How to Get to Heaven
"If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale, and gave all my money to the church, would
that get me into heaven?" I asked the children in my Sunday school class. "NO!" the children all
answered.

"If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything neat and tidy, would that
get me into heaven?" Again the answer was, "NO!"

"Well, then, if I was kind to animals and gave candy to all the children and loved my wife, would
that get me into heaven?" I asked them again. Once more they all answered, "NO!"

"Well," I continued, thinking they were a good bit more theologically sophisticated than I had
given them credit for, "then how can I get into heaven?"

A five-year-old boy shouted out, "You gotta be dead!"


category: religion  date entered: 2006-03-23