Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: hall@vice.ico.tek.com (Hal Lillywhite) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Humor in the Bible (was Hell) Message-ID: Date: 26 May 91 07:14:40 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or. Lines: 27 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article trondst@mack.uit.no (Trond S. Trondsen) writes: >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. >... My favorite "funny Bible story" is in Acts 12. Peter had been in jail and in the middle of the night an angel arranges for him to escape (in spite of his being chained between 2 soldiers). Peter goes to the house where he knows the church is meeting and knocks on the door. What follows could be right out of a slapstick comedy: 1. A young woman answers and recognizes Peter's voice. Does she let him in? No, she gets so excited she has to tell someone and forgets to open the door. 2. She tells others who are older and should be wiser. Are they? well instead of going to the door to find out they have a discussion on if it is Peter or his spirit. Meanwhile Peter cools his heels outside, probably wondering if anybody will ever open that door. 3. Finally they do open the door and "were astonished." Can you imagine the look on their faces? 4. The next day the comedy turns black as Herod finds that Peter has escaped and gets rather upset. He leaves town after ordering the execution of the keepers.