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The Worship of Man's Reason
Contributed by
Lionel
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Friday, 21st October 2005 @ 05:34:40 PM in AEST
Topic:
political
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The wave of the future for disaffected man;
such a noble experiment, our revolutionary plan.
World wide in scope, humanity’s salvation;
workers paradise, we’ll bring to every nation.
Utopia we’ll build, making all things new,
From the ash-heap of Capitalism and Monarchy too.
A socialist world is our humanist creed;
Securing the future, fulfilling all need.
That, opiate of the people, religion, must go.
Materialism shall prevail, all we atheists know.
From each, his abilities, to each one his need;
we’ve charted the course, the masses we lead.
Yet, the masses are dumb, they don’t understand,
so we use the whip, as we lead by the hand.
The firing squad too, for those who equivocate,
to insure a better tomorrow, we also learn to hate.
Counter-revolutionaries - we had to do them in;
required men to inform, even on their next of kin.
Mass killing for the cause, the end justifies the means;
starvation and deprivation to insure our lofty dreams.
Our collapse came too soon, we didn’t have the time,
to perfect our glorious system - punish every crime.
The proletariats were unthankful, tho’ for them we did it all.
Now, we find approval only in the western academic hall.
Lionel
Prov. 16:25 “ There is a way that seemeth right to a man, but the end thereof is the way of death.”
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Lionel
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Re: The Worship of Man's Reason
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by angryhippylibral on
Friday, 21st October 2005 @ 06:43:55 PM AEST
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Oh I rather like it. Although not all atheists only worship materialism, if by materliasm you mean valuing material objects above all else.
Anyway, I love it. It's very honest. |
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Re: The Worship of Man's Reason
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by Iwan on
Sunday, 30th October 2005 @ 06:09:53 AM AEST
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I'm just trying to understand if the POV from which this poem's written is the revolutionary or the oppressor. In a way, it could be either.
It's an intriuging mix of politics, beliefs and religion. A brilliant read, either way :) |
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Re: The Worship of Man's Reason
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by Elizabeth_Dandy on
Wednesday, 23rd November 2005 @ 09:49:13 AM AEST
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Yes Lionel this is truly a brilliant peace. Hit the nail on the head.
Something is very wrong with a society that turns all values upside down, and enavors to kill the very foundation on which it is beijg build, i.e. Judeo-Christianity, and forbids celebrating the feasts such as Christmas, etc.
substituting values with meaningless trash.
No wonder materialism flourishes..
This is a wonderful Jeremiade like the prophet so many centuries ago.
Thanks Lionel
Blessings
Elizabeth |
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