U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT carried a survey last spring about Heaven. This was before the deaths of Mother Teresa and Princess Diana. The survey discovered that 87% of Americans believe they, themselves, are likely to go to heaven. Only 79% believed Mother Teresa would. Sixtysix percent believe Oprah will. Sixtyfive percent believe Michael Jordan will. Sixtyone percent believe Colin Powell will. Sixty percent believed Princess Di would. Fiftyfive percent believe Al Gore and Hillary Rodham Clinton will. Fiftytwo percent believe President Clinton will. Only 47% believe TV evangelist Pat Robertson will. (1) "Heaven," Mark Twain once said, "goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out, and your dog would go in."

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