FROM Letters From The Earth February 2, 2010
Mark Twain

By the time I finished this read I was asking myself a lot of questions. I enjoyed reading this because it makes me wonder why we do the things to get to Heaven. Twain makes many points about the way we, the human race, act and feel towards something that we are supposed to be working so hard to get to. It is intriguing to me that he is coming from the view points of the Archangels and Gods.

“The Law of Nature” I find to be very interesting that Satan asks God why the animals are not responsible for the ‘murders’ that they commit. God tells him that it doesn’t make sense for them to be responsible when that’s all these animals know. It’s their “Law of Nature” and they have to follow this. Then God states that EVERY man will have certain characteristics, and depending on how they react with these characteristics will determine if they are ‘good men’ or ‘bad men’. But, if we all carry these traits and it’s our “Law of Nature” or “Law of God” to follow it, how can we be accountable for our actions?

I had to laugh just a little bit when I was reading about people who go to church. I’m not judging but he makes a great point, in my opinion.
“To forty-nine men in fifty the Sabbath Day is a dreary, dreary bore.
Of all the men in church on a Sunday, two-thirds are tied when the service is over, and the rest before it is finished.
The gladdest moment for all of them is when the preacher uplifts his hands for the benediction “ (page 311, 3rd paragraph).

Another thing that sticks out in my mind is when Satan is talking about God being jealous.(page 316) I never thought of Him as being looked at in this light. Then Satan states that he is misrepresenting Him. He tells us that God only wants us to obey one of the commandments, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” I thought to myself, on the other hand, another commandment is, “Thou shalt not covet...”. Covet is wanting what someone else has, so wouldn’t this include God?

The main question that is being asked in this read we should answer to ourselves if our belief is that there is a God, Heaven, and a Hell. If we aren’t willing to do these things here on earth now, what makes us think we will like heaven? Are we really human beings without a mind and can’t think for ourselves? This is what is being suggested to us.