I once heard a minister tell the story of a fictional busload of Hell's inmates who
were given a 30 day furlough for some R&R in Heaven. They all came back the first
night because God's world was such a bore.
There were no wild parties, no clothing-optional beaches, no bars, no night clubs,
no porn, no escort services, no trafficking, no pigging-out at buffets, no fights, no
profanity, no ribaldry, no free sex, no vulgar late-night comedy, no exotic dancers,
no X-rated movies, no junk food, no tobacco, no marijuana, no meth, no ecstasy,
no LSD, no fentanyl, no hunting for sport, no fishing for sport, and no casino
gambling.
And the hellsters didn't particularly care for the isolation. None of the good folk in
Heaven wanted to associate with them: they were ostracized, they were
segregated, and they were quarantined.
Heaven is a pleasant utopia. It's etiquette, its dress code, and its rules of conduct
and civility; were way too constraining for the hellsters. Especially suffocating is the
mandatory self control everyone has to exercise in their choice of words to avoid
hurting people's feelings.
Take for example Wall Street barracudas. Do you really think they'd be happy in
Heaven? Or sweat shop operators? Or influence peddlers? Or lobbyists? Or J
walking pedestrians? Or LGBTQ? Or greedy businessmen like Phil Knight, Bill Gates,
and/or Jeff Bezos? Or unscrupulous social networking moguls like Mark Zuckerberg?
Or cheap politicians? Or Communists? Or bookies? Or hoarders? Or black
marketeers? Or militant activists? Or Critical Race theorists? Or 1619 Project
proponents? No. No. No. You see many of the interests that concern Hell's people
are unacceptable in Heaven; and in point of fact, none of Heaven's people even
want to hear about that stuff. For them that scene is over and they don't want it
back.
You know what else is lacking in Heaven? Religious tolerance. There is only one
religion up there. What's that tell you? Well; it tells me that the establishment
clause of the US Constitution's first amendment doesn't fly in Heaven. The
theocratic monarchy in Heaven insists upon dictating everyone's religious
preference.
In other words: Heaven's utopian society, coupled with its 24/7 Big Brother
oversight, universal surveillance, and strict morality, was just simply too much to
ask in exchange for some time off. To the hellsters, Heaven held little more appeal
for a get-away than one of North Korea's prison camps.
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