Satire & the Bible

An interview with Douglas Wilson:
GH: Still, many Christians think that satire is inherently risky. How can it glorify God?
DW: By lampooning that which does not glorify God. Paul says knowledge puffs up, and when something is puffed up, what you need is a good, sharp pin. When someone applies the pinprick to the balloon of self-important knowledge, the balloon explodes! That glorifies God because the puffed-up knowledge was in defiance of God.
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"A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion." — Proverbs 18:2