Michelle R Kidwell just posted an article, "It's not my fault; Victims of Sexual Abuse". This is an older poem about an actual happening near my old home town. The occasion of the outing is remarked on annually by the Tribe and the newspapers. So other readers may very well already know the story. Henry
Henry,fine write, well done!There is more harm done in the world because of religion than any thing else. That's what the terrorists are all about too. As Cynth'ya says there is no denomination in God's
eyes. We are all his creation. It's a shame that people continue to destroy what he created, because they want to change things to suit their point of view. It's that simple! Everyone wants it their way.
Alrisha
Reviewed by Judy Lloyd (Reader)
Reviewed on May 8, 2005
Darn and that was what they should have done. You know I saw in the paper about that church that really got my goat because they threw nine people out for voting for Kerry. Look I may have voted my conscience but that was totally wrong. Yet many hide behind the church for many things when it involves sexual predators. Guys believe that four year olds want it. A powerful write Henry.
Jesus would not condone the use of His Name in such barbarism. This reminds me that Jesus did not preach religion. He preached God's love. Some people use anything for power, even the name of God and His Son, to get their own way.
Find the word "denomination" in the bible. It just is not there.
God is One. We should be also.
Great poem Bro. Henry,
cynth'ya lewis reed
Reviewed by Elizabeth Taylor (Reader)
Reviewed on May 8, 2005
Religion as an institution is the bane of civilization, a dictatorship posing as salvation, and has nothing to do with spiritual growth. This kind of cruelty goes on more than most people realize...and all in the name of God. God is having a heart attack.
Robin Ouzman Hislop's poetry is certainly in dialogue with some of the key architects of the 'poetics of indeterminacy' – both the Modernist strands represented by the likes of Beckett and Stein, and the postmodernist strands represented, initially,
Excellent write!
Gueneva (Christine)
a vivid and real account of dogma carried out to the extremes ...
eyes. We are all his creation. It's a shame that people continue to destroy what he created, because they want to change things to suit their point of view. It's that simple! Everyone wants it their way.
Alrisha
May God Bless
Michelle!
Find the word "denomination" in the bible. It just is not there.
God is One. We should be also.
Great poem Bro. Henry,
cynth'ya lewis reed
Well done.
Elizabeth
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