Continued from Chapter 19.
1. And Richard decided that the time had come to lay up treasure on earth,
ignoring all warnings that
moth and rust do corrupt.
2. Thus, following the traditions of L. Ron Hubbard and Sun Myung Moon,
he set up a system of payments, whereby the faithful and somewhat foolish could give of their money to the
Dawkins Foundation and buy Enlightenment.
3. Thus, Richard created six circles, and each circle was filled by progressively more gullible people.
4. Seven circles were there not, neither five circles, but six. And Richard was at the centre of all these circles, as was right and just.
$1000 annually for membership of the Glorious Circle of Honey.
5. And the first circle was called the Glorious Circle of Honey:
and it commemorated Richard's great war against the forces of Islam, in which his honey was taken from him at an airport.
6. And those that paid to join the Glorious Circle were fed with milk and honey until they wanted no more.
7. Also, they were given the prestigious DAWKINS INITIATES MEDAL, and could write the letters D.I.M. after their name.
8. Next, there came the Wondrous Circle of Gallifrey, priced at two thousand five hundred pieces of silver per year, wherein the members were
entitled to additional benefits, including a cup of tea with Mrs Dawkins, she that they called Lalla.
Lalla explaineth her husband's writings to a disciple.
9. And the members of the Wondrous Circle of Gallifrey were awarded the DAWKINS UNIVERSAL MEDAL OF BRILLIANCE, and wrote the letters D.U.M.B. after their name.
10. Then (keep it short, please. God) there were four further circles of Hell Enlightenment.
11. The Noble and Imperious Circle of Blind Watchmakers, five thousand pieces of silver.
Additional benefits, including one dinner a year with la famille Dawkins (Richard, Lalla and K9).
Dinner cooked by Lalla, Richard promiseth to do the washing-up, and K9 walketh with thee in the streets of Oxford.
12. The Effulgent and Inscrutable Circle of Selfish Genes, ten thousand pieces of silver.
Free admission to Dawkins's house once a week, and unlimited use of Dawkins's toilet, whereon he composeth his tweets.
13. The Lustrous and Ineffable Circle of Devil's Chaplains, twenty-five thousand pieces of silver.
For him who reacheth
this circle, Richard cometh to his house once a year to unblock the drains and do other odd jobs.
Richard demonstrateth his skills at flower-arranging.
14. Finally, there was the Supreme, Magnificent and Dreadful Circle of Deluded Gods, priced annually at
one hundred thousand of those pieces known as "bucks".
15. And a mighty message was proclaimed: "If thou reacheth this level of wisdom, O mortal,
Dawkins will bow down and worship thee - or at least worship thy money - and he
will lick thy boots clean with his own blessed tongue."
Dawkins serenadeth a member of the Supreme, Magnificent and Dreadful Circle of Deluded Gods.
16. And the multitudes spake, saying "Surely that man will do anything for money?"
Continued in Chapter 21.
The book of St Richard started
here.
