Wesleyan Quadrilateral Puns

I've been studying Methodism a little bit lately, and there was something that really appealed to me there, something called the Wesleyan Quadrilateral.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesleyan_Quadrilateral

The TLDR is that Methodists approach spiritual questions by looking at:

1. Scripture

2. Sacred Tradition IE church history

3. Personal Experiences

4. Reason

Scripture has greater weight than the other three to Methodists, but they see value in examining all four of these principles.

This makes sense to me, and I think this is a healthier way of approaching spiritual questions than what is often practiced in the church by some.

I know many Latter-Day Saints who cling to their personal experiences, their burning bosom moment where they felt the Spirit testify of truth, and completely neglect the other three aspects mentioned above when they think about why they believe what they believe.

I think that sets us up for failure. Those experiences absolutely are important, but we need to consider the context of church history, the scriptures themselves, and reason as we try to make sense of our faith. And I feel like too many of us when difficult questions arise, we just stick our head in the sand, say "that isn't faith promoting" and focus entirely on what we have felt from the Spirit instead of trying to answer the question.

Truth is truth, and if your faith conflicts with your reason/philosophy then you either don't understand the gospel correctly or your philosophy needs to be re-examined. The world should make more sense to you because of your faith, not less. Reason isn't the most important part of answering spiritual questions but it should be part of our approach.

For me, taking this quadrilateral approach strengthens my testimony of the restoration and makes my faith more spiritually satisfying to me.

What do you think?

It seems like some of the folks over there think that strict literalism was the only method of scriptural interpretation until the gays started ruining things in the 70s

Majority of us here are reformed or at least Calvinistic. It’ll be natural for us to read and/or listen to a lot of Calvinist theologians/preachers/authors. However, I can name some Arminian authors from whom I profited from. I’m curious if you guys have that too.

I’ll start. Maybe this is too mainstream but C.S. Lewis all the way. He is not even evangelical but some of his thoughts are so compelling that maybe apart from the Bible, he’s the most influential for me. (On a second thought, I dunno if they are in the same level as John Piper for me, though John Piper heavily quotes him anyway.)

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB

Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"

I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual

So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes

r/unclejokes for dirty jokes

r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC

r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes

Punchline !

Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub

Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat

Do your worst!

How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?

Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.

But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.

They were cooked in Greece.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.

Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?

Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"

Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

And now I’m cannelloni

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

But that’s comparing apples to oranges

And boy are my arms legs.

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

but then I remembered it was ground this morning.

Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale

Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments

BamBOO!

They’re on standbi

A play on words.

My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.

Calcium, nickel, neon

Put it on my bill

Pilot on me!!

Christopher Walken

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

Or would that be too forward thinking?

At work, I have a workstation.

edit: cheers u/cheer_up_richard

I’m stumped.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "