Curtis Johnson Poet Prose Poetry

What If

An older brother once posed some “What If?” questions to me.                                                                           My brother said to me, “What if you give your whole life to a God                                                                                    that does not exist?”  My brother is among many who pose all kinds                                                                        of  “What If?” questions and other notions such as these:

No God; No devil; No heaven; No hell
No heaven to gain; No hell full of pain
No angels to help; No demons to harm
No Adam and no Eve; No serpent to deceive
No man made from dust; No God living inside of us
We all simply bite the dust; No final destiny for any of us
Everyone lives and everyone dies; No judgment day and no one fries
We simply finish the race; There’s nothing to face
The world keeps moving and turning,                                                                                                                                                     and people keep killing and burning
Today, we eat, drink, and be merry                                                                                                                             Tomorrow, there’s no Mary or Jerry
The Bible was written by man                                                                                                                                      It's impossible to understand
Anyway, what is truth?                                                                                                                                                  Who needs absolutes? 
I then said to my brother, “If it be true that God does not exist,                                                                                   I would have lost nothing; but if it be true that God does exist,                                                                                 then you would have lost everything.” So, my parting questions are:                                                              What if He doesn’t? What if He does? Are you sure? Are you self-insured?
07172015Contest, The Atheist, Anthony Slausen; 10P

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Line Gauthier December 6, 2018 at 7:50 PM Well penned, Curtis. Congrats on your well deserved win. Great wrap up.

Diane Christian July 18, 2015 at 1:38 PM good write, we know God is real, keep paying for your brother, Jesus says believe in me and you and your household shall be saved Amen pray him into the kingdom he will get there Curtis Johnson July 18, 2015 at 5:21 PM Thanks for your comments Diane. My brother has since passed on, but he found Christ before he died. GBU. Curtis.