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XOx Uriah xOX
Senior Member

since 2006-02-11

Posts 1403
Virginia

0 posted 2006-05-23 03:35 PM

       If you have a god
Who needs men to fight his fights
       He is a weak god
   Unworthy of your worship
Better to make PEACE your god

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

1 posted 2006-05-23 03:57 PM

Uriah,
You could get flack on this one, but I like it.

The Lady
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-12-26

Posts 7634
The Southwest

2 posted 2006-05-23 04:07 PM

Few words, powerful message.

Honeybee
Member Ascendant

since 1999-12-26

Posts 5372
Ontario, CANADA

3 posted 2006-05-23 09:04 PM

LOVE this - well said!

I would be a true shame if you got "flack on this one" because you are only conveying that a peaceful, compassionate God is what one should aspire to worship.
I'm with you - war, fighting, injustice are NOT signs of God...This is now my favourite tanka of yours!

Melissa~

Intellectually I know that Canada is no better than any other country. Emotionally I KNOW that Canada is the best country in the world!

picturegramic
Member

since 2006-05-16

Posts 112

4 posted 2006-05-23 09:34 PM

Tankas are one of my favorite forms. great
job with the form and the message! Keep tankaing

picturegramic :)

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

5 posted 2006-05-23 09:39 PM

a good message here

StevenS
Senior Member

since 2005-09-21

Posts 945
L. A. (Lower Alabama)

6 posted 2006-05-24 02:22 PM

Well said Uriah as did Joash in Judges 6.

31And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar.

Edward Grim
Senior Member

since 2005-12-18

Posts 1154
Greenville, South Carolina

7 posted 2006-05-24 03:11 PM

If I may disagree for personal reasons. God does not need man to fight his fights. It is however the man of faith who fights for what he believes in. God will not die if man doesn’t fight “his battles” as you put it. You also said He is not worthy of worship and rather we should worship peace. Well, my understanding is that God is peace. So content aside, I enjoy your poetry and respect what you have to say. Cheers

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