Most of my life I was there,
Going to church,
A church where Jesus was,
Was there as the son of god.
This all changed,
As where was that god
When my wife suffered,
Suffered for so long.
So I forego christianity
And a weight lifted from me,
I saw that all organised religion
Was just a farce.
I walked into the Chapel,
A Unitarian Chapel
And there I found new life,
A life where god was there,
Or god was not there.
The belief that we had the right,
The right to seek truth,
Truth and meaning within us,
Finding from self-experience
The way to go forward.
Within a community
Each having their own beliefs,
The own beliefs or doubts.
Our own individual liberty is enjoyed,
Where self-integrity is better,
Better than a pressure to conform.
A place where I have found a way,
Found a way to look further,
Further into my life
Without beliefs forced on me,
Forced on me by organised religion.
I know that my god and my spirit exist,
Exist within me,
And they are My God and My Spirit.
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Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (
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I see it was formed in Transylvania. Must be better than Rome.
It was formed in Poland and England as well 2781 and it caters for all.
Andy
God bless you.
As he does!
I will agree that 'religion' is the problem, or one of the problems. It's why I prefer to label my poems 'spiritual' and not 'religion'.
Good words Orchi, organised religion is a farce.
Andy
It sounds like a reasonable religion.I think we all seek meaning in different ways.Well written poem.
Si true David, thank you.
Andy
It brings war and hate, I believe we should all take faith in what we believe in, and would never take away the beliefs of others it's just my own reflection and observation that I as a non believer believe. lol I shall now go back to Limbo. Brilliant subject dear Andy, peace and love dear friend. ❤️
So very true Teddy, we must all believe in ourselves, thank you for your kind words.
Andy
I too feel that religion is more of a problem than a gift. Even the symbol of Christianity supposedly defied the religions of the time and as far as I remember never organized a formal religion simply using his followers to spread his teachings. A write I can identify with Andy.
Very true soren, organised religion will not accept any other way of life and that causes so mnay problems in our world.
Andy
Unitarianism: the "church" where you can believe anything EXCEPT the Gospel of salvation through faith in Christ.
But Ralph Waldo E. is still a cool poet !
They believe Jesus existed but was not the son of god, we all look to our own gods.
Andy
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