He (Bloomberg) told Jeremy Peters that his awareness of mortality doesn’t have him worried. “I am telling you if there is a God, when I get to heaven I’m not stopping to be interviewed,” Bloomberg declared. “I am heading straight in. I have earned my place in heaven. It’s not even close.”
via Why Bloomberg’s Nanny Campaign Will Backfire | The Fiscal Times.
And I guess when he sees God, he is gonna tell Him “You are in my throne.”
Ladies and Gents, we won.
He’s going to heaven? Somehow I doubt that. Isn’t there something about a rich man not getting in in place of the poor and downtrodden? Especially since he’s the one doing the downtroddening (OK, I made that word up). I bet God would like to have a chat with the mad dwarf before that big elevator ride to hell.
Well, he’s right about one thing.
It’s not even close.
Well, according to the Christian religion and its Bible it is not the good that get into heaven – it is the redeemed and the Bible is very clear on what that means: Jesus Christ is Lord (meaning boss, in charge, only judge, etc.). The Bible also continues with saying that we can tell in which state a person is by her/his actions (fruits, works). Now, perhaps this man with a nominal Roman Catholic background does not mean to appeal to this notion of God but if he does he is in for a warm surprise. If Christ was really his Lord then Bloomberg wouldn’t be making such an audacious claim.
To borrow the old joke, the biggest difference between Michael Bloomberg and God is that God doesn’t think he’s Michael Bloomberg.
More money than brains.
His eternal damnation is assured with that attitude.