From A Demon's Nest of Sentiments

[thewayne]

Deceit (noun): A dog rolls on the carcass of a dead possum in order to deceive other animals as to his identity as a dog. A man lolls in the scents of a church in order to deceive all around him as to his identity as a thief, an adulterer and a liar.

The difference is that the dog will not first have to endure being bored by the possum.

http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2014/10/12

Comments

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

How very Bierce. =:D Sadly true - and of course, hardly limited to the congregation, given the allure of the sheer money the larger churches can pull in, with no attempt to even disguise the naked avarice. Such brazen manipulation is built upon the perversion of trust afforded, rather mistakenly, most commonly under the name of religion or patriotism.