some friends were asked do you believe in God in science i believe one replied --this bringing up a thought that science makes a piss-poor deity, heartless and fierce another retorted the universe is the grid the spaced-out non-answer of the acid-head another spat they believed social justice reform this under a one-world government eye a concept of God would only get in the way of worshiping human achievement as god it's always astonishing how much clap-trap is used when a simple yes or no would suffice religious drivel and metaphysical leaps with political propaganda diatribes the pseudo-scientific philosophizing trips the excuses, the binary issue dance-around in squandering time with "the maybes" a wasted life
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B. K. Neifert
February 22, 2022 at 6:16 pm
I couldn’t have said it better myself.
Yes, I believe in God. I believe in Jesus.
Brian Peter Hodgkinson
February 22, 2022 at 6:20 pm
you caught my acrostic
B. K. Neifert
February 22, 2022 at 6:34 pm
I think I just interpreted the Logos of the piece. I felt like the question was being asked.
The only acrostic I see, is “Some” the first two letters making the beginning of the next verse. Am I right?
Brian Peter Hodgkinson
February 22, 2022 at 8:35 pm
Look at the poem Crossing Every Border for the acrostic
B. K. Neifert
February 22, 2022 at 6:38 pm
I’ve been looking over your poetry; you’re very skilled.
Brian Peter Hodgkinson
February 22, 2022 at 8:34 pm
Thank you for the compliment
B. K. Neifert
February 22, 2022 at 6:17 pm
P.S.
I’m in the same boat. I’ve looked at all the Gods humans worshipped, and I found only one was ever really any good. So, I hope and pray on Him.
Brian Peter Hodgkinson
February 22, 2022 at 6:19 pm
Pray on
B. K. Neifert
February 22, 2022 at 6:29 pm
You’ll find Him too, one day.
Brian Peter Hodgkinson
February 23, 2022 at 3:26 am
He found me 😀
B. K. Neifert
February 23, 2022 at 9:22 am
Good. That’s usually how it happens.
B. K. Neifert
February 22, 2022 at 6:40 pm
I really like this piece. I’ve read in your other poetry you’re a skeptic, but being skeptical of what idols people create, such as science, the universe or social justice… I like that. I think it’s very wise.
Brian Peter Hodgkinson
February 22, 2022 at 8:33 pm
Thank you for your thoughts
Brian Peter Hodgkinson
February 23, 2022 at 3:27 am
We are all skeptics if we are wise
B. K. Neifert
February 23, 2022 at 9:31 am
It’s often been one of my problems, is that I’ve never been a skeptic. I believed in Santa Claus until I was about eleven. When I found out he wasn’t real, I asked my dad about God, and he said, “No, God is real. And don’t you forget it, or else you won’t go to heaven.”
I’ve also had direct revelation from God. Seen miracles. I guess skepticism isn’t a luxury for me. I’ve always known God by having faith like a child. I’ve seen Him in many ways. It gets me in trouble a lot, because I make a lot of intuitive presumptions. But, normally, given enough time on a particular thought, I can find the root of it.