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a
my god
is closer
to no god
than to a god
is closer
to no god
than to a god
god is well and good
but never yet
flawlessly worded
or accurately described
or fully understood
by any priest
in any book
or any church
but never yet
flawlessly worded
or accurately described
or fully understood
by any priest
in any book
or any church
god has always been hijacked
in every faith
because the temptation is too great
and man too creative
and too well able
to create god in his image
to tend to his business
in every faith
because the temptation is too great
and man too creative
and too well able
to create god in his image
to tend to his business
but who or what
god really is
nobody knows
god really is
nobody knows
a conversation with god
is a monologue
an echo of the ego
is a monologue
an echo of the ego
when problems
take on proportions
we long for a power
greater
than ourselves
to deliver us
take on proportions
we long for a power
greater
than ourselves
to deliver us
when thoughts of death
overwhelm us
we call our mothers
and our gods
in the hope
of buying
more lifetime
on the other side
more airtime
for the soul
overwhelm us
we call our mothers
and our gods
in the hope
of buying
more lifetime
on the other side
more airtime
for the soul
when our burden
of guilt
towards others
grows too great
god is appointed judge
to sidestep earthly judgment
of guilt
towards others
grows too great
god is appointed judge
to sidestep earthly judgment
perhaps books like the bible
the quran
or the talmud
have some basis
in true events
the quran
or the talmud
have some basis
in true events
but the particulars
the names
dates
and details
have over the years
been upgraded
the names
dates
and details
have over the years
been upgraded
by people
long too dead
to confirm
how much of it
is made up
long too dead
to confirm
how much of it
is made up
too dead
to recount
god's true share
of it all
to recount
god's true share
of it all
too dead
to underwrite
his commitment
to life after death
to underwrite
his commitment
to life after death
a promise
proclaimed
after jesus' death
in his name
by people
also just afraid to die
who also just thought
that a word of hope
for a second life
would sell better
as a concept
than a world
of unavoidable injustice
and then
finally
eternal death
proclaimed
after jesus' death
in his name
by people
also just afraid to die
who also just thought
that a word of hope
for a second life
would sell better
as a concept
than a world
of unavoidable injustice
and then
finally
eternal death
every religion
gives and takes
new gods
from the rib
of gods
long before
gives and takes
new gods
from the rib
of gods
long before
oh take me back
to the first god
so we can stop the rot
before the virus
infests the people
because
though that god
has long been dead
to this people
the new
currently true god
of today
took root
from the first god
and his descendants
created a religious universe
filled with black holes
where reason disappears
logic's devoured
clear thinking sucked in
thoughts tied up
abducted
ideas left to wither
in the deadly yet
needless fight
with apparitions
to the first god
so we can stop the rot
before the virus
infests the people
because
though that god
has long been dead
to this people
the new
currently true god
of today
took root
from the first god
and his descendants
created a religious universe
filled with black holes
where reason disappears
logic's devoured
clear thinking sucked in
thoughts tied up
abducted
ideas left to wither
in the deadly yet
needless fight
with apparitions
no claim becomes truth
by demanding
the unprovable
be accepted
as true
by demanding
the unprovable
be accepted
as true
no murder on earth
so well justified
as in the name of god
so well justified
as in the name of god
yet
the best word
to describe
the destruction
in god's name is
to describe
the destruction
in god's name is
godless