Things Aren't Always As They Seem-Part 3

Dolty wasn't familiar with all these words, but they were talking about sports, clothes, food, people (a lot - most of this talk was not very nice), cats, dogs, jobs, money, movies, and a bunch of other stuff. What he thought was weird (but encouraging), was that nobody seemed to be talking abut theological issues at all - let alone salvation or Christ.

Dolty thought, "When would people discuss these things, if not in this environment?"

It was like he was hanging out at a mall food court. The perfect microcosm of the nation: you had covetousness, gluttony, blasphemy, lust, pride, and many other wonderful vices in a nice, little package. Oh, how Dolty loved hanging out there!

"But this might even be better!" he reasoned. You still had all the juicy sins, but they're given a cloak of respectability since they're "Christians" in a church setting.

"What wonderful deception," he admired, "wish I had thought of it. They're downright hypocrites! Hippos are awesome! They probably screw up as many potential true believers as I do," he giggled.
"And this was only one church! Multiply by the number of like-congregations and you come up with some fantastic numbers!"

Now he was really understanding why the boss had no concern over the polls indicating the large percentage of Christians in America. If this same size was representative (and it was), there was no way the numbers were even close to accurate.

Demons (especially dim-witted ones), were only vaguely familiar with the Bible. But they all know that the entirety of scripture is true, once again borne out by Dolty's discovery and Matthew 7:13-14, pointing out many humans may be fooling themselves regarding their salvation.

So, things were really looking up (or down, as Demons liked to say), for Dolty. He had job security and could thumb his nose at the polls.

He figured he pretty much knew everything he needed regarding the erroneous statistics and was looking forward to getting back to tormenting lost souls in Hell. Technically he was only a temporary tormentor, filling in for senior Demons from time to time, but he savored those moments.

However, Satan appeared and burst his bubble when he told him he wasn't quite finished.

"The real cherry on the sundae (pun intended), is observing them after they leave church to enjoy the rest of the Lord's Day," Satan explained.

"You mean it gets better?" asked Dolty.

"Oh, yeah," replied Satan.

With that, Dolty found himself watching people leaving church and getting into their cars. He found it interesting how many of these folks spent more on vehicles than much of the world's population made in a year. Thank goodness (er, badness), due to these people coveting new cars with all the "gizmos" (when an older, much less costly, but reliable, vehicle would suffice), a lot less money was going toward the advancement of God's Kingdom.

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