Random Chance, Or Divine Expanse

So many leave the fold of traditional religions
   Bristling at all their manifold restrictions
Mustn't eat this, shouldn't drink that 
   Always cover your head with a hat

What they say is little doubt very true
   Based on the now-popular point of view
Wherein after this world came into being
   All of life's random chance, with no foreseeing

So if we're nothing but tiny specks of sand
   If there exists no grandiose master plan
Then all those 'Don'ts' don't mean a hill of beans
   Rather, let's eat and drink to satiation, by all means

But if the sweep of sun and moon and planetary stars
   If ocean, forest and desert, the cosmos near and far
Begs us ascribe the universe to intelligent design
   Then to follow the Designer's rules, is by no means asinine

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Date: 7/12/2019 9:45:00 AM
I am truly in awe of the Great Creator, and live my truth in honor of him. This poem shows your faith, and it is good.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 7/12/2019 10:55:00 AM
I like the ambiguity in your comment: Either the poem is good, or my faith is good-- or perhaps both! Thank you, ma'am! :) gw
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