Who Is Or Was Your Favorite Comedian?
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These 2 guys are funny Jamie Lissow and Joe Machi are hilarious. Here is a link on Jamie, and I will find one on Joe Machi. https://www.jamielissow.com/about
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He's excellent, especially his asides that are supposed to be from the audience.
His testimony made me check and make sure I was listening to the same guy. He's so funny, but the first part of his testimony was so hopeless. It summed up pretty well why depression is so rampant. But Ecclesiastes is a pretty good book to start on for people with depression.
His testimony made me check and make sure I was listening to the same guy. He's so funny, but the first part of his testimony was so hopeless. It summed up pretty well why depression is so rampant. But Ecclesiastes is a pretty good book to start on for people with depression.
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Hey, Lynx.
I do not want to possibly derail this thread, but may I ask why you believe that Ecclesiastes is a pretty good book to start on for people with depression?
I am not saying that I either agree or disagree with your assessment, and I am certainly not asking in order to be contentious. In other words, I am simply seeking clarity as to why you said this.
The book of Ecclesiastes is definitely one of my favorite books of the Bible, and God only knows how many times I have read it and seriously meditated upon what is written therein.
Keeping this more in line with the topic of this thread, as you already know, I joke around quite a bit, but I must confess that the book of Ecclesiastes often convicts me of the same.
For example, Solomon said:
Ecclesiastes 2:2
"I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?"
Again, he said:
Ecclesiastes 7:2-6
"It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity."
Solomon not only likened laughter to madness, but he also likened the laughter of the fool to the crackling of burning thorns under a pot. In context, he qualified who the fools are, and they are those who prefer the house of feasting or the house of mirth to the house of mourning.
I believe that it is human nature, as in the nature of the unregenerate, to desire laughter over sorrow, but Solomon said that sorrow is better than laughter because by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. Again, in context, he was making a contrast between somebody going to a house of feasting or to a party and somebody going to the house of mourning or to a wake.
Why would going to a wake be better than going to a party?
Because that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. In other words, when we see that dead body lying in a casket, we ought to consider our own mortality, and the judgment which awaits us on the other side, and this is better than for us to be amusing ourselves at a party.
Anyhow, I do not want to sound like a "downer' here, but these are things that I believe we all ought to seriously consider.
In my own life's experiences, I know, of a certainty, that a lot of people like me when I am telling jokes, but they cannot stand me when I am seeking to talk to them about things pertaining to eternity.
Forget about other people.
Here is something that I have often observed in myself...
When faced with life's trials, and life is full of them, I often seek comfort in something humorous...like a comedic video.
In retrospect, time and time again, that has proven to be something of no real value to me whatsoever. Instead, it has always been the times when I have pressed even deeper into the things of God that I have truly gained something.
Just some thoughts...
I do not want to possibly derail this thread, but may I ask why you believe that Ecclesiastes is a pretty good book to start on for people with depression?
I am not saying that I either agree or disagree with your assessment, and I am certainly not asking in order to be contentious. In other words, I am simply seeking clarity as to why you said this.
The book of Ecclesiastes is definitely one of my favorite books of the Bible, and God only knows how many times I have read it and seriously meditated upon what is written therein.
Keeping this more in line with the topic of this thread, as you already know, I joke around quite a bit, but I must confess that the book of Ecclesiastes often convicts me of the same.
For example, Solomon said:
Ecclesiastes 2:2
"I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?"
Again, he said:
Ecclesiastes 7:2-6
"It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity."
Solomon not only likened laughter to madness, but he also likened the laughter of the fool to the crackling of burning thorns under a pot. In context, he qualified who the fools are, and they are those who prefer the house of feasting or the house of mirth to the house of mourning.
I believe that it is human nature, as in the nature of the unregenerate, to desire laughter over sorrow, but Solomon said that sorrow is better than laughter because by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. Again, in context, he was making a contrast between somebody going to a house of feasting or to a party and somebody going to the house of mourning or to a wake.
Why would going to a wake be better than going to a party?
Because that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. In other words, when we see that dead body lying in a casket, we ought to consider our own mortality, and the judgment which awaits us on the other side, and this is better than for us to be amusing ourselves at a party.
Anyhow, I do not want to sound like a "downer' here, but these are things that I believe we all ought to seriously consider.
In my own life's experiences, I know, of a certainty, that a lot of people like me when I am telling jokes, but they cannot stand me when I am seeking to talk to them about things pertaining to eternity.
Forget about other people.
Here is something that I have often observed in myself...
When faced with life's trials, and life is full of them, I often seek comfort in something humorous...like a comedic video.
In retrospect, time and time again, that has proven to be something of no real value to me whatsoever. Instead, it has always been the times when I have pressed even deeper into the things of God that I have truly gained something.
Just some thoughts...
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I mentioned earlier that Rodney Dangerfield was my favorite comedian.
Here is Jay Leno talking about how Rodney died:
Was it of any value or benefit to Rodney whatsoever that Jay Leno made him laugh right before he died?
Would to God that somebody was there holding Rodney's hand while sharing the gospel with him instead.
Also, Jay's story about a certain comedic funeral, as people in the audience laughed, was a grief to me. Especially when the man who died in his story more than likely wound up in hell.
Here is Jay Leno talking about how Rodney died:
Was it of any value or benefit to Rodney whatsoever that Jay Leno made him laugh right before he died?
Would to God that somebody was there holding Rodney's hand while sharing the gospel with him instead.
Also, Jay's story about a certain comedic funeral, as people in the audience laughed, was a grief to me. Especially when the man who died in his story more than likely wound up in hell.
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Depends on the source of the depression. If it's medical, an imbalance in chemicals in the brain, Ecclesiastes won't help at all.
Ever notice that depression is getting VERY popular these days? We have more free time than ever, time to think about how hopeless a life is where you just live and die and nothing you do seems to matter much at all. The popular kind of depression is just logic. You observe life and frankly it's depressing. Everything that should make your life happy and fulfilling doesn't. But it's all we got, so we keep trying anyway.
And that's Ecclesiastes in a nutshell.
Ever listen to Jeff Allen's testimony? It's pretty good, and he states it well.
Ever notice that depression is getting VERY popular these days? We have more free time than ever, time to think about how hopeless a life is where you just live and die and nothing you do seems to matter much at all. The popular kind of depression is just logic. You observe life and frankly it's depressing. Everything that should make your life happy and fulfilling doesn't. But it's all we got, so we keep trying anyway.
And that's Ecclesiastes in a nutshell.
Ever listen to Jeff Allen's testimony? It's pretty good, and he states it well.
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I will say this about that:
Humor has its uses. In my current situation I can't really go anywhere whenever I want, so there is little to do but listen to stand-up comedians on youtube and play video games. Comedy is one of the best ways I know to pass the time.
But humor, like almost everything else, can be misused. Comedy is used by a lot of people for the same purpose they use parties and mind altering drugs - to turn up the volume in their lives and drown out the thoughts they don't want to think about. If you are laughing it's easier to ignore those depressing thoughts.
There are a LOT of stand-up comics who talk about dealing with depression...
But after the laughter is over, you need more jokes. You can't laugh at the same ones you have already heard, and you gotta keep those things you don't want to think about at bay somehow.
Humor has its uses. In my current situation I can't really go anywhere whenever I want, so there is little to do but listen to stand-up comedians on youtube and play video games. Comedy is one of the best ways I know to pass the time.
But humor, like almost everything else, can be misused. Comedy is used by a lot of people for the same purpose they use parties and mind altering drugs - to turn up the volume in their lives and drown out the thoughts they don't want to think about. If you are laughing it's easier to ignore those depressing thoughts.
There are a LOT of stand-up comics who talk about dealing with depression...
But after the laughter is over, you need more jokes. You can't laugh at the same ones you have already heard, and you gotta keep those things you don't want to think about at bay somehow.