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10-1-2009 6:52 AM
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debbyski says:
"A minister woke up on a beautiful Sunday morning and decided to squeeze in a round of golf before services. St. Peter observed the man headed for the golf course and gave God a nudge. ‘He should be punished for this." God said, "OK, just watch."

The minister proceeded to play the best golf of his life. His club selection was precise, and he hit every shot perfectly He was shooting par for the first time. "I thought you were going to punish him," said St. Peter. "Just watch," said God.

The minister continued to play flawless golf and on the 18th hole he shot a hole-in-one. "What kind of punishment is this complained St. Peter." "Just think about it," said God. "Whom can he tell?"

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10-1-2009 6:54 AM
debbyski
"I recall this joke as very successful, but I suspect it no longer works as well as it did because the assumptions don’t hold. The joke assumes that it is scandalous for a minister to play golf on Sunday morning, and that he would naturally want to conceal his activity. But reverence for the Sabbath and expectations of pastoral piety have waned. Now the minister’s preservice outing is rather unremarkable, and might be regarded as a healthy bit of stress management. Whom couldn’t he tell?"
10-1-2009 11:49 AM
thisnamecantbetaken
"You must have mirth or you will have madness." - G.K. Chesterton
10-1-2009 12:05 PM
ljsdesign
"a little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" from Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory.
10-2-2009 10:53 PM
Jorjor
It's better to laugh at yourself before others do.
10-2-2009 11:41 PM
papadavid
...many are cold, but few are frozen...
10-3-2009 8:29 AM
debbyski
And blind but can still see Papa . . .
10-23-2009 11:30 PM
blueridge
It is recorded that "Jesus wept", but no where that he laughed, for his life and mission were serious. Laughter and inappropriate levity is a form of scorning what is true and mockery. Those who do so are included in the description
there is no fear of God before their eyes
Against this contest of those who want to "bring down" God in gross disrespect, making a joke of things holy, who take his name in vain (testing the warning of the 3rd Commandment--"for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who taketh his name in vain"), abuse and cast contempt upon his Scriptures, to "break his bands" (laws) and "cast away his cords" (that condemns and restrains their willfulness ...
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10-24-2009 1:36 AM
debbyski
When we are convinced we can quote him in support of our own side in any argument, Jesus is out of there, because he is deliberately elusive, mysterious, enigmatic, and paradoxical. Jesus seemed to have enjoyed surprising people and there is not doubt in my mind that he laughed and often.
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