Feint Praise
I really wish that I believed in God.What comfort it must bring, to know His love!But Im afraid I find it rather oddto contemplate this Being, up abovewho (although powerful beyond belief)requires His...
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Refreshing! But "homo sapiens" and "ad nauseam" don't come close enough. The lighter the treatment, the better it's gotta rhyme. And what's the "om" for?There are picky things that could be said about...
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Hi Grady,an "unbeliever" sonnet hm? From the metric point of view your 2 starting lines are swell. The content sounds rather bitter, "rantlike". What the poem says is "there can`t be comfort" with...
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Hi Grady,The title leads me to think this must be some sort of tongue-in-cheek thingo. Just trying to see if you can get a rise out of anyone? If you're serious, I guess I'd be hard-pressed to say I...
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I think, unfortunately, that the various criticisms are all pretty apt. It's true that I was playing a little -- but only a little. Essentially, I wanted it to be taken seriously. (I considered...
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Grady,I enjoyed this intellectual stab at the Almighty.My suggestions are simple things:I would put the comma after "above", instead of after "Being".I'm not sure you need the parentheses, when commas...
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Grady...I think I get the intent.These lines are grabbers:What kind of hyper-ego would give griefto ant-like creatures who wont play His game?Those who believe in that "God" portrayed here are...
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Hee hee hee! I'm so tickled by the irreverent subject matter I'm not sure I can be objective, but what the heck -- I got a huge kick out of this. I like the clever title, the natural and unpretentious...
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Hi Grady, I got the same impression as Rich did...referring back to "om-ad nauseum' ~ expressing too many to mention. I actually perceived this as the narrator is someone who believes, but has...
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If I'm not mistaken, the first commandment forbids one from worshiping idols. As I see it, any religion based on Judaism is required to be fundamentally atheistic. The god you describe certainly is an...
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