God

 You pray to your savior with fervent conviction

You ask for his mercy, and his jurisdiction

And does the lord answer your prayers before bed?

What does he whisper into your head?

When you look at the people who don’t share your view

What does the lord tell you to do?

Does he tell you to judge them

And put yourself above them?

Does he tell you to hate them

Revile and berate them?

Does he sanction a war, does he tell you to fight?

Does he tell you to kill them, and say that it’s right?

Unyielding faith; what is it for?

Conquest and power

Murder and war.

You call it faith and truth is implied,

And every religion parades it with pride

And though your tenuous tenet is no better than their’s

You have no room for doubt

And that is what scares.

And still this strange devotion persists

People talk about God as if he exists.

People pray for redemption; they pray to their Lord

Treat others like dirt and expect a reward

The churches have power, influence and wealth

They prey on the needy; take them by stealth

These are the foundations

On which they are built

Fear and repression

Tyranny and guilt.

With soft smiling faces you talk about love

And endlessly prattle about the gift from above

The gift seems to only be self satisfaction

And pride in your heavenly interaction

This is no truth: no constructive advance

This is a coup and you’re part of the dance

Judgment, fear, hatred, exclusion

The tools of the righteous, a righteous collusion

Hysterical fervor and ingrained belief

To hide from ambition, self worship and grief

You talk about god, you praise the lord

You truly believe in eternal reward

You believe that the way into heaven’s gate

Are the funds you relinquish when they pass the plate.

God is the catalyst for hatred and pain

To justify atrocity in his holy name

How many people must suffer and pay

Before we finally put God away?