The Paradise of God

Mon 12/03/12 06:06 AM. When Leszek Kolakowski’s article in the 12/20/12 issue of the communist journal New York Review (page 16) asks “Is God Happy?” I wonder “do I want God to be happy?”

When Christ told the thief they’d be together in paradise today, of course that was much nicer than dying on the cross, but wouldn’t we really prefer a Jerusalem felafel joint?