The Choice

There was confusion at the Gates of Heaven, something has gone terribly wrong. St. Peter checked everywhere, but he couldn't find the name of the person standing in front of him anywhere; the man has died before his time and now he is awaiting judgement. Jesus was called in to solve the problem, and the man was given two choices, either return back to earth or come into heaven. The man chose the later, he didn't want to go back to earth, he thought it would be too much trouble to walk around as somebody risen from the dead. 

Satan also heard about the confusion, he couldn't believe that Jesus offered the man heaven without considering his past. So satan came flying in and disputed the decision, he felt that he too have a right to take this man to hell. The matter was taken up to the Lord our God himself, and He gave the man a choice, the man was allowed to pick heaven or hell for himself. Now the confusion was upon the man and he said to God, "how could I make that choice Father for I don't know what's better, I have never experienced heaven or hell". God agreed and told him that he could spend a week each in heaven and hell, before choosing one. 

The man was welcomed in to heaven first, and it was beautiful. It was nothing like he ever experienced, no words could explain it. He lived there for the next seven days surrounded with bliss and serenity. Jesus came to him on the seventh day and asked him about the experience, if it is something he would like to have for eternity. The man immediately said yes, he didn't even want to see hell, he said that he has already made his mind up about staying in heaven.

As they were talking, a limousine pulled up to the heaven's gate and several beautiful looking women came out of the limousine. The man has only seen women like that in movies and magazines, and they were holding a big sign welcoming him to hell. He was was surprised, all his life he wanted to meet women like that but never could. Now here they are, waiting for him, he even saw one of those woman holding his favorite brand of liquor. He turned to Jesus and said, "Perhaps I should go by the hell just to see it, else it is not fair to satan. But I promise I won't stay there, not even a day. I will be back in heaven before you even know it". He ignored the grief in Jesus' eyes and hurried over to the limo.

Hell just blew the man's mind, it was a never-ending party. Everywhere he looked, there was lots of good food, liquor, drugs, every kind of women he ever dreamed of. He couldn't believe it when somebody came and told him that it's been seven days already, it only felt like an hour to him. 

Soon he found himself before God again, it was time to make a decision. And he chose hell over heaven, he had no doubt, hell was nothing like heaven, hell had everything he ever wanted. He once again ignored the agony in Jesus' face and ran back to hell. He felt something wrong as soon as he entered hell, he felt the scorching heat and suffocating smell of sulfur was everywhere. There were no beautiful women or loud party music, instead he saw scary looking creatures crawling all over the place and screams of people in utter pain. Then he saw satan, approaching him quickly the man began to complain. He said, "I don't understand, looks like I am in the wrong place, satan. I need to get back to the party hall". Satan looked at him with amusement and said, "There is no party hall, you fool. That was just our marketing department putting up a show for you. Who would ever want hell if I show them what it actually look like". The man couldn't believe what he was hearing and satan continued as the man began to cry, " You know, I have to tell you, I have been using the same ploy since the beginning of creation, the false hope that there is something better out there, something better than what God offers, and humanity falls for it every time. They always trade in eternal happiness for temporary self-indulgence". At that, the satan left the man, leaving him to suffer the pain and torture that awaits him for eternity.