Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Air God: Logging Miles to Judgement Day

So, I was just pitching sermon ideas to my hometown minister in the U.S. (Father Jessee/or "FJ" as I call him) when I came up with a brilliant new Internet application idea:

-It's a downloadable digital application (for Internet, mobile phone and Blackberry use)

-Each time you do a deed, you log it into the system, and it assigns and accrues "frequent flyer" points toward either your ticket to heaven or hell based on the good or evil merit of your deed and the circumstances surrounding it

-At any given point in life, you can see how your fate is stacking up and if you're headed to heaven or hell

-There will be a "sin-offset" system (like carbon-offsetting which the airlines now offer) whereby you can neutralise your bad deeds by doing something good (or, you can just make an online donation to the church of your choice and all your sins will be instantly wiped clean, but there is a pricey minimum donation level for that)

-The system would be programmed by a high level of priests, ministers, ethical thoughtleaders and other credible prophet-like people

-An alert system will be put in place so that if you're leaning toward the ticket to hell, a scary alarm goes off on your phone/blackberry to warn you and suggest immediate deeds for sin-offset

-And as a rewarding reminder for good work and a leaning towards heaven - the alarm will sound that famous chorus from Handel's Messiah that everyone likes (The "Hallelujah!" one)

-The application will be linked to a social network like Facebook, where you can see the real-time fates of all your friends and review their top 10 best and worst deeds ever (actually, it could warrant its own social network called "Fatebook")

....And this would be launched via a high-profile PR campaign with Oprah and LaRue (my Grandma) as the spokespeople, since they have personal friendships with God and can probably speak on his/her behalf.

I think this could possibly get more PR attention than that "Red" campaign that Bono and that Kennedy guy created.

And NOW you see why I [should] make the big bucks!!!

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