Recently I had the chance to gather with some colleagues to watch an ABC documentary Barbara Walters did a while back on Heaven. She interviewed Rabbis, Imams, Pastors, Buddhists (including the Dali Lama), Atheists, and a host of people who believe in heaven and hell and those who do not. It was a fascinating documentary which illustrated how there was little agreement across or within faith traditions as to what Heaven is, if that is what it should be called, or what you needed to do to get there.
The next day, I was talking with one of the people who had planned to come and could not and she jokingly asked me an interesting question, “So what did you serve for refreshments? Angel’s food cake, devil’s food cake, or heavenly hash.”
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