Man born of dust, woman born beneath his chest,
upon knowledge of a hominine god did they digest,
you blamed all but yourself for their wonder,
you created curiosity, yet they met your sunder,
and though you punished serpent, yet not devil,
you permitted him free to roam at Earth's level,
you cast them out and they left upon the morrow,
when you sealed the entrance, did you feel sorrow?
To children your own became you ruthless and vile,
but I only wonder if you did it all with a smile,
you forsake heart and brood for a Table of Nations,
for all exempt Noah and his there was no salvation,
then fretting the Tower of Babel and ambition of man
you confused words and scattered them at world's span,
in the land of Shinar you acted in manners unclear,
in this time of undaunted men, did you feel fear?
Blessed Abraham sought you out and he sought to believe,
and you repaid him in kind in a son you sought to bereave,
still though he fell short upon your request to delay,
but neither he nor I could know what you felt that day,
murderous Moses rose up and followed plague at tenfold
and led your chosen ones through Red Sea uncontrolled,
given he a solemn list of laws, as there were many,
and he destroyed the golden calf, did you feel envy?
Not until your human incarnation, or your son some say,
did you feel regret and allowed our sins washed away,
yet forsaken are those before his coming and time,
still, he inspired hope and love by words sublime,
but he was doomed from the start, you needed a symbol,
we are fallible, yet he was not, he was unforgivable,
a duality to your nature, human doesn't imply humane,
you put on quite a show that day, did you feel vain?
Validation not an objective, risk is more your game,
wherever you are, you're the king of hermetic fame,
but personally, I'd do the same and hide from truth,
I'd bedevil the simple and inflict fear into the youth,
but my deism is found opposed, not all feel this way,
for some go so far as to parade their love's display,
"the heart has reasons which reason knows not of,"
Pascal spoke with full intent, did you feel love?
Beneath this scope you're scrutinized and humanized
and so therefore I feel for you and I empathize,
so I wouldn't think apathy in a deity such as you,
but I beg that you just show me the means to construe,
I know deep down that you've seen the duality in my being,
perhaps my faith is hope that you're seeing what I'm seeing,
but if you felt those emotions, those human traits,
then, God, I must ask you, do you feel hate?
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holy freckin crap yo!!!
thats amazing!
i mean...im atheist..
but totally open to religion...
i find it interesting and intriguing...
this is beautifully and very intelligently
written.
i love how you bring up so many points
of how the "just" God has been so unjust
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ummmmm this is pretty damn good...very intersting points you've bought up here.
I have to say that I agree with alot of what you said...if God exist why is there hate in the world...does he have the same emotions like us?
These are alot of good questions and ideas you bought up
Thanks for entering...loved the piece
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I definitely hate god sometimes, I think hes ok with that. I think he hates too. Great write, really intelligent.
Creatress
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Man was created in God’s image. God really exercises all the affections ascribed to him in the Bible.
The Bible ascribes love, hatred, anger, repentance, grief, compassion, indignation, abhorrence, patience, long-suffering, joy and every other affection and emotion of a moral being, to God.
He must feel, or he is not virtuous. Virtue cannot consist in the mere abstractions of the intellect, but belongs to the heart.
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well...i have to say that hate is not a human emotion that God ment for us to have. When Satan tricked humans into sinning, thats when the "hate" that we know today came into the world. "Hate" as we know it is Satans emotion.
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If God didn't deny his own hate there wouldn't be a Satan.
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I'm not so sure "hate" should be only associated with Lucifer. Originally Satan was an angel and member of the divine council. Beyond that, he had no control or any ability to create. When he rebelled, I can't believe that he "created" evil and hatred. There had to be emotions already there for him to embrace. Satan didn't create those emotions. Love would not exist without hatred. Good has no meaning without its comparison to evil. If hate came about from Satan tricking Eve into sinning, then technically God is part to blame. If you give a child a gun and they shoot someone, aren't you to blame as well? God created curiosity, love, and hate. I really do appreciate the feedback though. I hope this all didn't come off as cruel or an insult, wasn't my intention. But thank you very much for commenting and for the applause.
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oooh This is awesome. I mean the writing it self is a work of art, but then theres the meaning to. What a bonus. I have often asked many of these questions. As for the last one I feel pretty comfortable saying, he or they most definitely hate.
This is a phenomenal write.
Creatress
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I'm really quite speechless. This is beyond words.
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PS Is hate really a 'human emotion' - I don't think so. I can't explain why- in my opinion human traits are only those which were meant to be. But then again, there is a type of hate- IE hate for injustice that God did experience, and that we all should experience. But it is not hate as is the warped type of hate that we often see in our world.
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Thank you so much for the wonderful compliments. I felt I should put the meaning in the author's notes because I can see this causing misinterpretation, though you grasped it quite well. So thank you. As far as my feelings on whether or not hate is a human emotion, I would say yes. That doesn't mean though that I think it is a good one. But without hate, love would not exist, would have no meaning at all. Without dark there is no light. So my point was if God can love, then God can hate. But I don't hate God, and that wasn't my point at all. Thank you very much for your honesty and your feedback. Very appreciated.
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wow- this is the best so far. I wonder if this is a prewrite? If not, I am completely impressed. This must have taken an extraordinary amount of effort.
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Blessed Abraham sought you out and he sought to believe,
and you repaid him in kind in a son you sought to bereave,
These lines... I am curious - do you mean that Christ came from Abraham's line or what? -
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No, this was when God asked Abraham to sacrifice his son for him. The following line tells about God stopping him just before he did it:
"still though he fell short upon your request to delay,"
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Wonderfull
Absolutely awesome. You did a magnificent job..I realy don't know how to explain how much I like this poem, but I realy do think it's great...
Kaitlyn
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