tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28989945.post-19189866204064139042007-12-27T13:49:00.000-05:002007-12-27T13:49:00.000-05:00Save us, God, who don't believe in you,<BR/> Save us from the multitudes who do.<BR/>Save us, who just want a little peace,<BR/> From those who worship you, without cease.<BR/><BR/>Save us from those Holy Lands<BR/> Where descendants of nomadic bands<BR/>Wrap their heads in holy towels<BR/> And pray to Y*W*H, without vowels.<BR/><BR/>Save us from those faiths Abrahamic,<BR/> Whether Judaic, Christian or Islamic.<BR/>Save us from every hegira<BR/> Whether it starts in Mecca or Palmyra.<BR/><BR/>Save us, God, from Christians' anger<BR/> When we won't display their babe in a manger.<BR/>Save us from Muslims' wrath<BR/> When we follow not Muhammad's path.<BR/><BR/>Save us from those orgies of piety<BR/> That religiously follow every calamity.<BR/>Save us from every minaret and steeple,<BR/> Save us from every Chosen People,<BR/><BR/>Save us from the armed Muslim, Christian, and Jew:<BR/> Save us uncircumcised dogs, us unchosen few.<BR/>Save us from the crusade, the jihad, the pogrom,<BR/> Save us from wise men who are dumb.<BR/><BR/>Save us from all those believers<BR/> Who express their faith with cleavers,<BR/>Or who, with orders direct from heaven,<BR/> Fly into buildings in a 747.<BR/><BR/>Save us from televangelists with visions,<BR/> Save us from unmedicated Pat Robertsons.<BR/>Save us from zealots straight from hell,<BR/> Save us from bin Laden and Jerry Falwell.<BR/><BR/>We don't want you as our co-pilot,<BR/> We don't want your terrorists either;<BR/>Instead of all this religious rot,<BR/> What we really want is a breather<BR/><BR/>From God-Bless-this and God-Bless-that,<BR/> From General Sharon and Chairman Arafat,<BR/>From mullahs, rabbis, and popes<BR/> From Taliban sharp shooters with scopes,<BR/><BR/>From Massad agents with Bond-like flair<BR/> Who assassinate Palestinians in their lair;<BR/>From Palestinians who stand and wait,<BR/> Holy time bombs, wired by hate.<BR/><BR/>Save us from all sectarian strife,<BR/> Save us from that religious life<BR/>Where the individual neurosis<BR/> Gets collectivized in psychosis.<BR/><BR/>Save us, God, we unchosen few,<BR/> Neither Muslim, Christian , Jew,<BR/>Save us from your followers true,<BR/> But save us, above all, God, from you.Robery Forreyhttp://www.positiveatheism.org/mail/eml8736.htmnoreply@blogger.com