Bmarsh Loc: Bellaire, MI

God was missing for six days. Eventually, Michael, the archangel, found him, resting on the seventh He inquired, --- "Where have you been?"

God smiled deeply and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds,---- "Look, Michael. Look what I've made."

Archangel Michael looked puzzled, and said, ---- "What is it?"

"It's a planet," --- replied God, --- and I've put life on it I'm going to call it Earth and it's going to be a place to test 'Balance.'"

"Balance?" --- inquired Michael, ---- "I'm still confused"

God explained, pointing to different parts of Earth.

"For example, northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity and wealth, while southern Europe is going to be poor. Over here I've placed a continent of white people, and over there is a continent of black people. Balance in all things..."

God continued pointing to different countries. --- "This one will be extremely hot, while this one will be very cold and covered in ice."

The Archangel , impressed by God's work, then pointed to a land area and said, --- "What's that one?"

"That's Florida, the most glorious place on earth. There are beautiful trees and gardens, a beautiful river, and days filled with sunshine. The people from Florida are going to be handsome, modest, intelligent, and humorous, and they are going to travel the world. They will be extremely sociable, hardworking, high achieving, carriers of peace, and producers of good things."

Michael gasped in wonder and admiration, but then asked, --- "But what about balance, God? You said there would be 'balance.'"

God smiled, --- "I will create California…Wait till you see what I'll put there”

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I think God got confused there. Isn't it the other way around?

https://www.reddit.com/r/FloridaMan/

ELNikkor

first of all, young people...

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

As a New Yorker I don't think I'd want to live in either!
Florida = too hot, buggy, stormy
California = too shaky, fires , mud slides

EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

I think you're right about God being confused. How else do you explain Him making humans the dominate species on the planet based on the way we're destroying the place?

Hamltnblue Loc: Springfield PA

Funny how people think that we can destroy a planet.

wilikioti Loc: Deep South, USA

Very few southerners in Florida. Mostly transplanted northerners. 🤫

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Many years ago there were three bumper stickers that abounded:
Native;
Transplant;
Who Cares.

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Nope...not confused at all.

He's still on the throne and we won't destroy the earth...that's just fallible men's current opinion.

wilikioti Loc: Deep South, USA

Fake News!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

With any luck, we'll eliminate ourselves and let Nature take care of itself. Let's just hope we don't find another planet to colonize first.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Not the planet - just the conditions that humans need to survive. Millions of years ago, an organism starting emitting a poisonous gas, and that killed most of the life on earth. That gas was oxygen. The earth will continue, but humans will not. As conditions change, different creatures will evolve to live here.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I'm happy where I am.

pdsdville Loc: Midlothian, Tx

As a native Texan, I can attest that God kept the best place for himself and those lucky ones that reside in that place called Texas.