Monday, March 02, 2009

Phone Tag With The Big Guy

Leave God a message at his Dutch answering service

"God is taking calls.
Dutch artist Johan van der Dong has set up a local telephone number in the Netherlands, where he urges people to leave messages for God on his answering machine.
Van der Dong said he set up the number to give people an opportunity to take pause and contemplate life.
"Like praying, leaving a voicemail message is a way to organize your thoughts," he said. "It's a perfect combination for some contemplation."
Callers dialing 06-4424-4901 (or +316-4424-4901 if calling from outside the Netherlands) from March 7 will hear.
"Hi, you are speaking to God. I'm not in right now so leave a message after the beep."


But this is old hat, because

God's Got Mail

"And now you don’t even have to go to Jerusalem to place a prayer letter in the Wailing Wall. You can just send an e-mail. On the wall's Web site, there is a special form to fill out. Delivery of the message follows promptly. Every two or three days the Rabbi's Internet employees print out the e-mails and place them between the stones. And even the telephone company Bezek now also offers a special e-mail address and fax number to the Wailing Wall.
Those who want to send by old-fashioned letter have to wait a bit longer. The Israeli postal service delivers the mail addressed to "Dear God" twice a year. Each year around 3,000 letters are sent to "God, Jerusalem, Israel," "Señor Jesus" or "The King of the Universe."

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