1.26.03 – how to get to heaven

someone’s been papering our cars, mailbox and doorstep with religious tracts like this lately. perhaps one of the neighbors has discovered we’re living in sin and is trying to show us the light. in this one, heaven appears to be a shining gold castle, and the children who get to go to heaven are beautiful blonde 1950’s-style children. in the panel that says, “Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish”, the children are shooting dirty looks at a third boy who is waving a cigarette and a bottle of booze. i suppose that we’re the kid with the booze in this analogy. i appreciate the concern for the state of my soul, really, and i respect the fact that the people bringing the word of god to me really think they’re doing a good thing for me, but some of the pamphlets aren’t quite as friendly: “How can ye escape the damnation of hell? Your iniquities have separated between you and your god, and YOUR SINS have hid his face from you: bad TV movies, music, games, materialism, adultery, killing babies, homosexuality, cussing, drinking, smoking…FLEE FROM THE WRATH TO COME!.” does this mean i’m going to rot in hell for watching Blind Date last night? and then there was the one detailing all the advantages of virginity and the crime against god and humanity that birth control is. i respect our religous differences, there’s just no need to litter my doorstep with them. i’ve made peace with my god; i’m kind to animals, and he lets me watch tv now and then.