my aunt sent me this, i thought it was neat...
Subject: FW: FW: The golden phone
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> > A man in Denver, CO.decided to write a book about
> > churches around the
> > country. He started by flying to San Francisco, and
> > started working
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> > east from there. Going to a very large church, he
> > began taking
> > photographs and making notes. He spotted a golden
> > telephone on the
> > vestibule wall
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> > and was intrigued with a sign which read "$10,000 a
> > minute."
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> > Seeking out the pastor he asked about the phone. The
> > pastor answered
> > that this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to
> > Heaven and if he
> > pays the price he can talk directly to God.
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> > The man thanked the pastor and continued on his way.
> > As he continued to
> > visit churches in Seattle, Austin, Green Bay,
> > Chicago, Milwaukee, and
> > all around the United States, he found more phones,
> > with the same sign,
> > and got the same answer from each pastor..
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> > Finally, he arrived in, Arkansas. Upon entering
> > Temple Baptist Church in
> > Springdale AR., behold, 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 I could talk to
> > God, but, in the
> > other churches the cost was $10,000 a minute. Your
> > sign reads 25 cents a
> > call. Why?"
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> > The pastor, smiling, replied, "Son, you're in
> > Arkansas now. This is
> > God's country...it's a local call."
