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A Question of Belief

The other day in synagogue I thought to myself there isn't any God What am I doing here? But I stayed anyway Let me explain why: I - and many of you out there in the darkness are addicted to writing verse Poetry cannot be explained by reason alone Where does it come from? A whisper in the breeze can tell you that Write on, friends!

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Jesse Zerlaut

Date: 4/1/2017 9:42:00 AM

There is an understanding among some Christian circles that suggests that it's wrong to question God. The Jewish belief is that like Jacob in Genesis... we should metaphorically "wrestle" with God. I think that endears me heavily to the Jewish people.. because I want to wrestle with scripture... pick at it, pull it apart and put it back together like mechanical parts of a working machine. or "wrestle" with it.... simply to better understand it. Thank you for sharing your wonderful poem.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 3/28/2017 7:37:00 PM

Matt, I hope you truly do not believe there is not a God . Why else are we here and writing poems?

Jesse Zerlaut
Date: 4/1/2017 9:38:00 AM

I don't think he's saying there really is no God. I think he's saying that like the way poetry flows from us, that God also can not always be explained. it's not a factual thing, but a spiritual, or natural. I could be entirely wrong, but "Poetry cannot be explained by reason alone" is what caused me to draw comparison.