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PotOnWheel
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Date Joined Jul 2001
Total Posts : 9890
| Posted 1/17/2002 12:21 PM (GMT -6) |   | The Golden Telephone
A man in Topeka, Kansas, decided to write a book about churches around the
country. He started by flying to San Francisco, and started working east
from there.
Going to a very large church, he began taking photographs and making notes.
He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was intrigued with a
sign which read "$10,000 a minute."
Seeking out the pastor he asked about the phone and the sign. The pastor
answered that this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to Heaven and if
he pays the price he can talk directly to God. The man thanked the pastor
and continued on his way.
As he continued to visit churches in Seattle, Austin, Michigan, Chicago,
Milwaukee, Boston, New York, Orlando, and all around the United States, he
found more phones, with the same sign, and the same answer from each pastor.
Finally, he arrived in Iowa. Upon entering a church in Iowa City, Iowa,
behold, he saw the usual golden telephone. But THIS time, the sign read:
"Calls: 35 cents."
Fascinated, he asked to talk to the pastor. Reverend, I have been in cities
all across the country and in each church I have found this golden telephone
and have been told it is a direct line to Heaven and that I could talk to
God, but, in the other churches the cost was $10,000 a minute - your charge is only 35 cents. How can this be?
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The pastor, smiling benignly, replied, "Son, you're in Iowa now.....it's a
local call."
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