OT: The Golden Telephone

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A man in Topeka, Kansas, decided to write a book about churches around

the country. He started by flying to San Francisco, and started working

east from there.

 

At a very large church, he began taking photographs and making notes.

He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was intrigued

with a sign which read " $10,000 a minute. " Seeking out the pastor, he

asked about the phone and the sign. The pastor answered that the golden

phone was a direct line to Heaven and if he paid the price he could talk

directly to God. The man thanked the pastor and continued on his way.

 

He continued to visit churches in Seattle, Salt Lake, Denver, Chicago,

Milwaukee, and around the United States, he found more phones, with the

same sign, and the same answer from each pastor.

 

Finally, he arrived in the lovely mountains of South Carolina. Upon

entering a church, he saw the usual golden telephone. But this time, the

sign read " Calls: 25 Cents. "

 

Fascinated, he asked to talk to the pastor. " Reverend, I have been in

cities all across the country and in each church I have found this

golden telephone and have been told it is a direct line to Heaven and

that could talk to God, but, in the other churches the cost was $10,000

a minute. Your sign reads 25 cents a call. Why? "

 

The pastor, smiled and replied, " Sonny Boy, you're in the South now,

and it's a local call. "