MTL - Since I enjoy your poetic way of writing, here, I'll give it a stab:
They teach their children well
To fear the strange and Other,
To fear the threat of Hell,
A narrow view of brother
Believers in the Lord's Dominion
Must fear all worldly information,
From external informed opinion
Lest their offspring change their station
When sex is taught as foulest taint,
And what's natural is sinful stain
Believe as true what surely ain't
So says the great Mark Twain
Medievalists in modern form
Who seek to raise theocracy,
And see the Blood God as the norm,
They threaten our democracy.
For science is our only hope
Of breaking from our chains
Put on by noblemen and Popes
And freeing children's brains.
They teach their children well
To fear the strange and Other,
To fear the threat of Hell,
A narrow view of brother
Believers in the Lord's Dominion
Must fear all worldly information,
From external informed opinion
Lest their offspring change their station
When sex is taught as foulest taint,
And what's natural is sinful stain
Believe as true what surely ain't
So says the great Mark Twain
Medievalists in modern form
Who seek to raise theocracy,
And see the Blood God as the norm,
They threaten our democracy.
For science is our only hope
Of breaking from our chains
Put on by noblemen and Popes
And freeing children's brains.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
