true need

we are led by example.

at an early age,
most of us are taught
Christian ideals.
we are taught to aspire
to the example set for us
by God.

if God can wipe out
the majority of humans
with a flood,
why can't we?

if God can sacrifice,
maim, and destroy people
in the name of good, why can't we?

we don't worship peace or love,
we worship vengeance and greed
and justice according to a set of
made up principles.

we are led by an example of
hurt and suffering.
but if there is an omnipotent
being that created the universe,
then that being would be free
of fear and hate and anger
because nothing could exist
outside of itself.
it would literally be one
with all things.
there wouldn't be a reason
for jealousy,
for mistrust,
for justice.
that being would always be aware
of what was happening at all times,
under all situations.

wars have been fought for imaginary beings.
children have died at the hands of blind faith.
countless people have starved for this
'greater good'.

at some point we're going to have to start
believing in love, or we will die at the hand
of hate.

some day we're going to have to put away
old tombs and rely upon compassion and
mercy
and observation.
for our survival, we are going to have to stop
being slaves to an irrational teaching from
a Creator made in our own image,
and aspire to become something greater than
ourselves.

but as long as there is greed and want that trumps
true need, we're are doomed to repeat
the same mistakes
as the One who undermines
our beginnings.