Monday, May 30, 2005

Bertrand Russell smirks

EXT – OUTSIDE CHAPEL – DAY
A holy man stands outside a chapel, holding a bible. This is a vox pop-type situation and he speaks directly to the camera.

PRIEST
Well, I believe that there is a great big man
- that’s man, not woman – living in the sky
and He controls everything that happens, except
the bad stuff: you’re on your own there.
And He has a great white flowing beard and lives
with a ghost and a virgin who gave birth to
a man who came back from the dead and didn’t
reek of putrefaction.
One day this great man and His son, and His pet ghost,
-who are essentially one and the same - will come and
cast all of the people who don’t agree with Him
into a lake of fire, because He loves us all.
So very much.

CUT TO:

EXT – STREET – DAY
Another man now stands in the street and speaks to the camera.

ATHEIST
Well…I believe that between the Earth and Mars there is
a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit.
(beat)
Oh, and the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our
most powerful telescopes, so unfortunately I can’t prove this
to you. But it’s there. That’s what I believe.

We then CUT back to:

EXT – OUTSIDE CHAPEL – DAY
The previous shot outside the chapel. The holy man looks across to screen right, indicating where the man from the last shot was.

PRIEST
Weirdo.

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