Monday, August 23, 2010

Wornout Religious Props

the lord of the universe does not bid us fight for his dominance on this tiny planet
he does not ask us to prove our faith and worthiness via killing and destruction
god does not trumpet calls for ever-increasing spending on the weapons of death
he certainly does not demand significant troop buildups in far off foreign lands

your empty threats to deny your corny paradise to straying followers is a comic but criminal sham
impressing the poor, helpless and ignorant with expensive monuments is simply immoral
surely he would never reserve a place in paradise for the conned & ignorant suicide bomber
it is most certainly a criminal contradiction to kill in the name of any loving savior

he does not smile upon pilots murdering from far away via multimedia video game interfaces
there is no way that a politician’s prayer is answered with a divine counsel to war
a true god does not bid us hold women as second class, ignorant, barefoot and pregnant
no omnipotent lord would ever need our puny defense against men’s laughable blasphemies

no prince of heaven would need demand armies be raised to prove our fealty
an omniscient god measures our devotion other than by the love he should easily see in our hearts
he need not worry us over the destruction of any temples if his word is true
his message of mercy and love would certainly be all the weapons we should ever need

surely our lives are hard enough that he does not require bloody crusades from us
our merciful father would not set any of his children against each other
this god of love would need no tests of faith during which we must kill and perish
your calls to fight for god are prima facie evidence of the falseness of your beliefs

any god of mine could not take satisfaction in your smiting his enemies on our little world
an unholy, greedy alliance of priests and politicians directs your cult of divine personality
only your venal, childlike gods call on followers to bring death to non-believers
only gods that you invent demand the sacrifice of war as a test of our faith

you look forward to global poverty and ignorant faith to re-invigorate your powers
your current fictions worked best during the dark ages, not the age of reason
you pervert the very human need to faith to your own ends and for this you are condemned
your dusty books, ornate costumes and faded memorabilia are merely wornout props

the masks are off and its only you scared little men trying to grab earthly power
from elected holy pope to scowling ignorant mullah may your foolishness disappear
a scabby pox on your righteously pious calls to defend your fictional saviors
after 2500 years let us, at last, respin our beliefs, for these old myths are clearly outdated

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