air guitar.
âFi-yurrrrr!â
âAll right, Brother Zygote! You tell âem!â A large male student jeered and cheered. The congregation followed his lead.
âYouâre like a bunch of copulating rabbits! Just spill your seed anywhere you feel like it, governed by your penises!â The
crowd burst into laughter. âWorshipping your penises! Letting your
penises
rule your lives!â
âYou just like to say
penis
!â the heckler yelled back, much to the amusement of all assembled. âSay hey, whereâs the little woman today?â
âAt home, of course,â Brother Zebediah snorted.
âShe pregnant?â someone else called out.
âNot yet, but the factoryâs still open. Sister Sally and I are going to repopulate the Earth with people who think like us.â
â
Seig Heil!
â Heckler clicked his heels together and saluted him with an outstretched fist.
âSir, youâre being rude!â Brother Zebediah thundered at him. âIâm trying to preach a message!â
âSir, youâre going to hell! Howâs that for rude?â Heckler responded. Other members of the herd contributed less belligerent protests. âTell us again about the time you did acid!â Hecklerâs voice boomed above the rest.
âItâs true,â Brother Zebediah admitted. âI lost half my brain to LSD in the sinful sixties. But that just makes things fair, children, otherwise Iâd be so far above you kids that we couldnât communicate! So listen carefully and
be not deceived
!â Brother Zebediah picked up a bright orange laminated poster board and began to recite what was on it. âMasturbators, Feminists, Adulterers, Whores, Homosexuals, Lesbians, Hippies, Buddha-heads, Evolutionists, Blasphemers, Drunkards, Pro-choicers, Pagans, Potheads, Mormons, Jews , Muslims, Hare Krishnas, and especially
Fornicators
are going to
hell
!â 2 He hurled the poster of the damned aside and roared in self-congratulatory fury, âJeyzus is coming! Jeyzus is
coming
!â
âJesus is coming?â Heckler retorted. âIs that some kind of dirty joke?â
âLetâs take a little survey.â Brother Zebediah ignored the laughter and began anew. âHow many
masturbators
do we have here?â
Heckler raised his hand, followed by others. âWait, does it count if I masturbate by myself?â
âMasturbators! Be not deceived! Youâre going straight to
hell
!â
âDo you masturbate?â Heckler called back.
âNo, I do not masturbate, you pervert!â Brother Zebediah pointed at him, flinging righteous lightning from his fingertip. âYou sinner! You covet my godliness! Youâre jealous âcause youâre running around jackinâ off! You could lay one of these cheap campus whores every night and still go home and smack your monkey!â Uproarious laughter prevented Heckler from responding immediately, and Brother Zebediah quickly continued. âAnd how many
pot
smokers do we have here?â
Heckler and his buddies cheered enthusiastically.
âWell I got bad news, children. You fail. Go directly to hell! Do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dollars. Smoke that pot, youâre gonna rot! Drink that booze, youâre gonna lose!
Fornicate
, and youâre not gonna see that pearly gate!â
âBut God made marijuana!â one of Hecklerâs comrades yelled.
âGod made poison ivy, too, that doesnât mean you should roll around in it!â
âWell, what if you eat it?â
Brother Zebediah furrowed his brow a moment,
considering the question, then replied, quite seriously, âWell, youâre still ingesting it, so yes, you qualify for hell.â
Hecklerâs comrade, not terribly swift, crossed his arms and shook his head, shifting awkwardly from foot to foot. Brother Zebediah took advantage of his upper hand and immediately resumed