[Piedro]

A holy man was having a conversation with the Lord one day and said, 'Lord, I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.'


The Lord led the holy man to two doors.


He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in. In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the table was a large
pot of stew, which smelled delicious and made the holy man's mouth water.

The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished. They were holding spoons with very long handles that were strapped to their arms and each found it possible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful. But because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths.


The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering.


The Lord said, 'You have seen Hell.'


They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one. There was the large round table with the large pot of
stew which made the holy man's mouth water. The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking. The holy man said, 'I don't understand.'


It is simple,' said the Lord. 'It requires but one skill. You see they have learned to feed each other, while the greedy think only of themselves.'

[Stratovarius]

God doesn't exist.

[RonMN]

Good story Piedro...I like that one!

[Stratovarius]

In all seriousness, it was a good story.

[I_Like_Plants]

Very very good story but a part was left out.

In the feeding each other Heaven, the people were all white, hence their willingness to help each other.

In Hell, the people were all the liberals' dream: each a different race, and mutually hateful and distrustful.

You can see our down-earth versions of Hell and Heaven by just going to a coastal California public school and then going to a nice, white, Red state small town public school.

[Stratovarius]

Heaven and Hell are propaganda tools to keep people in line.

[Piedro]

.......... Well; as an agnostic and critic of "The System" I can agree with You - But we can substitute Heaven and Hell for armonius and disfunctional human situations ... And about God, I'm thinking in some "coincidencies" ...

Cheers & Hugs,

+Piedro
(From CHILE, Southamerica)