It seems 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 his way east from there.
He went to a very large church and began taking
photographs, etc. He spots
a golden telephone on a wall and is intrigued with
a sign which reads
$10,000 a minute.
Seeking out the pastor he asks about the phone and
the sign. The pastor
answers that this golden telephone is, in fact, a
direct line to Heaven and
if he pays the price he can talk directly to God.
He thanks the pastor and
continues on his way.
As he continues to visit churches in Seattle,
Boise, Minneapolis, Chicago,
Milwaukee, New York, Atlanta and on around the
United States he finds more
phones, with the same sign, and the same answer
from each pastor.
Finally he arrives in Texas. Upon entering a
church in Austin, lo and
behold, he sees the usual golden telephone, but
this time the sign reads
"Calls 25 cents." Fascinated he requests to talk
to the pastor.
"Reverend, I have been in cities all across the
country and in each church
I 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 of
$10,000 a minute. Your sign reads 25 cents a
call.
Why?"
The pastor, smiling benignly, replies, "Son,
you're in Texas now and its a
local call."
book about churches
around the country. He started by flying to San
Francisco, and started
working his way east from there.
He went to a very large church and began taking
photographs, etc. He spots
a golden telephone on a wall and is intrigued with
a sign which reads
$10,000 a minute.
Seeking out the pastor he asks about the phone and
the sign. The pastor
answers that this golden telephone is, in fact, a
direct line to Heaven and
if he pays the price he can talk directly to God.
He thanks the pastor and
continues on his way.
As he continues to visit churches in Seattle,
Boise, Minneapolis, Chicago,
Milwaukee, New York, Atlanta and on around the
United States he finds more
phones, with the same sign, and the same answer
from each pastor.
Finally he arrives in Texas. Upon entering a
church in Austin, lo and
behold, he sees the usual golden telephone, but
this time the sign reads
"Calls 25 cents." Fascinated he requests to talk
to the pastor.
"Reverend, I have been in cities all across the
country and in each church
I 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 of
$10,000 a minute. Your sign reads 25 cents a
call.
Why?"
The pastor, smiling benignly, replies, "Son,
you're in Texas now and its a
local call."
