Maybe To This You’ll Agree

You tell me that I must consent

To a book you say God has sent,

And firmly believe it to be

God’s revelation to humanity,

And that if this claim I reject,

I’ll then just have to expect

To be sent by God off to Hell,

In its fires forever to dwell.

To your ranting, what can I say?

You may believe what you may,

Even what I see as foolish lies

Couched in seemingly ‘pious’ guise,

But since I know they aren’t true,

I’m just not going to follow you.

Along with this, I’d like to add:

For you, I truly feel very sad,

Made to believe from childhood

In what I clearly see as falsehood,

Wasting thus almost all your life

In beliefs based on lies and strife.

No wonder your life’s such a mess,

The reason is not hard to guess:

It’s mainly the beliefs you hold,

That’ve caused you misery untold,

So, this to you I would advise:

Drop at once all those lies,

From false beliefs be set free,

Maybe to this you will agree.