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== Soviet Union and the Department of Jokes ==
== Soviet Union and the Department of Jokes ==
[[File:600px-Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png|thumbnail|right|250px|In the former [[Soviet Union]], a popular joke was that the workers pretended to work and the Soviet Union pretended to pay them.<ref>[http://ipezone.blogspot.com/2015/08/you-pretend-to-work-putin-pretends-to.html You Pretend to work and Putin pretends to pay you]</ref> See also: [[Atheism and sloth]] ]]
The [[Soviet Union]] practiced [[state atheism]] and the atheism was of a [[militant atheism]] variety. See also: [[Soviet atheism]] and [[Atheism and communism]]
The [[Soviet Union]] practiced [[state atheism]] and the atheism was of a [[militant atheism]] variety. See also: [[Soviet atheism]] and [[Atheism and communism]]
For the next year, they could only tell jokes from their approved list. Improvisation was strictly forbidden. The only way a comedian could keep an act fresh was to steal gags from the competition. Plagiarism was fine, as long as the material you stole was approved.<ref>[http://listverse.com/2016/11/13/10-bizarre-ways-the-soviet-union-controlled-its-people/ 10 Bizarre Ways The Soviet Union Controlled Its People]</ref>}}
For the next year, they could only tell jokes from their approved list. Improvisation was strictly forbidden. The only way a comedian could keep an act fresh was to steal gags from the competition. Plagiarism was fine, as long as the material you stole was approved.<ref>[http://listverse.com/2016/11/13/10-bizarre-ways-the-soviet-union-controlled-its-people/ 10 Bizarre Ways The Soviet Union Controlled Its People]</ref>}}
== Parody and satire have their place - Christian parody of atheism and evolution ==
== Parody and satire have their place - Christian parody of atheism and evolution ==
Although mere appeals to ridicule is a logical fallacy, [[parody]] and [[satire]] certainly have their place. Because Christianity is so well attested to via evidence and sound argumentation such as the work of [[Simon Greenleaf]] and other [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologists]], Christians certainly have liberty to use parody and satire. For example, there are certainly many parodies and satires of [[atheism]] and [[evolution]] (see: [[Essay:Comedy and satires concerning atheism and evolution|Comedy and satires concerning atheism and evolution]] ).
Although mere appeals to ridicule is a logical fallacy, [[parody]] and [[satire]] certainly have their place. Because Christianity is so well attested to via evidence and sound argumentation such as the work of [[Simon Greenleaf]] and other [[Christian apologetics|Christian apologists]], Christians certainly have liberty to use parody and satire. For example, there are certainly many parodies and satires of [[atheism]] and [[evolution]] (see: [[Essay:Comedy and satires concerning atheism and evolution|Comedy and satires concerning atheism and evolution]] ).