fooling heaven
The Yanomamö are a tribal people that live in the rain forest of the Amazon. They have a complicated mythology, with concepts of heaven and hell somewhat similar to christians. When a yonomamo dies he goes to a place similar to purgatory where he is asked if he was a good yanomamo, if he answer yes then he goes to heaven which consists of vilage similar to the one they leave in in this world, otherwise he goes to hell which consists of fire and the usual grim stuff.
An anthropologist once asked a yonomamo if he wasn’t worried of going to hell. He answered that it didn’t worry him the least, because when the moment came after dying he would simply lie and say he was a good yanomamo, thus entering heaven. If only christians would learn from the yanomamo…