the world is full of contradictions and superstitions there is no peace without war no love without hate no god without hell the church is full of contradictions and benedictions manufacturing evil commodifying good selling holiness and truth for ten percent total income it’s easy to indebt the weak when salvation is the prize contradictions become sacraments in the pews jesus said walk on water instead i was dunked they say there is no freedom without guns no wealth without kings no power without racism no women without abuse to get the good embrace the bad and for a people who claim to follow a perfect creator of an ordered world they are quick to swallow these lies because otherwise their god would be evil or unable act and there are no hymns for chaos or a faith irreparably cracked they say grief has no place on solid ground christians ignore the baptisms that drown and if i could choose just one true contradiction there would be no god until they raze their religion
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I’ve just read Luminaries by RS Thomas and, like your powerful poems, I’m praying that those of us who recognise abs lament the contradictions in our church institutions will not allow our faith to be tarnished by them 🙏 and continue to believe in God’s loving purposes
🔥🔥🔥thank you for this.🔥🔥🔥