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A minister dies and goes to heaven...
A minister dies and is waiting in line at the Pearly Gates. Ahead of him is a big guy in a green beret with a worn 5th group flash and looks like he's been around the block a few times.
Saint Peter addresses this guy, "Who are you, so that I may know whether or not to admit you to the Kingdom of Heaven?"
The guy replies, "I'm John Black, soldier and defender of the United States for 17 years."
Saint Peter consults his list. He smiles and says to the soldier, "Take this silken robe and golden staff and enter the Kingdom of Heaven."
The soldier goes into Heaven with his robe and staff, and it's the minister's turn. He stands erect and booms out, "I am Joseph Snow, pastor of Saint Mary's for the last forty-three years."
Saint Peter consults his list. He says to the minister, "Take this cotton robe and wooden staff and enter the Kingdom of Heaven."
"Just a minute," says the minister. "That soldier gets a silken robe and golden staff. How can this be when I have been preaching the gospel all my life?"
"Up here, we work by results," says Saint Peter. "While you preached, people slept; but when he entered a room, people prayed."
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"Those who ‘abjure’ violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf" ~George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism
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