If God Goes High-Tech...

Over the past several years, we have all learned to live with IVRS 
-'Inter-active Voice Response System' as a necessary part of modern 
life.

I was just wondering what would happen if God decides to go hi-tech 
and installs voicemail? I gave it a lot of thought and came up with 
various scenarios: Let us imagine a scenario.

You dialed God's number. 'Hi! Thank you for calling God. Please select 
one of the following: 
If you are Christian, dial 1 
All Hindus, dial 2 
All Muslims, dial 3 
All others, dial 0.'

So, let’s say you are a Hindu and you dialed 2. Here is what you hear: 
Press 1 for Requests 
Press 2 for Thank you messages for God 
Press 3 for Complaints about unfulfilled promises 
Press 4 for All other inquiries. 
If your prayers are still not answered, dial '0' and ask for Naradmuni.'

Or, if all Gods were busy, you might hear this: 'We are sorry, all our 
Gods are busy helping other Bhaktas and Sinners. However, your prayer 
is important to us and will be answered in the order it was received. 
Please stay on line. One of the Gods will be with you soon.'

Or, it could even go this way when you start praying: 'If you know 
your God's extension, dial it now.'

Or, you might hear this: 
'If you would like to speak to Ganeshji, Press 1. 
For Lord Hanuman, Press 2. 
For Lord Krishna, Press 3. 
To confess your sins, press 4. 
To ask for favours, Press 5.'

Or, you might even hear this:'You have reached Lord Krishna's 
extension. I am going to be away to conduct a special yuddha to save 
the humanity and will be away until the year 2012.If this is something 
urgent and cannot wait until then, call Shankar at GB +44 
779000020000  Call. 
If you want to speak to someone else, for other gods' directory, Press 6 now.'

Or you might even hear something like this if you call toward the end 
of your life cycle: 'If you think you have reservations at our 
Heavenly Resort, please provide your name, social security number and 
be ready to provide the proof of your eligibility. If you do not have 
the proof of eligibility, please dial 420-HELL and ask for General 
Manager Ravana, who will be happy to help you.'

Or, depending on the purpose of your call, you might hear this: 'If 
you are calling to find out if a loved one has been assigned to 
Heaven, Press  5, enter his or her 'mantra' number, then press the 0 
key. If you get a negative response, try area code 420-HELL.'

For all you know in this day and age of quotas and all, .you might 
even get a response like this: 'Our computer records show that you 
have already prayed once today. Please hang up and try again 
tomorrow.'

Or you might even here this if you call on the wrong day: 'This Main 
Office of Heaven is closed for the holidays. If this is an emergency, 
you may try our Himalayan Retreat in the mean time by dialing 
6000-31,000.'

So, let us hope and pray that God never learns about computers - 
because if he does, we are in Big trouble!--

Love,

Smit