1. A Poem:

Jesus loves me, yes I know
Cause the Bible tells me so
That is all I need to hear
And so I know I'll never fear
Nothing else is in my head
Except a book by guys long dead
Science isn't telling me
What I can and cannot see
I never, ever take a look
Since I only own one book
Jesus is my only thought
When others ask me what I've bought
I’d rather pluck out both my eyes
So that I can't see the lies
That Science tells us are the truth
I think that Science is uncouth!
Telling me that things fall down
And how a cricket makes a sound
And how planets spin around the sun
And how the gears in watches run
I do not need to hear the facts
I only need religious tracts
And prayers to our Great Lord above
Who blinded me with Bible Love
It feels so good to be so dense
To live behind an iron fence
To shelter fragile minds from truth
(Indoctrinate them in their youth)
Feed them tales of God above
And all of His undying Love
And how he put things in this place
Plain as the nose there on your face
That seem to say that He's not real
That's just the lying Science deal!
He put them here to fool us guys
When we try to use our eyes
We know better, yes we do
Science is at best, untrue
At worst a strange Satanic plot
To show what is real, and what is not
Why should we care what is real?
We still have the Christian deal
Believe in God, at any cost
And look to others like we're lost
Hope for God to make it clear
When the Rapture cometh near
With nonbelievers left behind
You'll all be sorry that you whined
Of how we're descended from some beast
(I don't believe it in the least)
“No Thanks” I say to Science stuff
I think that I have had enough
Of facts and reason, Truth and Hope
I'd much prefer to be a dope.

Brian at 3:36PM on Aug 20th 2007

2. Obama has the best response. Gavel had the worst. And Brian's poem summarily dismissing the power of prayer/God/religion shows why the religious right freaks out every time a democrat runs for political office.

Neill at 4:38PM on Aug 20th 2007

3. I kinda liked gravel's... it was so deep in wisdom that most of you didnt even get it. I have said this before to others, that is I think Gravel is ahead of his time, he is a visionary, and a frustrated utopist whom most courageously is taking on the freight train of human stupidity...
That is to say, he wont work for president becouse of the people's fault, not his faults, well maybe his lack of being able to express himself a bit more eloquently. A bit; cheezy, but if he ever did express himself properly with those ideals, he would probably go nuts and like Van Gogh, die misunderstood and loved forever as a symbol. Hat tip to you Gravel, may your heir use that wisdom more wisely.

Mani at 8:55PM on Aug 20th 2007