A transcript of a conversation I had with my high school world history teacher on March 31, 1987:
Me: Why do you think God always puts the burden on TV evangelists
to collect money from viewers? Why doesn't he ever go to ordinary
citizens and threaten them with death?
Mr. H.: Because God is smarter than you think. God likes to
maximize his resources...More bang for the buck, I guess. Instead of
threatening everyone with death and extorting money from them that way,
the channels and the airwaves would be much too crowded.
So when God needs money, he takes one person, puts them in front of the
people, and then, they can channel their money there. It's the same
reason that the Community Chest or United Fund were organized. Instead
of millions of charities out there competing
for your dollars, there's one United Way where most people give the bulk
of their charitable donations to. So, that's God's way; it's God's
United Way.
Me: I like it.
Mr. H.: Thank you.
All these years later, I still think that's one of the best answers anyone has ever given me to a random question.
