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Postby Liv » Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:34 pm

    Doth behold the power in him?
    Bow before the blade of fiery sword which loves us.
    Do his bidding in his eyes.
    Form yourself, and to him- give your life.
    Abide the law of which he gave.
    Justify yourself by doing things his way.
    Follow this path & you shall excel.
    Fail him not, or go to Hell.

    Many ministers, and others are all wrong.
    They preach a path that's easily found.
    The road is rough for where you're bound.
    Do it now or later take what is left...
    and burn in Hell with eternal death.

    Determine the path that you've found.
    Make sure that it's straight & not that of round.
    Take your life and take a Chance,
    for with your faith; death won't make a stance.
    You must not be scared, just keep your faith;
    life be quick, but not a race.

    Take your money and take your wealth,
    for where you're headed the door mat says welcome to Hell.
    For I have other hopes, and faith in my God
    Choose differently & in Hell you'll rot.

    For he has realized we will wrong.
    Forgiven, Forgotten, Forever is the Lord's song.
    We are on trial, every second of everyday.
    Sinners we are, yet we say we trust and obey.
    God is the final judge in life's court.
    Divided we will be when he begins to sort.
    Then at the end the verdict is read,
    and those without faith will once and for all be eternally dead.

    My message is near end, one which was intended to scorn.
    This is a message for all the living and all who is yet born.
    In the end only one shall be.
    One race, one people, our Christian God they shall see.
    Men & Women equal in body in mind
    Some day; the races shall all combine.
    Soon near this day our armageddon shall come-
    and at the end, 144,000 shall be our sum.

    Now at completion I give my moral.
    Love God for yourself, and always be loyal.

I think the author does a spetacular job of summing up some common beliefs and feelings among conservative Christians...

The question, I have for you is who wrote it?
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Postby A Person » Fri Oct 24, 2008 2:23 am

Liv wrote:
Doth behold the power in him?
...
The question, I have for you is who wrote it?

I give up. Your father?
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Postby Liv » Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:52 pm

Me. Glimpse inside a young Christian Liv....

I found my childhood poetry folder.... I used to keep... I thought it was lost... and saw this....

Oh how things change....
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Postby Matt » Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:57 pm

it rhymes....sometimes.
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Postby Liv » Fri Oct 24, 2008 2:15 pm

I was 8... I think I had just learned poetry didn't necessarily have to rhyme....
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Postby Matt » Fri Oct 24, 2008 2:20 pm

makes one wonder how different someones thinking would be in another 20 years.
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Postby A Person » Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:01 pm

There does seem to be a recurring theme of Hell. That clearly made an impression on your 8 year old mind.
The stick rather than the carrot.

I was at a campout with a youth group and one young (8 ish) kid burned himself on the campfire, his bastard mother told him to remember the feeling because it would be nothing compared to the eternal pain of Hell.
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Postby SouthernFriedInfidel » Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:15 pm

Liv wrote:Me. Glimpse inside a young Christian Liv....

I found my childhood poetry folder.... I used to keep... I thought it was lost... and saw this....

Oh how things change....

I was going to say, it reminded me of stuff I wrote while I was in high school. It's funny... you write stuff that you think is really profound, then 10 years later all you can do when you find it again is shake your head. :mrgreen:
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Postby Liv » Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:34 pm

I still think it's profound in many ways.... While guided by religion... a lot of the piece was aimed at towards racism, and the fact many who thing they're righteous are really not. Those who think they follow religion, really don't. I'm sure some of the sediment would be echoed by BHL.

I always saw the separate races as something for us as we get over our non-religious beliefs to combine (literally) and our genetic offspring being one single color...

Clearly race has always been a big issue here in NC... and it was always a concern.
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Postby SouthernFriedInfidel » Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:40 pm

Liv wrote:I'm sure some of the sediment would be echoed by BHL.

See, this is why paying attention to spelling is a big deal. "Sentiment" makes more sense here (I think), but "sediment" could (barely) be applied here as well. Confusion reigns. :twisted:
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Postby Liv » Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:57 pm

Yes... Spelling has never been my strongest attribute, but it has gotten better.... :(
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Postby SouthernFriedInfidel » Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:09 pm

Liv wrote:Yes... Spelling has never been my strongest attribute, but it has gotten better.... :(

It's strange. My sister also SUCKS at spelling. But my mother heavily influenced me to do reasonably well at spelling. I never figured that one out. Might be a genetic thing... :think:
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Postby Liv » Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:11 pm

Sadly I'd say my spelling has improved 2 to 300% with the invention of spell check.
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Postby BecauseHeLives » Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:15 pm

Liv wrote:I still think it's profound in many ways.... While guided by religion... a lot of the piece was aimed at towards racism, and the fact many who thing they're righteous are really not. Those who think they follow religion, really don't. I'm sure some of the sediment would be echoed by BHL.

I always saw the separate races as something for us as we get over our non-religious beliefs to combine (literally) and our genetic offspring being one single color...

Clearly race has always been a big issue here in NC... and it was always a concern.


It was a nice poem Liv. And profound indeed.
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Postby SouthernFriedInfidel » Fri Oct 24, 2008 7:16 pm

Liv wrote:Sadly I'd say my spelling has improved 2 to 300% with the invention of spell check.

A tool like that often leads to laziness and rather strange results. Sadly, there are no DWIM* units available for those things. :mrgreen:

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