BELIEF

BELIEF


BACK WHEN THE WORLD WAS SMALLER

ISRAEL WAS THOUGHT
TO BE A GREAT NATION
A FAVORITE OF GOD

IT WAS EASY TO SAY
THOSE WHO DIDN’T BELIEVE
WERE CONDEMNED

WHEN HE WAS WRESTLING WITH SCRIBES
WITH PHARISEES
WITH SADDUCEES

WHO WOULDN’T BELIEVE
FOR MANY REASONS

AMONG WHICH WAS LOSS OF POWER

BUT SOME IN CONSCIENCE
DID NOT BELIEVE
WERE THEY CONDEMNED
I THINK NOT

A LOVING GOD
RESPECTS A MAN’S CONSCIENCE
WHEN HE RESPONDS
TO THE WORD OF GOD
WRITTEN IN HIS HEART

NO MATTER WHAT NAME HE GIVES GOD

A RELIGION
THAT DEPENDS ON LITERACY
WHEN SO MUCH OF THE WORLD IS ILLITERATE
IS A CONTRADICTION





A RELIGION THAT FAILS
TO LIVE UP TO ITS OWN PRINCIPALS
IS A CONTRADICTION

A RELIGION THAT KILLS
TO PROMOTE ITS CAUSE
IS A CONTRADICTION

MEN HAVE SOUGHT LIGHT
AND ENLIGHTENMENT
IN MANY FORMS

THEY HAVE SOUGHT GOOD
AND THE BETTERMENT
OF THEIR SOCIETY

CAN A GOD THAT SAYS
I WILL OFFER MY SON
AS A RANSOM
BECAUSE I LOVE THE WORLD

CAN SUCH A GOD CONDEMN

WHEN THERE IS NO FAULT TO BE FOUND
EXCEPT IGNORANCE

FRANK A VOLLMER