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FJiznit Junior Member
since 2000-06-14
Posts 24 |
Save your soul Make a deal with me Tickets to Heaven ain't going cheap Your sins will cost you a nominal fee Your wallet's empty, the slate's wiped clean Make no mistake If you're looking for the truth Then I have the answers you seek Might be a knock on your door On Christmas day Is it Jesus selling faith to the weak? Guaranteed afterlife Buy insurance from me Lifetime payments feeding holy greed Selling faith to the masses, all races and classes Different permutations of the same beliefs Your body and soul Ain't no use to me Make a contribution Please give generously Make my truth your cause Though it comes at a price You just might get to Heaven If the bribe is right Make no mistake If you're looking for the truth Then I have the answers you seek Might be a knock on your door On Christmas day Is it Jesus selling faith to the weak? Big business religion Same old empty vision The meaning and price never change Whether I'm God, Christ or Satan I make no concessions, everyone's cheated the same Make no mistake If you're looking for the truth Then I have the answers you seek Might be a knock on your door On Christmas day Is it Jesus selling faith to the weak? [This message has been edited by FJiznit (edited 06-27-2000).] |
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Dark_kisses_Within Senior Member
since 2000-03-21
Posts 680Kansas |
Oh dont give me that about not meaning what you write! You have had some that have came from within ur heart. I know I have read them!  Keep up the work!! Peace Once there was a darkness Deep and endless night You gave me everything you had Ahhhhhh you gave me light |
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Deranger Member
since 2000-05-10
Posts 498Somewhere, between here and there |
Cool poem...religlion are the most pathedic thing one can ever bear wittness. Here's some lines from a song that kinda fit with your poem... You total comes to 22.11, for your set of keys to heaven, make the check out in my name, me or God, its all the same. PS: How goes your search for a new name? |
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Joel the wolf Senior Member
since 2000-04-06
Posts 1333Angels Camp |
I was rammed into So Baptist, married a Catholic, studied more ISUMS I can count, followed No. American Indians ways, apprentice under a shaman, attended spiritual physic camps in the early 70's Transadental meditation, Tai Chi, wore an orange robe for awhile, (do you know what that was haha guess) dove into the oriental philosophies. Then just decided to be me. haha. Love the work kid. haha Joel. I howl a mournful song, that echos within my chambered heart, for all to read? nay for all to feel. |
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Hardrock Senior Member
since 2000-02-14
Posts 948New Hampshire, USA |
FJ....The commercialization of religion is one of the worst things to happen to this country. It corrupted values, invited schemers and turned off several generations to what might have given them peace and solace in their lives. Everyone needs something to believe in....whether Hairy Thunderer or Cosmic Muffin, we all need a base from which to venture forth and develop who we are and what we are to become. This poem speaks to one man's eschew of that commercialization. Well done. Hardrock |
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Jeremiah Johnson Senior Member
since 2000-06-08
Posts 1223Brooksville, Fl, U.S |
i understand this very well cause i don't go the chruch or read the bible but i still have my own views and ideas on life and the people so into religion think of me as some evil person or at least my best friends parents. well loved the work and keep it up. I'm a dying romantic and when i can no longer write i can no longer live -Jeremiah Johnson- |
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