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I attended three weeks of Catholic catechism classes -- right after school let out -- so I already hated it. I mean it was like getting three extra weeks of school -- taught by a pair of psychotic nuns.

One thing they said that really bothered me was that if you weren't Catholic, you weren't getting into heaven -- or at least, you wouldn't get the better seats. That was a big problem for me -- my father was one of the most upright, virtuous people (without being a jackass about it) that I knew -- but he wasn't Catholic. (He was a rational man -- he wasn't anything.) After much agonizing, I decided that if MY DADDY wasn't good enough to be in heaven... I JUST WOULDN'T GO. They could beg me! And I'd be saying, "I'll consider it, but I want all my daddy to be there, plus all my favorite authors including Oscar Wilde and every pet I ever had... otherwise, hello Beelzebub."

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oh yum.. ruffles and french onion but it has to be heluva good brand. I thought they were buried with the gold to pay for the trip across the river of the dead..

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I would have to assume that if we live forever in an afterlife that time also does not exist. Because if there’s any bartering of any kind or time goes on forever that doesn’t sound too great to any of us.

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That was funny! Keep doing those steps and you won’t have to worry about the afterlife for awhile...

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My afterlife would have to have a shut down mode for me to appreciate it. Endless millenia means that eventually you've done everything 4 times already. I'd need to be powered down every time they ran out of new shit to do. Boot me up to hang out here and there but until probability spins out something worth endless appreciation, I need an off switch.

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They only thing I want buried with me is the family sized container of goldfish crackers. If there’s snacking in heaven I’m all good

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I’m not real wild about how much I have to work in this life, so I’m definitely out on punching the time-clock in the next one. And while we’re on the subject, maybe it’s just me, but the thought of existing for all eternity feels me with way more existential dread than the thought of not existing. Anyone else with me on that one?

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Don’t think the afterlife works that way, but none of us knows until it’s too late to do us any good. Even if you’re not a believer in God, simple kharma has taught us if we live a decent life and treat others fairly and kindly, those things will come back to you, in some form or another.

Also, too early in the am for me.

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Nov 7, 2022Liked by Corey Ryan Forrester

“If you need money in the afterlife then I don’t wanna go” is my favorite discarded Isbell lyric.

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I feel the same. Nice job on all those steps.

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