God no longer toll-free

RNW,  9 January 2012, by Robert Chesal

(Photo: Gerard Stolk)

               

Who has a hotline to heaven? A controversy over competing claims to that honour is heating up in the Netherlands.

The story began last spring, when a statue of an angel holding a mobile phone was unveiled at St John’s Cathedral in the southern Dutch city of 's-Hertogenbosch.

The angel was one of 25 new statues revealed to mark the completion of a lengthy restoration of the cathedral. "The angel's phone has just one button," the sculptor told journalists. "It directly dials God."

Within weeks an enterprising local woman had opened a mobile telephone number and Twitter account, called 'ut Engelke' or 'the little angel'. She says she receives 30 calls per day on average, many of them from people who just want to talk about their problems. And some from schoolchildren who need help with their homework. All calls are free, so her callers pay only the regular rates for ringing a mobile telephone.

Not to be outdone, the St John's church adminstration has now established its own hotline to God, a toll number that costs callers 80 cents per minute. Callers hear a recorded message explaining that all proceeds go to the upkeep of the cathedral.

The owner of 'ut Engelke' says she's received dozens of calls from people who are angry at the church for stealing the idea. "Success has many fathers," she told ANP news agency.

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"Perceptions of God" – June 6, 2010 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Quantum Teaching, The Fear of God, Near-death Experience, God Becomes Mythology, Worship, Mastery, Intelligent Design, Benevolent Creator,Global Unity.... etc.) (Text version)

“.. For centuries you haven't been able to think past that box of what God must be like. So you create a Human-like God with wars in heaven, angel strife, things that would explain the devil, fallen angels, pearly gates, lists of dos and don'ts, and many rules still based on cultures that are centuries old. You create golden streets and even sexual pleasures as rewards for men (of course) - all Human perspective, pasted upon God. I want to tell you that it's a lot different than that. I want to remind you that there are those who have seen it! Why don't you ask somebody who has had what you would call a near-death experience? …. “

"The Humanization of God" – Jul 16, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Benevolent Design, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Guides and Angels, Communication with God, Wars in Heaven ?, The Love of God, (Old) Souls, Global Unity,....  etc.)

“… Do angels exist? Absolutely, but not as you think or have been taught. Are there helpers? Absolutely, but again, not like you think. When angels visited Humans in ancient days and the events were written about by those who were there to witness the experience, I can guarantee it was a lot different than they could express on paper. When an angel appears before a Human, it looks like a swirling ball of energy, sometimes even fire that is not hot and does not consume anything. Angels are not in Human form and never have been. They are multidimensional beings, not in 3D. Yet you want to put skin and wings on them and give them a name! Why? It makes you feel better about them. We understand that…”

“The 2012 Ostiary - Angels Among You” – Dec 30, 2012 (a message from Metatron channelledby Tyberonn)