BAR RULE #1

Satan
does not fear televangelists
and fundamentalists as his
destroyer or successor , just
lesser imps worthy only
of a pat on the head and a
"Go get 'em tiger"
because they make his job so much
easier

They have forgotten
the gentle nature of faith
and believe they are
doing their God's will so blindly
and that
makes them dangerous

Faith, is simple
It is accepting something purely
despite all evidence to the contrary
Faith is round
and malleable
It is just as easy to hold tight
as it is to share

Belief
is where it gets tricky
Belief is sharp
It is angular, shaped
fire forged and folded a thousand times
unbreakable
You either grab it by the hilt
or take it in the neck
This is not piety
but pride

I live less than one hour
from the Devil
But that might be giving
Focus On The Family
a little too much credit

We
are so many hours from Topeka, KS
The nest of Westboro Baptist's



Spitting King Snake,
Freddie Phelps
He may be poisonous, but
lacks the savage intelligence
of the Morning Star

These petty demons
have stolen the air of a God
they claim to serve and use it to
broadcast hatred in the name of a Christ they
could never hope to emulate
and for Christians, y'all seem really obsessed
with the Old Testament
Whatsa matter, fellas?
Does all the love and forgiveness of the New
fucking bore you?
Not enough wrath and brimstone?
Have you forgotten "Let he who is without sin..."?
If Time has shown anything, its that the lot of you
have enough bones bouncing behind locked doors
to hold a fucking barn dance
It is not enough that you ruin people's lives
but can't even give them the decency
of a quiet burial

So, gentle men
Quit crying that you
are the easy target
If you truly believe that, then
climb down off that cardboard cross
wipe the bloodied bulls eye off your chest
It is not stigmata, no matter how much
you wish it to be
It was the fire forged spikes
the sharp, unbendable spear
that did Jesus in
What brought him back from the pit
was his unending faith in his father's plan
for humanity

So,
Freddie Phelps, Ted Haggard, Jimmy Swaggart
and Jerry Falwell, who I pray
is tending his own little half acre in the hell he believed in so much:
If I have offended you
and you truly do follow the example of Christ
then I ask you to prove it
and forgive me