The day I gave up on religion
I saw the Lord clearly.
Most thought I had lost my faith
when I closed the Holy Books and I left “His House”.
But they did not see where I headed to,
nor did they know from where I came.
I never did buy the Books for full price
nor thought that any were worth MSRP,
but they did help me grow
and they entertained me.
I took serenity from Taoism,
it’s a bit of who I am
took humility from Jesus
and the mono from Islam
(these values but a token)
As I closed the last Book
my soul was most open to
the natural laws of nonexistant writ…
not a myth, not a myth,
I felt the Lord love me forthwith.
I believe in One God.
(whose Form(s) I could not limit)
And only in God.
Of this I have Faith,
of the rest I’m in doubt.
Perhaps I may be be wrong
But it’s about as close as I can get
to complete honesty with my Lord.
I love life because God loves me.
I don’t believe I’d be thrown
into a hay stack to find a microscopic needle
of a “truth”, and be punished if I’m not so lucky.
I’ve read the Books; words all “sent down by God”.
This they say, but at the end of an honest day
Paper will be paper, and ink ink.
Stories will be stories, and messages messages
limits will be limits and brinks brinks,
histories histories, presages presages.
Only God is God.
here lie no flaws, here lie no paradox.
I closed the dusty Books
The day I gave up on Religion,
they died with evanescence…
the dust that blew in the air
became the Lord’s presence.
From the author: I wrote this piece after reading The Tao of Pooh
. It helped me shed my layers of blind faith and complex religious beliefs. Honesty and Simplicity: the result. Much like Socrates, all I know is that I know “nothing”. I just live to be the best I can be; encouraging others to do the same.
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your ignorance disgusts me.
eh forget it.. sorry man.
your just misguided and trying to find yourself.
good complex write
Sally,
Since you have all the answers, why don’t you share.
Alex, brave of you to share what you have gone through and are going through,
Religion is never an easy subject to address, and i think as long as you are making an effort to do so, address the faith and your spirituality, be it by Hinduism, Islam, Catholicism etc you are on the right path.
Besides, i think the Lord, whatever color, shape and size he may be, will be happy with you just trying to share and spread the LOVE that he has for you!
At the end of the day isn’t that whats its all about?
JUST LOVE!
I personally liked the writing as Alex is correct God is not about religion – God is not limited to our comprehension of His being.