Do the scriptures forbid the weapon of satire? Only a surface reading of certain texts could lead us to that conclusion. E.W. Bullinger has a section in his book Figures of Speech Used in the Bible called EIRONEIA[1]: or Irony, which is subdivided to include "sarcasmos" i.e., sarcasm. He lists about fifty uses of such irony from the mouth of both God and man.Perhaps the funniest came from Elijah to the prophets of Baal. I Kings 18:27, "Shout louder. Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened." That is funny! Further examples could be given of irony and other forms of humor used in scripture. The truth is, the Bible is far wittier and more creative than we trust ourselves to be.
I don't want Christian writers to grudgingly accept the use of satire. I want them to embrace it. They should embrace it because it has such marvelous potential.
-- from the thread Taking Humor Seriously
Well-written witty pieces are great, as long as the author is not trying to “trick” someone. Then it becomes sacrilegious to me if their topic is Christianity.