Religion with its plastic smile Numbs our mind, and rapes our soul, And leaves a gaping, bleeding hole Where our heart once used to be.
It builds big buildings. It produces A stream of talks and printed pages. It worships books with guilded edges Which can’t legitimize its crimes. It lets us keep our greed, our judgments, To Western sins it dulls our mind Shuts off compassion, leaves us blind To human suffering next door,
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Across the street, across the world – A starving child with bloated belly, Old man, disabled, hungry, smelly, A teenage girl with skimpy skirt
Who sells herself to feed her baby, Parting her knees a thousand times – Dehumanized for mere dimes So that they can both survive
Another day. That they may eat Some rice, and look up to the sky, With tears rolling from their eyes, And pray to God to save them from
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That vile horrendous life of pain, That’s only fitting for a dog – Unless the dog is groomed and spayed, Is up to date on its immunizations,
And has a collar with its owners name. Then even that comparison won’t hold. In truth, today we all need told That every human, quite regardless
Of everything in which they differ From me and you: in how they vote, In how they think, how they emote, In who they love and how they love,
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In how they sin, and how they don’t, In all of this, they never lost That which is certainly the most Important thing about each person –
Their image of Creator God, Who made us all in his true likeness. He did came down, that he may find us, That we may contemplate his smile
By looking in each other’s eyes, By kissing dying people’s faces, By being not as cold as graceless As we once were. By feeling pain
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Religion with its plastic smile
Numbs our mind, and rapes our soul,
And leaves a gaping, bleeding hole
Where our heart once used to be.
It builds big buildings. It produces
A stream of talks and printed pages.
It worships books with guilded edges
Which can’t legitimize its crimes.
It lets us keep our greed, our judgments,
To Western sins it dulls our mind
Shuts off compassion, leaves us blind
To human suffering next door,
A starving child with bloated belly,
Old man, disabled, hungry, smelly,
A teenage girl with skimpy skirt
Who sells herself to feed her baby,
Parting her knees a thousand times –
Dehumanized for mere dimes
So that they can both survive
Another day. That they may eat
Some rice, and look up to the sky,
With tears rolling from their eyes,
And pray to God to save them from
That’s only fitting for a dog –
Unless the dog is groomed and spayed,
Is up to date on its immunizations,
And has a collar with its owners name.
Then even that comparison won’t hold.
In truth, today we all need told
That every human, quite regardless
Of everything in which they differ
From me and you: in how they vote,
In how they think, how they emote,
In who they love and how they love,
In all of this, they never lost
That which is certainly the most
Important thing about each person –
Their image of Creator God,
Who made us all in his true likeness.
He did came down, that he may find us,
That we may contemplate his smile
By looking in each other’s eyes,
By kissing dying people’s faces,
By being not as cold as graceless
As we once were. By feeling pain