Balance
Perhaps people will argue with me
saying that's your interpretation
But I did not write the bible
Thou shalt not kill
appears to me means
we should not kill anyone
I don't know how you can
interpret it any other way
It did not say
you can kill people
if it's for God
it said Thou shalt not kill
I did not write it
the God you say
you believe wrote
the ten commandments
The parable of the talents
I believe tells to invest Gods money
the Church believe
that bringing people into the church
building Gods Congregation
is what he meant
by investing in talents
but God said
He didn't like people
wasting his money
The one that simply
buried his talent was punished
I did not write
that parable of the talents
that was, the disciple's
repeating what Jesus told them
He said he could be
a hard and cruel master
So I don't think
I'd like to face him
having spent his money
the parable of the good
samaritan also come from the bible
and every Christian
was supposed to follow
the word of Christ
and look after their neighbors
like the Good Samaritan
So the Church being
Gods representation on earth
were supposed, to look after the people
they were supposed to help the poor
Monasteries in the fifteenth century
new about crop rotation
they knew how to keep the ground
healthy they could have helped
The poor in Scotland
build productive farms
build arts crafts and products
and make sales to feed themselves's
Instead, they took the tithe
and used it to buy feather beds and luxury
With great power comes great responsibility
The church taking Gods Money
Have a responsibility
to follow the words of God
Thou shalt not kill
should stop the wars
Investing money could
overcome climate change
creating work for the unemployed
worldwide would overcome poverty
I'm not a chemist but
if we take hydrogen out of the Ocean
to make Hydrogen gas for cars
we would be releasing oxygen into the air
Releasing oxygen into the atmosphere
help to repair an ozone layer made
of three oxygen atoms linked together
I'm not sure if burning the hydrogen
would intern release atoms that again
linked with the oxygen atoms
to again create more pollutions
you have scientists that have ideas
Ideas and knowledge better than mine
teaching people to become investors
linked with their ideas could create companies
to overcome the problems of the planet
The Greenies are right we need the trees
Australian people are right we need to stop fires
we need balance
Copyright © Bernard Barclay | Year Posted 2020
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