I just read an article about Dutch artist Johan van der Dong saying that he’s set up the telephone number 06-4424-4901 (316-4424-4901 from outside the Netherlands) as a place where people will be able to call and leave a voice mail for God.
I have a difficult time believing that it’s for real. After all, Johan van der Dong sounds like a name some teenager would dream up as part of a joke. So, is it true? Can I reach you by calling that telephone number?
- Alvin
Alvin,
No, you can’t really call me directly at that telephone number. It’s just human performance art.
I do have a telephone number. Anyone who suggests that I don’t is a heretic who fails to believe in my omnipotence. Do they really believe that God does not have the power to have a telephone number? Well, not only do I have that power, but I also have the power to make my telephone number unlisted.
Don’t despair at contacting me by telephone, though. You see, as an omnipotent being I also have the power to wiretap any telephone I want to, including the telephone number set up by that Dutch artist. So, go ahead and make that call if you like. I just might be listening in.
Then again, when you make a telephone call to God, sometimes the answer is, “I’m sorry, but I can’t come to the phone right now…”
- God
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