Heinlein

,

Robert

1907-1988

,
Freethinker

A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven.  An equally long life of decent living and good works followed by one outburst of taking the name of the Lord in vain — then have a heart attack at that moment and be damned for eternity.  Is that the system?  

in Job: a comedy of justice, and as quoted in Huberman, The Quotable Atheist, p. 145

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