you know them the ones walking on the edge of existence with lives emptied of hope and purpose going through survival rituals perpetuating the meaningless ignored by those who should care those good christian souls who for some reason are unable to see them and extend a helping hand christians no doubt baptized in dirty bath water
she was perhaps the embodiment of susie cream cheese beneath her breast a bible thumping heart enclosed in a self-defined temple to be entered only after matrimony but now said body was seated in a religious philosophy course quite certain that all she had been taught about her god would be neatly verified however the professor proceeded to dismantle all religions verifying that only faith within one’s mind and only within that mind could it be personally verified needless to say at the close of the course she was bewildered and at a loss to make sense of the world around her now some thought her naive but from faith to freedom we’re all just like her accepting the national infomercials as more than they are we live lives based on misinformation and carefully contrived lies and when we finally realize the scam that’s been played on us we all end up just like her
according to man’s
divinely inspired canons
an
omniscient god
ordained
man
as
the caregiver
of
the planet
responsible
for
managing
the diverse
treasures
of
this world
uh
really
these words upon the page seek to change what seems unchangeable human hearts crusted over with self-interest like the rusted gears of divine doctrines that can only crank out religious platitudes no true movement towards the specified goals of brotherly love and compassion towards mankind just quotes of intent to move
as i was entering the main library i saw the brown bag prophet in the courtyard with a cup of coffee and a stack of law books he seemed to be composing something on a notepad when i inquired he said he was writing a law to pass onto his congressperson for consideration when i asked what rights does it grant the brown bag prophet said nothing’s granted granted implies a regal gift no this law recognizes that women aren’t chattel and have the right to make decisions about their own lives and bodies without the imposition of religious or male mandates for without that they don’t have full citizenship
now i ain’t what folks would call religious anymore some things always struck me as phony baloney that tv evangelist laying on hands screaming healed healed then some paid participant in the tv drama suddenly rising from the wheelchair then exiting stage right a performance worthy of the political arena and although when you laid hands on me there weren’t no bones healed the power of your love surely healed a troubled soul
a broad based biochemical compound derived from dead tissue produced through cognitive manipulation when mixed with rational thoughts friendly rivalries are produced but in its purest form it’s hatred where some of its byproducts include racism religious intolerance toxic masculinity blood feuds xenophobia and of course war
Read Between the Minds 