A Reading from the Epistle to the Hypocrites

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1 And when the Bible-thumping internet troll found himself standing on the shore of a Lake of Fire, he cried upwards to God, saying, 2 "why, Lord?? Have I not spread Your pamphlets? Have I not made Your Chosen ones wealthy? I believed in Your Name! Why was I not saved??" 3 And the Lord answered him, in a voice that was loud yet far away, and said, 4 "You only believed in My name, not in My virtues, not in My teachings; 5 and every time you hated someone for their differences, because the flaws of 1st century Judea were mentioned in context in the graven idol you have made of My Holy Scriptures; 6 every time you have told those in mourning that their loved ones burn in Hell; 7 every time you presumed to speak My will, you instead dragged My name through the mud. 8 You have cost Me a thousand hearts that could have turned to Me, had they truly known Me; 9 And what servants you have found, have each done likewise. 10 You wanted a master that tortures and burns, so I have sent you to one. 11 May you serve him as poorly as you have served Me. 12 You reveled in the flames and the smell of brimstone. Now see it for yourself. 13 You hated your neighbors. You will not find them there. 14 This is your earned reward." and the voice was silent 15 and the waves sizzled as they lapped at the shore, and chains rattled in the sulfurous breeze.
(I'm not actually wishing or intending for anybody to be dammed to Hell. I take that too seriously to risk the misunderstanding. I have no intention of ceding any authority to what dark powers might exist. I'm only trying to make a point in language that will be understood by those who need to hear it.)