And lo on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:43:44 -0000, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom>  
did spake, saying:

> Patrick Elliott wrote:
>> The assumption that such a place exists at all,
>
> Then the answer would be "no", not "yes". :-) If the place doesn't  
> exist, then asking whether there's something at that place would be  
> answered "no". Do the taxi drivers on the moon accept tips? No.
>
> Even taking as an assumption that heaven exists, the question raises  
> what I think are obvious problems.
>
> What if you go to (Christian) Heaven, meet Mohammed, and he convinces  
> you that Jesus isn't your Savior after all?  (OK, well, that's assuming  
> Mohammed went to heaven, which according to christians he wouldn't, but  
> just say...)
>
> 1) God kicks you out. So heaven isn't eternal after all.
>
> 2) God lets you stay. So God's just yanking your chain on Earth,  
> intentionally putting you into a situation where he can punish you for  
> something that doesn't bother him enough to kick you out once you're  
> there.
>
> 3) You can't make that choice. Then again, free will is given to humans  
> only to trap them into going to Hell anyway.

"Mock The Week" got it right. There is only one true religion when you die  
you end up in a room with representatives of all the world's religions  
lined up in a row. You go to the relgion of your chose and they hold up a  
little card with "Bluff" written on it.

-- 
Phil Cook

--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
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