I am tired of people who quote the gods <br />And spoil their children with their rods. <br />Sweet little innocents threatened with flame. <br />Surrounded by elders all taught the same. <br />Unquestioning faith is the name of their game, <br />Fearing their gods, whatever the name. <br /> <br />Narrow minded fear haunted men, <br />Shame haunted sex with enslaved women. <br />Being ‘good’ out of fear of imagined gods’ hate, <br />Seeing death as reward instead of just fate. <br /> <br />Be good out of goodness, and for goodness’ sake. <br />No gods are there waiting, and no flaming lake. <br />Life, one to a customer, is there to be tasted. <br />A life lived in fear, is surely one wasted.<br /><br />Paul C. Maybury Jr.<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-atheist-s-polemic-for-monotheists-of-the-bigoted-kind/
