by Ron Daly
[This article originally ran on CUSoapbox.com]
There’s an old joke about a guy who lives at the foot of a volcano. The volcano erupts, spilling lava toward his home and his village. His neighbors hop in their car and say “Our car is fast, we can get away in time. Come with us.”
“No,” says the man, “God will come for me and save me from the lava.”
Later on, the lava has reached his porch and burned off the front steps and the siding. The man climbs to the second floor of his house and a military tank full of survivors rolls by and says “Sir, jump onto the tank. We can’t get burned and we’ll keep you safe.”
“No,” says the man, “God will come for me and save me from the lava.”
The lava gets deeper, and the house starts to dissolve. The man must climb up to his roof. A helicopter drops him a rope ladder, saying “Climb up! Climb up!”
“No,” says the man, “God will come for me and save me from the lava.”
The man gets swallowed by the lava, and is reduced to ash.
He gets to Heaven and talks to God. ”I thought you’d save me!” the man said to the Almighty.
God looked confused. “I sent a car, a tank, and then a helicopter – what more do you WANT from me?!?”
Which reminds me – Reg E is still an issue.
