An honest god so it seems
is the noblest work of man.
Each nation has created a god, and the god
has always resembled his creators.
He hated and loved what they hated and loved,
and he was always found on the side of these in power.
Each god was intensely patriotic, and destested all nations
but his own.
All theses gods demanded praise, flattery, and worship.
Most were pleased with sacrifice, and the smell of
innocent blood has ever been considered a divine perfume.
All these gods have insisted upon having a vast number
of priests, and the priests have always insisted upon
being supported by the people, and the business of these
priests has been to boost about their God.
In order to please these gods, man must lay his very face
in the dust.
These gods have always been partial to the people who
created them, and have shown this by assisting these people
to rob and destroy others, and to ravish their wives and daughters.
Nothing is so pleasing to these gods as the butchery
of unbelievers.
Nothing so enrages them, as to have someone deny their existence.
Let mankind take their little gods and go
Jesus loves me this I know
though I can't explain how I know,
I don't have to explain...
RAge