A fellow finds
himself in front of the Pearly Gates. St. Peter explains that its
not so easy to get in heaven. There are some criteria before entry
is allowed.
For example,
was the man religious in life? Attend church? No? St. Peter told
him that's bad.
Was he generous?
give money to the poor? Charities? No? St. Peter told him that that
too was bad.
Did he do any
good deeds? Help his neighbor? Anything? No? St. Peter was becoming
concerned.
Exasperated,
Peter says, "Look, everybody does something nice sometime.
Work with me, I'm trying to help. Now think!"
The man says,
"There was this old lady. I came out of a store and found her
surrounded by a dozen Hell's Angels. They had taken her purse and
were shoving her around, taunting and abusing her.
I got so mad
I threw my bags down, fought through the crowd, and got her purse
back. I then helped her to her feet. I then went up to the biggest,
baddest biker and told him how despicable, cowardly and mean he
was and then spat in his face".
"Wow",
said Peter, "That's impressive. When did this happen"?
"Oh, about
10 minutes ago", replied the man.
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