{"id":24,"date":"2010-10-11T09:07:18","date_gmt":"2010-10-11T09:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godscomic\/2010\/10\/do-i-have-to-bite-my-tongue.html"},"modified":"2010-10-11T09:07:18","modified_gmt":"2010-10-11T09:07:18","slug":"do-i-have-to-bite-my-tongue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godscomic\/2010\/10\/do-i-have-to-bite-my-tongue.html","title":{"rendered":"Do I have to bite my tongue?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'\">After many years as a &#8220;Christian comedian&#8221; I<br \/>\nhave often been asked if I thought God had a sense of humor? Well here are a<br \/>\ncouple examples where I would vote for the affirmative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>In all my many years on earth I can&#8217;t begin to<br \/>\ncount the times I have bitten my tongue. Everyone has experienced this<br \/>\nannoyance and every time I do it makes me wonder if this is one of God&#8217;s great<br \/>\npractical jokes? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Being God and all powerful, when you finally get<br \/>\naround to creating worshipers it probably makes sense to make them somewhat<br \/>\nentertaining. Being Omniscient he also must have anticipated our rebellion and<br \/>\nso worked in the funny stuff as retribution for what was coming. Biting your<br \/>\ntongue being one of these. Why? Because the reason we bite our tongue is<br \/>\nbecause God designed it to be permanently fixed next to our teeth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span>&nbsp;<\/span>Uh,<br \/>\nyou think He didn&#8217;t see this catastrophe potential? Your tongue may be the<br \/>\nsoftest item on your body, whose job is to manipulate food all the while trying<br \/>\nto avoid the hardest thing on our body, our teeth. TEETH! Their only purpose is<br \/>\nto cut, grind, chew, crush and mutilate food, which normally comes in the same<br \/>\ntexture as your tongue. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Just as sharks are known for mistaking surfers<br \/>\nfor seals and consequently making meat of them, why would one expect our teeth<br \/>\nto do anything less when it comes to tongue chewing? Heck I have even bitten my<br \/>\nown finger before while putting a morsel of food in my pie hole which not only<br \/>\nhurts but couldn&#8217;t possibly make you feel any more stupid. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Another part of our body positioned for maximum<br \/>\nhilarity from Gods front row seat in our comedy of errors is our shins. Shins<br \/>\nare also some of the most sensitive parts of our body and thus were positioned<br \/>\nnice and low on our legs, (technically referred to as &#8220;coffee-table height&#8221;)<br \/>\nright in the front mind you for maximum damage opportunity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>If God didn&#8217;t want us to get hurt he would have<br \/>\neither A) placed then behind our legs where our calves are now so they would<br \/>\nrarely be smashed, or B) armor plate our shins with some kind of protective<br \/>\nshield. They say our body is full of iron that would have been perfect! God<br \/>\nmust have foreseen much comedy potential in the leg area since that is also<br \/>\nwhat our toes inhabit. Toes are so good at smashing into things, especially in<br \/>\nthe dark that they actually necessitated the invention of shoes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Our thighs are ripe for a Charlie horse, which<br \/>\nis perfect for rounding out the leg as a human whoopee cushion for Gods enjoyment.<br \/>\nOf course for men, God initiated a special laugh getter known as the groin in<br \/>\nmixed company. Yeah nothing like taking an organ from inside your body and<br \/>\nputting it on the outside to ensure a lot of potential yuks throughout the year.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Lastly there is the aptly named &#8220;funny bone&#8221;<br \/>\nwhich, when struck, is funny only for the observer as opposed to the receiver<br \/>\nwho finds nothing funny about it whatsoever. The fact that it was named that<br \/>\nshows that God had this planned all along to find much entertainment from his<br \/>\ncreation. Maybe it serves us right after all when we consider what He was<br \/>\nforced to sacrifice on our behalf, and to be fair He did invent gravity so all<br \/>\nof us can enjoy the pleasure of watching somebody slip on the ice. Yeah getting<br \/>\nhurt is kinda funny, as long as it happens to someone else.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After many years as a &#8220;Christian comedian&#8221; I have often been asked if I thought God had a sense of humor? Well here are a couple examples where I would vote for the affirmative. In all my many years on earth I can&#8217;t begin to count the times I have bitten my tongue. 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