Think Before You Damn Gods Name

I dont believe much in a god maby more than one but idk my belief system is weird if your interested feel free to ask but regardless you shouldnt blame him so i figure i'll stand up for god

You say god is cruel

Sadistic

An evil man

You give him these titles because he allows for

Rape, torture

Murder of children

Burning of men

For poverty, for death by disease

For allowing our souls to burn for eternity

In the fires of hell

Then fine blame him

Get the guilt off your chest

But if you wanna damn god

Damn him for giving us free will

For that’s the cruelest thing he did

For he didn’t rape the women

Or slaughter the child in cold blood

You did

He never burned a man

His own son

At a cross

You did

He didn’t make the homeless man poor

Or refuse the sick man the operation of life

You did

He didn’t damn your soul to burn forever in hell

You did

You made the choices

He just gave you the chances

He gave us free will

Allowing us to be so cruel

So remember this

The next time you wanna damn god

He made you in his image

He loves you enough to let you make your own choices in life

An after you make all these sins against him

He forgives you

So who is so cruel now…

You can always point the finger

But there will always be three pointing back at you

Author's Note

lemme kno what you think i am unsatisfied with the title so if you got a better one lemme kno

Reviews

[Theresa]

Well said. I agree with you on every word. God does not make the choices. People make these choices. He is not responisble for what people decide. Great piece. Really enjoyed it.

[DBURKE]

I love this poem!!!! He did not create the problem we did_ yes; but God is the blame for our short comings and failures- so they say. The wiser we become as humnans the stupider. If God thought anything like us we would all be dead and I love the authoritive voice in this poem. Great poem and I agree with every word

[spence]

I'll begin with my title suggestion hippy. I'd call this one 'Free Will' or something similar as the title sounds far more evangelical than the poem actually is.
As to the subject matter- I'll begin by telling you up front that I am a staunch atheist, though I have no animosity toward faiths of any description- I actually greatl appreciate the spiritual and ethical truths of religion I just don't believe in the existence of a creator. I also reject the human interpretation of God's will...war, prejudice, terror, inquisitions, etc, et al. If you can live with that then we'll get along just fine! ; )
With that in mind, the topic makes a lot of sense to me. I have a problem with satanists, agnostics and the like that blame God for the human folly you speak of.
The poem itself rants like a righteous mantra against such ill informed, (and idiotic), belief systems and I'm with you all the way- except for the God bits!
I think it's a sad reflection of society that people always look for someone to blame rather than doing anything about it.
Despite differences of perception and belief I really like this poem and look forward to reading more of your words, take care and thanks for the friend request...it'll be approveds asap, spence

[Stephen Scaggs]

Dear Hippy,

Thank you for your reviews on my pieces. And I will make changes when I get time. God is a very controversial subject that will ultimately separate you from what people like or dislike, but it's good that at your age you are not afraid to be honest to others about your conviction that you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

To the poem: I think this could have been laid out better and in stanzas to help create a better flow. You need to get used to grammatical things. If you want me too, message me and I'll edit this piece and message you with the typos and put it in stanzas; but anyways, I didn't think the title fit with the poem but it's a good poem enlisting a superb theme. Flow is a little off. Repetition and rhyme are good to always add. Really good depth like always. Visualization. The kind that causes the reader to be ensnared and read through it.

Anyways, there is always room for improvement on everyone's part; just keep writing and ignore what society will say about you because you do have a talent for writing. :P 9.3/10.

Sincerely,
S. W. Scaggs

[The Last Poetic King]

I enjoyed it throughout man. very good. i think we should make a song of something like this. but with the main ideas not exactly the same. but you understand.

[there is no more from m..]

this was a grate poem well done :) i liked it :)

[Poeticpiers]

I could not disagree with how you feel Free will can be a curse or a blessing.
but its human nature to look for somebody to blame.We don't accept responsibility for our own actions. I believe in the Law of Karma which deals in perfect justice whether you believe or not

[The Perfectionist]

This reminds me very strongly of a song I heard the other day called A Letter From God to Man. You seem to be channeling the artist with this poem, and while it's not quite as passionate as the song was, at least it gets the point across equally clearly. Human beings like the idea of zero accountability, and it's no surprise that a guy that doesn't fight back is the biggest scapegoat of all.

By the way, you've got an extra L in there. You say 'orl' instead of 'or' at one point.