Posted 5/17/2024 12:59 PM (GMT 0)
A computer hacker who has done some really bad stuff in cyberworld dies and is standing before St. Peter outside the Pearly Gates.
"Greetings," St. Peter says. “Let's have a look at your earthly record," he says as he calls up the hacker's file on his laptop.
"Oh dear me, tsk tsk tsk," St. Peter says as he reads over the file, "you really have done some bad stuff."
"But despite that, you get to choose your final destination, Heaven or Hell. That's the way we do it here”
"Really?" the hacker says, rather surprised. "Then I choose Heaven, of course."
St. Peter replies “Whoa, that’s not the way it works. The way it works is you go to each location for a week, see what each is like, and then you decide.”
"Uhhh ... okay," the hacker says.
So they both go to the elevator, get in, and St. Peter says, “First you are to try out Heaven.” He pushes the blue H button on the elevator, the elevator moves, and then stops and the doors open.
The scene is a series of small clouds in a bright blue sky with people on each of the clouds playing harps.The hacker proceeds to an empty cloud, grabs a harp, settles in, and plays.
A week later St. Peter comes back, takes him into the elevator, and pushes the red H button for Hell. The elevator moves. Then stops. The doors open.
It is the most beautiful golf course the hacker has ever seen. There is a group that calls out to him by name and invites him over to join their foursome. For the next week it was all golf, drinks, dinner, and fun entertainment.
At the end of the week, St. Peter shows up and says, “You have experienced Heaven and Hell. Now you must choose.”
The hacker looks at St. Peter and says, “You know, Heaven was very peaceful and relaxing, but frankly boring. Hell on the other hand was fun and I had a great time there, so I choose Hell.”
St. Peter says, “Very well.”
So they both get back in the elevator and St. Peter pushes the red H button. The elevator moves. Then stops. The doors open, and it is all fire and brimstone and roaring flames, and all the people are screaming and wailing and writhing in agony! Then St. Peter pushes him out the door into the flames!
The hacker, shocked and stunned, and fighting off the flames, says, “I don't understand! What happened to the golf course and all the fun going on?”
St. Peter replies “That first Hell you visited was the demo model."