Meryl Newman is getting out of North Korea. He has been released. CNN

[applegrove]

[jberryhill]

1. He promised them he'd stick to Christian missionary work in Saudi Arabia

[Cirque du So-What]

3. First there was the 'Jesus on a piece of wood' comment

and now this. You really *are* trying to secure a spot in Hell, aren't you?

[jberryhill]

4. Secure a spot?

I'm looking for a management position.

[Cirque du So-What]

5. Speaking as someone already there

in management, that is, I don't know how I could tell if I'd died and gone to Hell.

[Tx4obama]

2. Article/link below

State news: American Merrill Newman 'deported' from North Korea

updated 8:51 PM EST, Fri December 6, 2013

(CNN) -- Merrill Newman -- the 85-year-old American detained by North Korean authorities earlier this fall -- has been "deported from a humanitarian viewpoint," North Korea's state-run KCNA news agency reported early Saturday.

Newman was taken off a plane in Pyongyang by North Korean authorities in October, following a brief trip to the isolated East Asian nation, his family said.

Weeks later, state news released a story and video showing the Palo Alto, California, resident -- and Korean War veteran -- apologizing for crimes against North Korea.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/06/world/asia/north-korea-american-newman/index.html?hpt=hp_t2