“He” Does Not Work In Mysterious Ways

"He" cannot command us to place no other god before Him and to smite those who do

It is not god who stirs our passions and pits us to the death against each other, in "His" name

There is no god under whom t"His" one nation remains indivisible, despite our pledges

God did not say to be fruitful and overrun t"His" earth like some terrible plague

"His" word does not bid us to war upon those adopting a different creation myth fantasy

"He" cannot condemn to endless suffering those who live well, but in ignorance of "His" word

"He" does not command us to destroy the environment merely out of simple greed

God did not say we should spend endless hours publicly politicizing abortion

"He" does not smile down upon the fruition of "His" plan for tax-deductible church ski vacations

No living god speaks to us through the moldy prophets of any bible or koran

Our so-called savior does not demand of us an ever-increasing defense budget

"He" will not come and counsel us personally in times of difficult political decision-making

"He" cannot guide us through the emptiness that will once more envelop all of us

"He" does not wait to tally our sins before the baroque gates of some fuzzy heaven

There is not a God who could even falsely promise salvation for only those who believe in “Him”

"He" has not notified any chosen people of their selection, either now or in our past

God does not throw "His" support behind any conservative evangelical movement

"He" does not bless us with the slave labor of the poor in far off heathen lands

"He" did not watch omnipotently with clucking tongue as we fell into original sin

"He" did not offer up what we called a son from some illiterate virgin to save us

The word is not even a human interpretation of some actual divine revelation

"He" does not work in mysterious ways, for "He" is not there to do any work at all

Your pompous costumes and righteous edicts do not spring from "His" commands

Demanding that God Bless America at the end of all your canned speeches says it all

We are created not in "His" image but surely from ashes to ashes, and dust to dust

Your scowling, brooding, vengeful, mullahs are only filled with poisonous myths

God never said that women should stay covered, barefoot, ignorant and pregnant

Preserving purportedly holy sites does not alter the utter baselessness of our beliefs

God did not say to take dominion over all the so-called lesser creatures of "His" earth

"He" did not implant only in us a soul that we might alone among all creation worship Him

"He" does not listen to the selfish prayers we squeak from our corporate religion warrens

"He" do not stand on our side in these foolish struggles with which we fill our short lives

There is no heavenly balance sheet holding your so-called sins and virtuous acts

They have no right to grant you a tax-deductible eternal salvation plan in "His" name

God did not say to franchise "His" word by milking the poor to build useless temples

It is not true that we are unable to toss out these dusty beliefs and re-invent them once again