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The Saint --- and the Atheist

Collaboration with Marcello Eans The Saint... Sometimes I question the choices & decisions I’ve made. Is this another fad that will eventually fade? Do I follow my own heart or rebel against man, Exercise free will or is this in God’s plan? My family’s disowned me because I’ve chosen to believe. What crime have I committed for the punishment received? I confess strongly without shame or guilt. A participant in life, this is the hand I was dealt. God exists. He’s evident in the air that I breathe. He sits high, yet I feel closer to him down on my knees. I star in my own movie, God’s featured a lot. I have faith… I don’t need to see heat to be hot. ...And The Atheist I, too, have been cast out by my own sisters and brother, Just because I don’t believe the same as the others. I have no faith in the world of spirituality. It’s a simple matter of science to me. I see people every day that believe in a god of some form. I just don’t think that there’s only one way to conform. I have to see and touch this way of life. Just like you, I take care of my children and wife. I work hard for the money I make and the food I provide. I shouldn’t have to defend my beliefs to those outside. In my life, many good things have happened, and some bad. Just like you, I grieve for the loss of a loved one, I feel sad. I, too, feel happiness, sorrow, anger, and pain; so you see… When you get right down to it, we’re the same, you and me.

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Date: 8/23/2022 12:12:00 PM
These are very thought-provoking pieces which I have found to be very interesting, Philip. Thanks for sharing them here.
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