{"id":2907,"date":"2007-09-11T11:17:13","date_gmt":"2007-09-11T18:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=36"},"modified":"2020-04-18T20:32:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T03:32:14","slug":"the-onion-christian-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/the-onion-christian-style\/","title":{"rendered":"The Onion &#8211; Christian Style (The Babylon Bee)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/laughjustlaugh.gif\" alt=\"Laugh at Lark News\" width=\"149\" height=\"180\" \/>Sometimes, you just need to laugh. Especially with everything that has recently been in the news.<\/p>\n<p>Several years ago, my sister introduced me to the &#8220;The Onion&#8221; &#8211; a newspaper which makes up fictional stories that are so close to reality, they are funny.<\/p>\n<p>Recently I ran across a Christian version called &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/\">The Babylon Bee.<\/a>&#8221; I spent a few minutes over my lunch break reading and laughing.<\/p>\n<p>So, need a good laugh? Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/\">The Babylon Bee<\/a>. We all need to laugh more.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few examples of recent headlines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/in-strategy-to-be-perfect-church-asks-all-sinners-to-stay-away\">In Strategy to Be Perfect, Church Asks All Sinners to Worship Elsewhere<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/mary-did-you-know-song-criticized-as-mansplaining\">Popular Christmas Song, &#8220;Mary, Did You Know?&#8221; Criticized for Mansplaining<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/biden-cuts-holes-in-medical-mask-so-he-can-still-sniff-people\">Biden Cuts Hole in Mask So He Can Still Sniff People&#8217;s Hair<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/drinking-is-a-sin-says-morbidly-obese-pastor\">&#8220;Drinking is a Sin&#8221; says Morbidly Obese Pastor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And if you like Christian satire,\u00a0I wrote a book which takes a satirical look at Christian evangelism, so if you want a good laugh, try my book, <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2lhFBXy\"><em>Adventures in Fishing (for Men).<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all need to laugh more. I really enjoy one Christian site that puts out funny, fake news: Lark News. Sometimes we just need to laugh!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2245],"tags":[19,1343,1344],"class_list":{"0":"post-2907","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-redeeming-life","8":"tag-discipleship","9":"tag-humor","10":"tag-laugh","11":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Onion - Christian Style (The Babylon Bee)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you need a little light hearted humor in your day, try Lark News. 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