Monday, November 16, 2009

THE UNEXAMINED LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING


THE UNEXAMINED LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING


I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME IDEAS WITH YOU
NOT TO ARGUE
ARGUMENT SELDOM WORKS
EXAMPLE DOES

BUT I DIGRESS

MOST OF US WERE GIVEN OUR FAITH
AS SPIRITUAL PABULUM
WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
WE NOW NEED THE MEAT OF ADULTHOOD

BUT I DIGRESS

I WOULD LIKE FOR US
TO SHARE THESE IDEAS
AS ADULTS

IF UPON PONDERING
YOU FIND YOUR IDEAS ARE RIGHT
YOU’VE LOST NOTHING
YOUR FAITH
IS REAFFIRMED

IF ON THE OTHER HAND
YOU FIND YOUR IDEAS ARE WRONG
GOD GRANT YOU THE GRACE TO CHANGE

HOWEVER
IF YOU FIND YOUR POSITION IS CLOUDY
AND UNSURE
GOD GRANT YOU THE GRACE TO BE CHARITABLE
AND WITHHOLD JUDGMENT

ARE WE NOT IN SOME DEGREE SODOMITES
THE SEXUAL ISSUE ASIDE
ARE WE NOT IN SOME DEGREE SODOMITES
HAVE WE WELCOMED THE STRANGER IN OUR MIDST
OR WISHED HIM HARM
OR WORSE
NOT SEEN HIM AT ALL

EZEKIEL SAYS OF SODOM
THEY WERE ARROGANT
OVERFED
UNCONCERNED
THEY DID NOT HELP THE POOR
THE NEEDY
THEY WERE HAUGHTY
THEY DID DETESTABLE THINGS

OF ALL THE VICTIMS
OF ALL THE SINS OF THE WORLD
WILL THE HUNGRY
DECRY SEXUALITY

IS IT SO HORRIBLE A SIN
THAT CHURCHES FALTER

WE TALK OF GOD’S PLAN
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO GOD’S PLAN

THE HUNGRY DON’T HAVE IT
OR THE HOMELESS
THE REFUGEE
THE UNEMPLOYED
THOSE TRAPPED BY POVERTY
THOSE MADE TO GROVEL
TO SURVIVE

ARE WE NOT ALL IN SOME WAY SODOMITES
AND SHOULD NOT CHRIST
SHAKE THE DUST OFF HIS FEET
AND LEAVE US


FRANK A VOLLMER

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