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From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: God the Scientist
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Date: Wed, 25-Jul-84 17:09:43 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 25 17:09:43 1984
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The way I heard the story, a non-/anti-religious person died and arrived,
much surprised, in heaven.  The "angel" in charge welcomed the new arrival
to the afterlife.

"But, I wasn't religious, I didn't believe in God.  Why am I here?"

"Because, first and foremost, you led a good life, you lived well with
	your fellow human beings, and you accomplished many good things."

"Does that mean that *everyone* who does those things will get into heaven
	regardless of their religious beliefs or lack thereof?"

"Certainly."

So the new arrival began looking around, and sure enough, there were members of
all religious and non-religious denominations:  Jews, Buddhists, atheists,
wombats, trivial pursuit players, ...   Then our friend noticed a large wall,
and beyond this wall could be heard the voices of a rather substantial number
of people.  Curious, this person climbed the wall to view what was on the
other side, only to be stopped by the "angel" in charge.

"No, I'm sorry.  You must not climb that wall."

"But why not?  I only wanted to see the people on the other side."

"I'm afraid you cannot do that.  You must not ever reveal yourself to those
who live on the other side of the wall.  You see, the other side of that wall
is where the Christians reside, and they think they're the only ones up here.
It just wouldn't really be heaven for them otherwise."

[IT'S A JOKE, OK?]
-- 
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?			Rich Rosen
WHAT IS YOUR NET ADDRESS?		pyuxn!rlr
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