The Golden Rule is logical. Hypocrisy is illogical. Yet being empowered to do what’s right That requires God’s power.
White Guilt
Never was the happy so divided Than the day they sat upon their bench; The Giant spoke to them, towering--- Look upon thy children, are they not different? Indoctrinate them in savagery, like my heritage. The little one cries over the violence of thy race Upon my own. Why dost thou dare to give them home When they are so different from thee? These children ought to have starved to death Or be given to those of like skin. Was it thy guilt that caused thee to love thine own children?
My Near Death Experience
I was in the waves of the ocean Body surfing. One wave came, And overwhelmed me. My back had been taken to my head And I snapped. A green aura Surrounded me, and the feeling of peace. A voice spoke to me. "This is the feeling you like." What's next is unutterable. I asked Him, “Are there any other religions.” He said, “Not for you, no.” I said, “What about for anyone else?” God said, “No. Only Jesus Saves.” I then remembered my life, And He told me, “That was the past.” I said, “I want to have a wife.” God said to me, “I am your Husband.” I then asked Him, “Can I go to the Kingdom?” The LORD said, “No, you haven’t received treasure.” Then I said, “I wish to receive treasure, “More treasure than anyone else.” And the LORD said to me, “I will allow it,” and I was taken up out of the waves And my split back was set back into place And I could feel my body rearranging into its normal fixture. In the background I could see a hooded figure Who saw me, and then flashed away. The hooded figure was my mortal enemy. I asked, “Who is that?” To my girlfriend. She said, “That’s nobody.” And I was back.
Universe 25
Sodom and Gomorrah. Canaan. Israel. Babylon. Persia. Greece. Rome. Sodom and Gomorrah. Canaan. Israel. Babylon. Persia. Greece. Rome. Overpopulation? No. Idleness. Yes. Sin. Yes. The solution is work. Creativity. Self reliance. Law.
The Road Taken
Two roads diverged in a verdant wood And I being one traveler took the level one. Yet, upon the willow’s grove, where the oak and elm Had stood, I turned my way back And instead took the path with the sharp hill. Before the open girth of the path, A yellow caution sign had been placed. And I, knowing the easier path would lead to bad health Took the more difficult path. I sturdily marched up the grade And felt my body strengthening. And then it dawned on me when I crested that glorious hill That sometimes it is safer to take the more difficult road.
The Interpretation of Desolation Row
The first stanza is Bob Dylan witnessing the race riots and is reflecting on American Racism. The second stanza is a man being rejected by an easy woman. The third stanza is about the end of the world, when the stars and moon are darkened, what people will be doing. The fourth is about a woman deciding to join the clergy, and thereby never experience life. The fifth is about a man with a false sense of intelligence and a robin hood complex, who was famous long ago for an obscure talent, but lost it due to drug addiction. The sixth is about a psychologist with patients who are involuntarily celebate, and that's the problem with them. The seventh is about a priest encouraging a man for courtship, but ultimately he will fail because of the preacher's bad advice. The eighth is about the military industrial complex, how spy networks and insurance agents work in tandem, and oppress those who "Know Too Much.” The ninth is about intellectuals who argue among one another, and the pop ideologies which divide them. The tenth is Bob Dylan receiving a letter from an old acquaintance who mentioned some of the people he sung about in this poem. The Desolation Row is the depression caused by these situations.
She Weighed 15 Stone
The contraption sat, A mechanical Machine, which told truth. The very fact truth Could be told by it Proved God does exist. For truth is true, she Weighed at fifteen stone. Numbers of matter, Two hundred and ten Pounds are fifteen stone. Yet, there is that which Is weighed; Atheists Get caught up in the Number theory. So, It is,---Humanist Philosophers find Moral principles Are measurable, Yet they fail to find The complete picture. That, Jack, is why we Need Christ. To sort it Out, and show us how to live. God, being good, set An example, taught Lived and died for us. The reason we know He is God, is truth Was found by Him. Which, Men, the great sages, Had found radical Bits of, but Christ found Them all. That is why We call Him Teacher. What is measured of Faith, was completely Found by His allwise Flourishing brow.
Protected:
Oh, thou violinist, my Easterntwin
“Oh, thou violinist, my easterntwin “I wish to kill you, for you are conjoined “To me without my consent. “How you play there, Bach, Beethoven, Paganini “Mozart, Williams;--- “Oh, I loved your music. “How I loved the songs, which in rapturous throws “Did I listen to you fiddle. “Yet, now that you are with me for nine months “I wish only to sever you. “I wish only to sever you from my body “And thereby crush your skull “And sell your organs. “I hate you, oh violinist “Chapped to my body; I who sustains you “Wishes only to cast you into your grave.”
The Steel Man
If I didn’t believe in God Then I might believe It's morally objectionable to Abstain from sex with a woman on her period. Smoking Marijuana is morally superior to smoking tobacco. Abortion is perfectly fine. So is homosexuality. So is forcing your child to have gender reassignment surgery. That women are superior to men in virtue and judgment in every way possible. That speech ought to be controlled, so as not to offend anyone. That there is no such thing as objective right or wrong. That there is no such thing as good, nor evil. That competition is ethical, and the only way to progress the human race is to transcend it, and therefore make man into a machine. That people are born either good or bad, and nothing can change them; they’re inherently what they are as their DNA makes them. That it’s okay to divorce if you’re unhappy in the relationship, and the people you hurt in the process ought to get over it. That monogamy is an illusion. I would believe Self Love is more noble than Selfless Love. I might believe that there’s no way to interpret a difficult passage. I might believe that sex before marriage is morally obligated. I would think life is about fun, and getting the most out of it, even at others’ expense; for, it’d be ignoble to do things that I don’t want to do. I might believe that people who can’t work ought to be sterilized or killed. I might believe that people ought to receive stipends, rather than work. There are many other things that I would believe if I didn’t believe in God. And remember these are all common beliefs of atheists.