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The Silk Demon

These people make me sick These false prophets These religious money pits These well dressed demons of deception Nothing but Con artists Liars Purveyors of pure sacrilege Pretending to offer you salvation Offering you the comfort of the lord For a price Selling you a seat in heaven The more you pay the better your accommodations Religious travel agents Without their blessing You’re doomed to be left behind You wont get into heaven Without your donation I myself believe in religion Support all religions They may be different in their views and customs But the end goal is all the same Eternal peace But these people are different They to, Want peace… Your piece My piece And anyone else’s piece they can get Their goal is simple Fleece the flock Sell them promise Sell them an eternal ticket Guarantee them eternal bliss For a price Sell them anointed hankies And blessed books Promise them wonderful lives With their religious looks They are the one-armed bandits of the new age With a bible in one hand and a credit card machine in the other We take Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover But no checks please We need your “prayer” right now Not in 7-10 days These people make me sick There are so many of them Saying they represent God Flashing 800 numbers Requesting your “prayers” Which will only be “answered” As long as credit card is valid Are people that dumb? I mean really that naïve? Do they really believe? The cheap suits Silk ties And piss poor acting of sincerity and caring Do they not see the obvious? Are they truly blind? Do they want to be spiritually slaughtered? Do they not remember the one very important rule? You never have to pay to pray! All God has ever asked of anyone is their faith Time, is your most valuable asset It is what you have the least of in life And this is what you pay to God Your time devoted to him and your faith in him Wake up, before it’s to late You don’t have much time left Spend it wisely Spend it on God Eric (and sometimes not)

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 7/17/2018 5:01:00 PM
Less time than most realize. They used to eat at me too. Nice one Eric.
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Eric Nolan
Date: 7/19/2018 7:33:00 AM
Thank you FJ and you are right it is less than most realize much less than some of us would like.
Date: 3/31/2009 5:20:00 AM
I really like that L'nass, "God is not a commodity" how simply stated and correct. Equally sad is peoples ignorance to that fact. Thank you for the insight it is most appreciated.
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Date: 3/31/2009 4:29:00 AM
Most of the people involved really know what it is they do ... if only they understood that they need not act from guilt ... Jesus offers pardon freely, nothing to be bought. God is love is not a commodity of the market place, it is a free acceptance of the heart, love and blessings
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Date: 1/9/2009 7:06:00 PM
I would have to agree with you Yoni on people being miserable. I just never realized to what depth. I just get really cranky when I see these idiots on TV and the people giving their childrens college fund to them. Just makes me ill. As always thank you for your input I find your insights most enlightening.
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