A Tour of Heaven
abracad, · Categories: wise wordsA man passed away and went to heaven. He was met by the gatekeeper who granted him admission and offered to show him around.
It was a beautiful place. The grass was greener and the flowers more vivid than anything he'd ever imagined. The houses and other buildings were magnificent. Just as he thought he'd never be able to afford one the gatekeeper explained he could have any house he dreamed of in any location. All he had to do was imagine it and it would be built to his precise specification.
Just then they came across a huge wooden stockade and the gatekeeper bade him to be silent. Once they had passed it the guided tour continued.
This time it was explained that he could eat or drink anything he chose, all free of charge, again just by thinking about it. To demonstrate the gatekeeper manifested an apple tree, and plucking two apples offered one to the new arrival. It was the sweetest, most succulent fruit he'd ever tasted.
But just as he was finishing it they again came across a huge wooden stockade and he was ordered to remain silent. The tour again continued once they had passed the vast structure.
The guide now showed the man the great halls of learning where, when he was ready, he could prepare to take the next step along his evolutionary path.
Before long they came to yet another stockade and again he was instructed to keep quiet.
After they had passed it the man could contain his curiosity no longer and asked what the stockades were for.
The guide explained that the first one was for the Christians, the second for the Jews, and the third for the Moslems.
But why did they have to be silent when passing by?
The guide smiled. It was because each group believed they were the only ones in heaven.
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