Platitudes

[StealthySkeptic]

Here's an old joke I read once that explains Christian preoccupation with doctrine, especially exclusivism, perfectly:

An atheist dies and goes to heaven. When he gets there, the attendant says, "Welcome, you'll be in room 21, but be very quiet when you walk past room 8."

A rabbi dies and goes to heaven, and the attendant greets him and says, "Welcome, you'll be in room 22, but be very quiet when you walk past room 8."

A Buddhist nun dies and goes to heaven and the attendant greets her and says, "Welcome, you'll be in room 23, but be very quiet when you walk past room 8."

The three of them happen to meet, and they're all wondering about room 8 when they see the attendant walk by. They grab him, he asks them how they're doing, and they say, "We're all very happy here, but we were wondering about room 8 and why we had to be so quiet when we went past it."

The attendant says, "Oh, those are the Christians. They think they're the only ones here."