Jimbob

Spraying for cockroaches today, I wondered if my victims would go to roach Heaven. Maybe the good ones would and the bad bugs would go to roach Hell. But then, there's the question of what distinguishes a good roach from a bad one and on what basis God would judge them.

Besides that, there's the question of what roach Heaven would be like. I guess it would be a huge kitchen where the floors are never swept or mopped, the counters and stovetops are never wiped, and the garbage just keeps piling up.

Hell would be a place where damned insect souls would be trampled by big feet but never allowed to die. Even if they escape the feet for a little while, the floors would be covered with boric acid crystals, which cause them constant suffering. And the air is filled with the constant hissing of aerosol cans and the pervasive odor of insecticide.

Jimbob

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aliceedelweiss

Thats real neat

Concidering Roaches are really damn hard to kill. They'd survive a freaking nuclear bomb.
What gave you the idea?

Alice

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Jimbob

Hi Alice,

Well I was cleaning house and spraying roaches while listening to a program on NPR about religion - something about a group that believes in a literal interpretation of the Bible, and it occurred to me to wonder what the eternal rewards or punishments of roaches might be.

Jimbob

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The blackbird must be flying.
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