Monday, October 06, 2008

Creed - by Steve Turner

Here is a poem that I have heard Ravi Zacharias recite. I think it satirically depicts the state of mankind and the overall all ensemble of what humanity is basically saying. Average the contemporary philosophical ideas, the existential artistic expressions of today, and the "average Joe's take on things" and I believe the resulting expression or world view is captured by this poem.

We believe in Marxfreudanddarwin
We believe everything is OK
as long as you don't hurt anyone
to the best of your definition of hurt,
and to the best of your knowledge.

We believe in sex before, during, and
after marriage.
We believe in the therapy of sin.
We believe that adultery is fun.
We believe that sodomy's OK.
We believe that taboos are taboo.

We believe that everything's getting better
despite evidence to the contrary.
The evidence must be investigated
And you can prove anything with evidence.

We believe there's something in horoscopes
UFO's and bent spoons.
Jesus was a good man just like Buddha,
Mohammed, and ourselves.
He was a good moral teacher though we think
His good morals were bad.

We believe that all religions are basically the same-
at least the one that we read was.
They all believe in love and goodness.
They only differ on matters of creation,
sin, heaven, hell, God, and salvation.

We believe that after death comes the Nothing
Because when you ask the dead what happens
they say nothing.
If death is not the end, if the dead have lied, then its compulsory heaven for all
excepting perhaps Hitler, Stalin, and Genghis Kahn

We believe in Masters and Johnson
What's selected is average.
What's average is normal.
What's normal is good.

We believe in total disarmament.
We believe there are direct links between warfare and bloodshed.
Americans should beat their guns into tractors .
And the Russians would be sure to follow.

We believe that man is essentially good.
It's only his behavior that lets him down.
This is the fault of society.
Society is the fault of conditions.
Conditions are the fault of society.

We believe that each man must find the truth that is right for him.
Reality will adapt accordingly.
The universe will readjust.
History will alter.
We believe that there is no absolute truth
excepting the truth
that there is no absolute truth.

We believe in the rejection of creeds,
And the flowering of individual thought.

(and then he adds this post script)

If chance be
the Father of all flesh,
disaster is his rainbow in the sky
and when you hear:

State of Emergency!
Sniper Kills Ten!
Troops on Rampage!
Youths go Looting!
Bomb Blasts School!
It is but the sound of man
worshipping his maker.

4 Comments:

At 8:58 PM, Blogger Varun said...

your thoughts on Obama's victory?

 
At 7:04 PM, Blogger Susan Hartland Olmstead said...

good one tim

 
At 11:44 AM, Blogger Stacy Ann said...

Love it!! New post!! You're gonna be a dad soon!! Any thoughts??

 
At 5:38 PM, Blogger Susan Hartland Olmstead said...

hey, now your a dad. Any pics??

 

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