Snobs mind us off religion
nowadays if they can.
Fuck them. I wish you God.
Les Murray
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=219
I don't fully agree with this excerpt of a peom by Australia's Les Murray (a Roman catholic). But I do agree with its emotion. Everyone needs to believe in God. It is a ballast by which to build one's life.
Some people believe in the God of money, others the God of relationships, some the God of power. They may have other idols as well of course. On the weekends they might worship at the alter of unrestrained pleasure, or perhaps like me they light a candle for chess, dry wine and good conversation.
It is pointless arguing against religion and god. Nobody believes (nor disbelieves) because of sterile arguments. People believe because they have to believe.
Wouldn't it be better if people believed in a good God, one who represents the best man has to offer? Wouldn't we be better off believing in this than letting the flatland void continue to suck the spirit from our 'developed' societies? A civilisation where people commit suicide because they are lost, desperate, hopeless, friendless, drug-fucked. Godless.
We need God to comfort us. I've heard of suicide bombers, but they are the exception that proves the rule. People are so pathetic in the West that they even kill themselves when they lose some money. We should be ashamed of our civilisation.
God is who you make him.
We could do better. No, we must.
Let us do our best.
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