what do you think about this spiritual poem on religion?

Question

THE LIE
by Janet O'Neill

A child is born, his father beams
Another chance to live his dreams.
A new life now to guide and mold,
He'll tell the child what he's been told.
An intellect to quickly seize.
Embrace the faith while reason flees,
So much of life spent on your knees.
So much of life spent on your knees.

* * *

Baptize the innocent with tricks
Of sacrifice and crucifix.
Whispered prayers and chanted psalm
Deliver fear and guilt with calm.
Behind nonsense of ritual
Words tempt of heaven, threaten hell.
Reality is hard to sell.
Reality's so hard to sell.

* * *

Truth is harder still to find.
To keep the faith you close the mind!
And faith, not intellect, is chief
When minds are frozen in belief.
Smear the ashes on the brow
Starve, but feed the sacred cow.
Torah, Koran, bible scribes
Recite the dusty diatribes.
Recite, recite the diatribes.

* * *

Quote endless scripture, Pray the beads,
Worship countless deities.
Proclaiming love dispense the hate,
Banish - excommunicate!
Scorn the man whom reason rules,
Congregate with holy fools.
Celebrate all martyrdom.
Capture minds while they're still young.
Be sure to get them when they're young.

* * *

Cathedrals vaulted ceilings high
Regally dress up the lie.
Burn the incense, sing and sway
Superstition saves the day!
Ring the bells and genuflect
Dance with snakes around your neck.
Wail at the wall, bow to the east
Ignorance is a senseless beast.
Shout fire and brimstone, heaven and hell,
But fear the individual.
Fear most the individual.

Answer 1

I actually have a lot of friends who are just now waking up to the lie - and several more who still believe it.

)O(

Answer 2

Robert Frost's the line no longer Taken. 2 roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry i could no longer commute the two And be one concentrated visitor, long I stood And regarded down one as far as i ought to To the place it bent interior the undergrowth; Then took the different, as in basic terms as honest, And having in line with probability the extra suitable declare, because of fact it replaced into grassy and needed placed on; although as for that the passing there Had worn them truly related to the comparable, And the two that morning the two lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I saved the 1st for yet another day! yet understanding how way leads directly to way, I doubted if I might desire to ever come back. I would be telling this with a sigh someplace a protracted time and a protracted time subsequently: 2 roads diverged in a wood, and that i— I took the only much less traveled with the help of, And that has made each and all the version.

Answer 3

Well, I don't agree with the content, but that is an excellent poem. I love how it flows...favorite line: Banish - excommunicate!

I also like the repitition of the end lines...but with minor change. Whoever wrote this has a good sense of word selection.

Answer 4

every one has the free will to believe or not believe as they see fit as long as they do not interfere with anothers free will or rights and as long as the laws rules and mores of the Country one resides in are not broken. I may not agree with what you say but will defend with my life your right to say it.

Answer 5

That's great.

Everything I always felt but said so much better than I ever said it.

Where did you find it?

Love and blessings Don

Answer 6

Nice.

Answer 7

A person bound by religion. Someone who sees with eyes of a abused adult. A sick minded person needing spiritual guidance.
Aperson needing JESUS CHRIST.

Answer 8

great ideas and very true, but crap poetry from a literary standpoint

Answer 9

It's a beauty.

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