Lucifer, Chair of the Board of Hell Inc., looked down with glee on the fiery furnace he had created to harvest the souls of the new species of creature that God intended to introduce into his creation.
As former CEO of Heaven Inc., Lucifer, had tended his resignation to God when unable to garner enough support among the Angels to oust God from Chair of Heaven Inc. and had decided to incorporate his own entity.
God having read Lucifer’s resignation letter, summoned Lucifer to his office, expressing his extreme sorrow at the route Lucifer was taking and reasoned with him to try and dissuade him from dividing the Heavens.
After ten Millenium of discussions, God and Lucifer reached a memorandum of understanding on a separate division of the Heavens to include a territory for Hell which Lucifer would manage, and God would retain power in the remainder of the Heavens.
This memorandum of understanding also limited the terms of Hell Inc.’s existence based on the market share of souls, i.e. if after fifty Millenium the number of souls gained by Hell Inc. was less than the number gained by Heaven Inc. the agreement would become null and void and Heaven would regain control.
So in the beginning, it came to pass that God created Heaven Inc. and allowed Hell Inc. to co-exist as a separate entity from Heaven and God then blew on the void and caused the rhythm, rhyme, and meter of the universe to form their pattern and begin the process of creating organic life.
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Hell has all the significantly more tempting sales pitches. In the end it even gets musical~
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Hell the musical coming to a theatre near you.
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Fifty millennium huh? Do we use Usher’s calculations I wonder. Still a good case for increasing our evangelism! 🙂
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The clock is ticking, Dora, got to save those lost souls.
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wow, ten millenium of discussions. but that’s actually a good and very appropriate agreement. i am loving the story, Len. thankful for this part 2. 😄❤️😊
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Trying to iron out all the pros and cons of good versus evil.
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The music of the Spheres…
Len, you have weaved everything into the “contemporarization” of the story of A & Ω.
Excellent pair of In(k)c!!
*Can I dare to expect a Purgatorio Inc. ?😇
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I actually was debating Purgatorio Inc. but decided enough was enough. Thanks, Nick.
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Interesting way of describing why Lucifer did not succeed: he was “unable to garner enough support among the Angels to oust God from Chair of Heaven Inc”
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Gotta get those votes, Frank. Trying to show the leniency of God as opposed to the tyrant.
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The bible for the dot.com generation. Nice one. I hope it’s being patched through to Canary Wharf.
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I think the corporate world is still trying to decide between Heaven and Hell.
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terrifying if you dwell on it……good job
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Free will is terrifying when you dwell on it. So many decisions to make.
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Quite an imaginative interpretation.
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Thank you, Mimi.
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A rather lengthy board meeting but one which seems to have concluded satisfactorily, at least, for now.
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Lots of pros and cons to consider, even if it takes an eternity.
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Balance is everything, plus or minus a few degrees within point spread.
Very clever take on the essential story!
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Let’s hope the negotiations didn’t take place on Chris DeBurgh’s Spanish Train, the one that runs between Guadalquivir and old Seville. We all know it’s a losing game for the Lord.
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The devil still cheats and wins more souls, but the Lord he’s doing his best. I’m a big Chris DeBurgh fan.
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