I don’t profess to speak for God <br /> nor do I claim authority <br />To you my ideas may seem odd <br /> but they are mine exclusively <br />I question everything I am told <br /> I use the brain God granted me <br />Challenge the legends known of old <br /> and find them full of falsity. <br />I can respect that other men <br /> cling firmly to what have been taught <br />when they were innocent children <br />Which they accept without a thought. <br />I see no reason for dissent <br /> though our beliefs are different. <br /> <br />30-Dec-07<br /><br />ivor or ivor.e hogg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/freethinker-2/