SPIRITUAL MUTATIONS: 
Some thoughts on theological shifts over time 

IN STANDARD ENGLISH:

	All religions mutate over time.
	Simplicity gets lost
    and aren't most humans blind in manifold ways?
 
	Wasn't the Noble Path to make aspirants free,
	not to bind them with rituals
	or komplex liturgy?

	Didn't Christianity first arise in humble simplicity,
	not with bishops chanting extensive creeds
	sanctioning kingships with decrees?

	Didn't Islam start as a religion of peace
	and to surrender to Allah's Will -
	not attack other views
	or issuing fatwahs to loot and kill?

	Didn't the Sikh way inspire others to Seek,
	not to create hierarchies
	or create jobs for those wishin to preach?

	Call me a heretic if you will
	but faith's a verb, not a noun
	and eventually
	all good things mutate into ill, then nil.

IN ORIGINAL ANGLISH:

	All religions mutate over time.
	simplicity getz lost
	& aren't most humans blind in manifold wayz?

	Wasn't dah Noble Path ta muck asspirents free
	not ta bind 'em with rituals
	err komplex liturgy?

	Didn't Kristianity farst arise in humble simplicity
	nut with bishops chunting extensive kreeds
	sanctionin' kingships wit decrees?

	Didn't Izzlum start az a religion ah peace
	& ta surrender ta Allah's Will -
	not attack udder views
	err issuin' fatwahs ta loot & kill?

	Didn't the Sikh Way inspire udders ta Seek
	not ta kreate hierarchies
	err kreate jobs fer those wishin ta preach?

	Call me a heretic if ya will
	but faith's a verb, nut a noun
	& eventually
	all gudde things mutate inta ill, then nil.


Anya:   Isn't this dude on dangerous ground?

Devani: (laughing) Aren't we all? Is there actually any "safe ground" in this world?

Carlos: Indeed. Moreover, in nearly all faiths there are so many streams. 
        The diversity of belief is amazing.

Brice:  (sipping a cold cappuccino) So is human short-sightedness.


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from POEATIONS: Explorations in meta-poetry by T Newfields
Summary: Some reflections on religion and spirituality.
Keywords: spirituality, mutated religion, religious faiths, social contradictions, theological shifts

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?)
Begun: 2005 in Tokyo, Japan ☆ Finished: 2024 in Shizuoka, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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