, but knock knock jokes aren't funny.

 notprop wrote:
A nice chap I was talking to online said that in heaven I'll be given 72 virgins to look after if I do some stuff now for him.

So im guessing that means I'll be given a reasonably popular games store filled with customers.

Should be a good laugh.

Why would anyone want virgins? I'd rather have some experienced sluts to give me a good time.

Thought that laughter was singing, joyfully with great gusto, hymns in Heaven?

 Cheesecat wrote:

 CthuluIsSpy wrote:

 Cheesecat wrote:

 notprop wrote:
A nice chap I was talking to online said that in heaven I'll be given 72 virgins to look after if I do some stuff now for him.

So im guessing that means I'll be given a reasonably popular games store filled with customers.

Should be a good laugh.

See even that has a bit of negativity to it as it implies that gamers aren't that sexy and that the stores aren't that popular so it still has those negative elements that I identify in a joke.

I don't know... Knock Knock jokes can be tame.

However, if Heaven's idea of consists of an eternity of tame knock knock jokes, I'm joining the Norse.

I mean, Valhalla is a bit a mess, but at least the inhabitants know how to have a good time. And unlike hell, there shouldn't be some dick trying to sodomize people with a cactus.

Yeah, but knock knock jokes aren't funny.

And that is why Valhalla is better!

 Jihadin wrote:
Thought that laughter was singing, joyfully with great gusto, hymns in Heaven?

When has a hymn ever made you happy?

 Soladrin wrote:

 Jihadin wrote:
Thought that laughter was singing, joyfully with great gusto, hymns in Heaven?

When has a hymn ever made you happy?

Heh, that actually reminds me of a stand-up routine.

 Soladrin wrote:

 notprop wrote:
A nice chap I was talking to online said that in heaven I'll be given 72 virgins to look after if I do some stuff now for him.

So im guessing that means I'll be given a reasonably popular games store filled with customers.

Should be a good laugh.

Why would anyone want virgins? I'd rather have some experienced sluts to give me a good time.

Who said anything about fooling around with them?

Haha the Jesus loves you but not like that trap has caught you.

[all the angels and believers laugh]