Atheist poem

[ngotol]

I can't find a poetry section, so I've put this in the topic it relates to. Maybe we could start one up?

 

 

If I were blind I might think like you.

It’s hard to know what’s real when you cannot see what’s true.

Must you fill the gaps in what we know with lies

Ancient and wise

Because a book says so?

 

If I were cruel I might think like you

And find myself hating my fellow human beings as you do

And all because they believe in different lies

Sad, that better thoughts can’t be had

Than planning each other’s demise

 

If I were scared I might think like you

Unable to accept that no one hears your thoughts but you

I understand that death can seem harsh and unforgiving

So, you find comfort to know

That something will be there when you stop living

[Rob_Ilir]

Nice. I only have a metaphor:In dark times the blind man is your best lead, but once the light comes you will be leading the blind.  

[Mick Bynes]

Awesome atheistic poem.  There needs to be more atheistic poems out there.

[Guest darkskyabove]

Excellent poem.

There are, in fact, many atheistic poems. The problem, for many people, is that most are written by "metal" bands.

Who Decides

And so we meet again
The dirt on our feet but then
Who knows who really decides?

In this spacial oddity
This viral commodity
The astronaut listens to voices that call

Won't you follow me down?

Breathe
As you suffer with existence

Rags and ruin of all that was human
Leeching the force of collective design
Heroes and rapists, they all have nice faces
But who decides, who defines, who draws the lines?

In this wasted miracle
The outcome so terminal
Why do we waste time on hope?

In perfect execution
Liquid and lucid
Born in the astromaut's eyes

Of hate, loathing, wonder, and fear

Breathe
As you suffer in denial

The lover and the blind man they sing their song
The pleasured and the pained pray their sins are gone
They can't reach heaven, the truth's brutal lesson
Forgive yourself, for no one else will die for your crimes

But who decides
Who decides?

- Nevermore, "Who Decides", from Enemies Of Reality, 2003

[ngotol]

Thanks for all the positive feedback, here's another I wrote as a song:

 

Verse 1:

I'm not immortal, you might have guessed,

I'm one of many, just like the rest,

We're only human, there is no god,

There's only outer space above.

I'm open-minded, but it depends,

If your theory has evidence,

I am a skeptic, I don't have faith,

I don't need jesus to feel safe.

 

Chorus 1:

I hate religion, don't preach to me,

I have to know and I won't believe,

I work with science, I trust in fact,

I work with logic and I trust in that.

 

Verse 2:

All this bloodshed, so many wars,

All this pain, with one cause,

A deity, that they pretend,

Explains what they don't comprehend.

Don't fill the gaps, in what we know,

With made-up dogma 'cause a book says so,

Richard Dawkins and Pat Condell,

Listen to them and listen well.

 

Chorus 2:

I hate religion, don't preach to me,

I have to know and I won't believe,

I work with science, I trust in fact,

I work with logic and I trust in that.

 

Chorus 3:

So if you're religious, go fuck yourself,

And if I'm wrong then I'll burn in hell,

'Cause faith and worship are a disease,

That brings the species to it's knees.

[Guest darkskyabove]

 

I can't find a poetry section, so I've put this in the topic it relates to. Maybe we could start one up?

 

If anyone's listening, I would submit that a sub-forum for art is not a bad idea.

There is much to be discussed about how art is a reflection of life. There are numerous examples of art which portray, or imply, philosophy (far more than I can attempt to cite). From my own experience, I have discovered new ways of looking at things, and been inspired, by works of art (mostly music). My signature is from a song; I'm not sure how to get more philosophical/anarchist/atheist than that.

Even my favorite philosopher took time from her "busy schedule" to write The Romantic Manifesto.

I realize that there are more "important" avenues of discussion. Sometimes it's nice to take a break from "syllogisms", "fallacious reasoning", and "facts & figures".

Even as I write this I'm forced to confront the reality that discussion of art is liable to be some of the most heated to be found.

Who are we to shy away?

I'll exit with another "atheistic" work:

The Seven Tongues Of God

Every man will ask the questions
And every man will suffer blame and loss
Every day you die a little
Understand the change
And choose your path without disdain

The seven tongues of god are in my mind
They speak to me in ancient DNA design
I have never seen god
You have never seen god

And when they speak to me and the seven tongues align
programmed to desecrate the pretensions in your mind
To further complicate I will now state
That your convictions lack definition and form

Every day there is a bleeding
Every time I watch the world slip by
Focus, the blind pretension underscoring pain
The path to solace felt in vain

The seven tongues of god are in my mind
They speak to me in ancient DNA design
I have never seen god
You have never seen god

And when they speak to me and the seven tongues align
Programmed to desecrate the pretensions in your mind
To further complicate I will now state
That your convictions lack definition

And when they speak to me and the seven tongues align
Programmed to desecrate the pretensions in your mind
To further complicate I will now state
That your convictions lack definition and form

To see the light is the purest form of reward

- Nevermore, "The Seven Tongues Of God", from The Politics Of Ecstasy, 1996