I 'must believe' in something to be <br />Saved, so I've been told, <br />And practice all those rituals <br />Passed down from days of old, <br />Conform to thoughts conceived by men <br />Two thousand years ago, <br />The followers of Jesus, Buddha, <br />Krishna... So and so! <br /> <br />Then once I've made my choice I must <br />Resist all other faiths, <br />And war with each heretic, spill <br />Their blood, malign their race, <br />Aver that only my belief <br />Will take us to the stars, <br />While all those other foolish folk <br />Head to some place like Mars. <br /> <br />And all this on the words of those <br />Who trod the desert plains, <br />Who never saw an aeroplane, <br />Electric light or trains, <br />Knew nothing of the Internet <br />Or travel into space, <br />Who muttered superstitions round <br />The campfires of their race. <br /> <br />Our lives are fraught with peril as <br />Fanatics roam the earth, <br />Who seek to kill and maim us <br />By the values of their dearth, <br />No matter what I think, believe, <br />Or what man has begun, <br />The universe will plough its way <br />In circles, round the sun! <br /> <br />2 February 2010<br /><br />David Lewis Paget<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/religicide/
