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pinerow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-05 09:09 AM
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i read an article in The Onion which gave rise to this,


Please Leave Me
Ramon Piñero 10/16/2003


I’ve just about
had it.
All day long
every day
all year long
every year.
Since time
immemorial
You keep asking
asking me
for help.

You kill
in my name
You steal
in My name
you annoint
yourself
and say
that I am
directing
what you do.

I have given
you
all that
you require;
Free will’
the most
valuable
of all the
gifts
and yet
you turn
it into
a mandate
to kill
in MY
name.



I have,
on a number
of occasions
sent messengers
to you,
Jesus
Mohhamed
Buddha
Yemaya
and too
many more
to say.

You rarely
recognize
them,
although
they carry
my message
in the
simplest
terms.

Love thy
neighbor
Murder not.
Honor
your mother
and
your father;

Murder not.
especially in
My name.
Did I
say
murder not
?


Especially in
My name.

I don’t
care about your
teams.
It means
little to
Me
who won
this game
or that
one.


I care only
about you;
after all
I made you
and gave
you dominion
over the planet
you call
Earth.

Do not
disgrace
my Name
with your
calls to
war.

Do not
invoke
my Name
as you
slit your
neighbors
throat or
let starvation
be the
order of
the day.

In case you
forgot:
It is easier
to pass a
camel through
the eye
of a needle
than for
a rich man
to enter Heaven.
No!!

There are no
Virgins
here for you,
when you
decide
to sacrifice
your life
and the lives
of innocents.

Humanity,
is
My chosen
people,
All my
chosen
people.

The Earth
is My
Holy Land.

You know
what I wish
from you,

You study
it
every
Sabbath.

Moses and
Mohhamed
told you what
I want.

Buddha shows
a path
how to get
there.

I have
no favorites,
it is not
important
that you
believe
in
Me,

for the
truth of
matter
is,
I believe
in you.

There are
no surprises
when you
pass
my way.

You cannot
understand
what
your mind
cannot
comprehend.

If you wish
to gain
My blessing
and to
receive my
Grace.

Do for others

Let no child
hunger

Do not
foul
the Garden
I have
given you.
Love your
neighbor.
Do not
kill in my
Name;
Nor should
you
ask my
blessing
before a
game

Do not
call
your
mothers
sisters
aunts
and all
the women
in your
life,
Unmentionable
names.
Then thank Me
for a
Grammy or
Oscar
They mean
nothing to
Me

You are all
My children,
I have no
favorites.

So, with this
I shall leave
you.

Spend more time
talking to each other,
and less time
praying to Me.

Please leave Me
alone,
I already know
what you want.







































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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-05 11:23 AM
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1. I have no favorite children
A beautiful poem---if people would only listen
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-22-05 02:27 PM
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2. If I believed in God
He would say things like you said in your poem. Then again I guess he already has said some of those things according to the various religions throughout the world. Hmmmmmm....
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