Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: trondst@mack.uit.no (Trond S. Trondsen) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Hell Message-ID: Date: 24 May 91 03:41:36 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Tromsoe, Norway Lines: 48 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu As most of us know, the Bible is an incredible book indeed. It even has the potential of changing the life of the person willing to humble his/her intellect and take God at his Word. This book, I think, must contain (and has certainly inspired) all genres of literature. Poetry, tragedies, drama, crime,.... you name it. But there is not very much humor to be found. Does God have a sense of humor? Or is 'humor' just a result of our fallen nature? Or..? Yesterday, I came across a couple of passages that certainly indicates that God has a sense of humor. I laughed so much that tears were rolling. I like the NASB versons better, but I only have the AV on my computer: The first one is about Absalom that is out riding on his mule. Remeber: this is not any ordinary fella, he was the KING at the time: 2 Samuel 18 9. And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that [was] under him went away. 10 And a certain man saw [it], and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak. I hope that I'm not the ONLY one that sees the incredible humor in this incident. The next one is about that poor guy that fell asleep in church and therefore fell three floors and killed himself: Acts 20 9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead. Hilareous! Paul resurrects this gezer later, so save your tears. This is Humor with a capital 'H'. Has anybody else found any traces of humor in the Bible? Please share them with me. trond