On Televangelists Mr. C. D. Norman writes: - "One disturbing observation of mine of the serious minded Christian evangelists who appear on the TV screens is that they do not laugh. They don’t even smile. They all are a grumpy lot who shout, cry, shed tears, warn people of hell fire, quote verse after verse from the scriptures, show gestures of threat to sinners and unbelievers and also appeal for generous donations for their ministry. But a smile? No Sir, Never!
Years back, a Hindi TV channel serialised the Hindu epic Ramayan. A young girl in Bihar wrote to the editor of a newspaper, “Thank god, they show Ramayan with all its human elements, good and bad, lofty and mean. Had it been a serial on Christ it would have been sermons, sermons and more sermons; a bore.” Even Christ and his disciples were all grim and grave individuals. There is not one recorded occasion when they smiled or laughed. The word smile is not found in the concordance of the Bible. And ‘laugh’ appears only- once in the New Testament: “Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.” Luke 6:25
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