– Mister God, tell me, do Buddhists go to heaven?
– Of course, my child.
– And the Taoists?
– They also, my child.
– The Muslims and the Animists, do they go also to heaven?
– Sure, my child…
– Mister God, tell me, do Buddhists go to heaven?
– Of course, my child.
– And the Taoists?
– They also, my child.
– The Muslims and the Animists, do they go also to heaven?
– Sure, my child.
– Tell me, the Atheists, the Marxists and the big sinners, you receive them all in your heaven also?
– In my heaven, I welcome everybody, my child.
– Then, what the use to be a Christian?
– It helps to understand that Good news, to rejoice about it and to proclaim it all over, my child.
– Goodness me! Everybody will do what he wants and it will be chaos on earth!
– Bu the earth is already in chaos, my child. Believe in the Good news that I am telling you and things will never be worse.
Eloy Roy
Translated from the French by Jacques Bourdages