(Sk 10,11) Religion: Whats Next!
Item 25. Devil sketch 10. Religion

Grim:        We shall now be really, deeply, exquisitely cunning with religion.
Smooth:     Absolutely, religion! Brilliant strategy, clear line of attack
Grumpy:    No no no no
Action:       This could be dangerous
Grim:         Oh no. First we let him stay in touch with just a feeling of a higher being.
Smooth:      Or a lower more powerful being.

All Grim: Action: Smooth: Grumpy:     Yeah……. (Chuckle)

Grim:         Something that he can feel beyond himself
Smooth:     Power of the universe stuff.
Action:      Projecting his thoughts to the undefinable. 
Grumpy:   Plenty of pomp, festivals pageantry.
Grim:        Keep it private, quiet, silent.
Action:      Never a full on dive into regular encounters with the light. 
Grumpy:    Processions, …..dressing up, ….I love it.
Action:      Playing the fool I think, this is illusion at its best. 
Smooth:     Something that could make him the eloquent sophisticated man about town.

Grumpy:   You mean bore people to death at a dinner party.
Grim:        Quite.

Smooth:    He has to be really self absorbing, 
Grumpy:   Inward navel gazing, 
Action:      Shutting out any thought of reality.

All: Grim: Action: Smooth: Grumpy:   Precisely

Grumpy:    I’ll design a new ice cream called umm………
Smooth:     Religious deception.
Grumpy:     Cream of honey delight with sour grapes, and rotting fish.
                 Mix in self-conceit, ignorance and false humility.
Action:    What delights await the taste.
Grim:       Sprinkle in mystery and fearsome solemn unreality.
Smooth:   Religion that he feels he is the only one that deeply understands it. 
 

Action:        Get him into a group where everyone is extremely loving, 
Grumpy:      Very sincere but meaningless
Smooth:       Wonderfully complimentary
Grim:           As long as nothing of substance is considered.
Smooth:        Make him yawn in the shortest talks possible
Action:         Remind him of all the silly things he hates 
Smooth:        Prayers need to trivial, banal 
Action:         The tone of voice is absurd
Grim:           Everything is too long or too short
Smooth:        Concentrate his mind on something offensive 
Grumpy:      Or be appalled at the lack of gravitas 
Action:         Or the reverse, flippant and humorous
Grumpy:      Comedy on wheels
Grim:          Then switch to the suggestion that eternal light could get things wrong.

Smooth:       Did eternal light really say that

ALL: Grim: Action: Smooth: Grumpy: Splendid… religious deception

Item 27.    Sketch 11.  What's next then Lord!
Jesus:        Legion, I am going away.
Smooth:    Perfect
Grumpy:   Cool
Grim:        Just what we want.
Legion:     Can I come with you. I know can I cook your meals, do the washing.
 Grumpy:  He’s not washed in years.
Action:      Can he remember what clean is. 
Smooth:    Still enough filth for us to work with.
Legion:      I’ll run errands anything just to be with you.
Jesus:         No 
Legion:      Listen, learn, hear all the wonderful things you can do.
Jesus:         No you can’t and for you at the moment just for you there is a special arrangement.
Legion:       Oh.

Grim:         For once I agree with the light.
Smooth:      Stay with us 
Action:       Stay where we can get at you.
Grumpy:    You never know he might like to have my ice cream again!
I've a new one peach surprise with added lethargy, intolerance, and give up quickly it hurts.
Grim:         Shut up and listen.

Jesus:         Now, I go away, you are here and you see that angry mob approaching.
Action:       The ones with the big sticks, 
Smooth:      Chains, ferocious dogs, 
Grumpy:     Big men with spears, 
Grim:         The local police, 
Action:        Cohort of cavalry on those fearsome beasts.
Smooth:      They do look good, handsome.
Grumpy:     Crushingly perfect those hooves. 
Action:        Devilry in action.
Grim:         Wonderful sight.
Jesus:         You stay with them
Legion:       That’s not what I was hoping for.
Jesus:          I know
Legion:       I might not last long.

Grim: Smooth: Action: Grumpy:  We hope not.

Jesus:         Here’s the secret 
Legion:      What’s the big secret then.

Grim: Smooth: Action: Grumpy:   Listen lads

Jesus:         When I leave you, I will still be with you.
Grim:         Gruesome
Smooth:      That’s wicked
Action:        That's Unfair
Grumpy:     Have an ice cream.

Grim: Smooth: Action: Grumpy: Its another long road ahead lads.

Legion:      Wow, that’s special, cool super cool. 

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