IN 1989 GORBASHOV ALMOST DIES AND HAS A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE. HE CALLS TOGETHER THE POLITBURO +THE SUPREME SOVIET AND TELLS THEM IN A SHAKING VOICE: I HAVE SOME NEWS. THERE IS A GOD! AND THEN, POPE JOHN PAUL II ALMOST DIES AND HAS A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE. HE CALLS THE C. OF CARDINALS AND IN A SHAKING VOICE TELLS THEM -- "I HAVE SEEN GOD! HE IS A SHE!'" AND IT HAPPENS TO PIK BOTHA. HE CALLS HIS PARLIAMENT TO MEET AND HIS FACE IS AS WHITE AS SHEET. "I HAVE MET WITH GOD --AND SHE IS BLACK!"