Life can be strange indeed. I, for instance wear many hats. I am a husband, a father, a grandfather, a Christian, not a Christian, a musician, a poet, an Intra faith proponent, an artist, a worship leader, a sinner, a naturalist, an evolutionist, a skeptic, a scientist, a creationist.......... etc....... .Generally, I question everything, and I happen to think that that is healthy. So, for instance, to make my point here, when I am a poet and I wish to express a concept or a string of thoughts, I can at times feel restricted by say, the Christian hat, or the scientist hat. It should, however not be that way. I should be free to express myself without constraint, should feel free, because we have freedom of speech, or do we? Do you get what I am getting at here? Any comments would be appreciated.
To add something else here, some time ago now, I was reading about Zen Buddhism, and I liked what I was reading and could identify with it. However, because in my circle of friends and acquaintances I am generally known as a Christian, I was restricted in expressing my joy and excitement about what I was reading about.
Creationism wrong?
Right on;
Shout loudly about rationality,
No room for conversation.
Faith is faith, after all,
An irrational call;
Sit in their own stench happily,
Without one sensation.
Can’t they see they’re behind,
In using the mind?
Evolutionist paint reality,
Whilst they cause an eviction.
Discussion is good,
But they have a mood;
They became arbitrary,
Upon interaction.
It takes real faith to be an evolutionist
For as you study science
The most difficult element to find
Is randomness
And if randomness is scarce;
Almost theoretical,
Then there is design
(a thought heretical)
And if there is a design
There must be a designer?
DNA is information
Coded strips of pure devotion
To the contrary of the notion
That we came out of sludgy potion
But then we need to understand
That in every place in every land
Evolution is preached as gospel truth
And if preached, it is religion
Without proof, not a smidgen!
Funny how the scientists find
That adaption of genetic kind
Was programmed in by a superior mind
Funny how the scientists find
That DNA has an operating system
A base code filled with wisdom
I just don’t have enough faith to believe
In evolution
From the "big bang" to the amoeba,
what a great surprise:
From single cell to multi-cell,
wow! - what a leap in size.
Invertibrate on to vertibrate,
amazing was the jump.
LOOK - part jellyfish, part bird,
all in one juicy lump.
Here come the happy simians,
they're a-changing all the time:
miracle upon miracle -
the ascent from primordial slime.
What makes this tale conceivable?-
Well, the evolutionist stands aloof,
and if you just have "faith" enough,
you have no need of proof.
After all, we'd be jingoistic
to give creation the nod.
It's much to simplistic
to say: " In the beginning God."
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Rom:22&23 "Professing themselves wise,
they became fools and changed the glory of
the incorruptible God into an image made like
to corruptible man, and to birds, and four
footed beasts, and creeping things."
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