Craig's Blog of Destiny

Over on the Cottle Family blog recently, Holly Miller mentioned Mental Floss and posted a link to one of their articles about cold places. She reminded me how much I enjoy Mental Floss. Although I very seldom look at their stuff online, Mental Floss has been the first, and remains the only, magazine I actually read cover to cover.

Did you see the recent issue with articles on how to get to heaven? It was very informative: I found the Buddhism (“the ultimate purpose to all this is to be released from the endless cycle of samsara”) and Islam (“heaven is full of fountains, streams, gardens, and fruit trees…”) pieces particularly interesting. There was also a relatively accurate section on the Mormon view of getting to heaven (“Accessibility:  very good.  If you don’t accept Jesus (the Mormon way) on Earth, you’ll get another chance in the afterlife”). The Scientology stuff was interesting (“universal truth is different for everyone, and so is the afterlife”) as was the Jehovah’s Witness section (“space is limited”).  Baha’i is also mentioned (“worship is pretty informal… pray every day, fast once a year and regard work …. as a form of worship”).

A few issues ago they announced the Golden Lobe Awards for things like “Best Use of a Sick Day” (Rene Descartes) and “Most Misguided Marketing Scheme” (Dodge La Femme in 1955-56). J’Neil particularly liked the “Most Desirable Corpse in History” category (Abraham Lincoln).

We love Mental Floss….