{"id":2584,"date":"2016-03-06T12:23:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T12:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=2584"},"modified":"2016-03-06T12:23:58","modified_gmt":"2016-03-06T12:23:58","slug":"dogma-must-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/dogma-must-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogma Must Die"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Immanuel
\nThe death of dogma is the birth of morality.<\/address>\n
~ Immanuel Kant<\/address>\n

Dogma, dogma, dogma\u2026 it must die
\nFor it is not faith that makes men fight
\nBut rather the belief, unerring
\nThat they alone are right.
\nIts not enough to know God
\nOr to love him and say your prayers
\nBut is how you say them, in the public eye
\nAs you try to avoid disapproving stares\u2026<\/p>\n

Some men debate at length the dogma
\nWhether or not Jesus was divine
\nOr if or not original Sin
\nWas on your soul at birth and mine.
\nFair enough if you want to debate
\nAnd agree to disagree
\nBut the trouble starts when they suppress
\nThose they accuse of heresy.<\/p>\n

For those who agree not like them
\nPreach a belief they think not true
\nAnd to keep people believing their version of truth
\nCreate murder and terror they do.
\nHave no false Gods before me
\nThe first commandment says
\nYou can look at that commandment
\nIn many different ways.<\/p>\n

No man has the right to say what God wants
\nThe Good Book it is a guide
\nFor God, as YWEH is unmentionable, unknowable
\nSo it is the sin of pride
\nTo look down on another
\nIf at ritual or prayers he is not the same
\nEach man finds his own way back to God
\nFor life is but a flame<\/p>\n

And the body a frail candle
\nThat gives a blaze that is flickering, at its max
\nAnd the body a melting withering shell
\nAs the candlestick of wax.
\nAll men know God
\nA little \u2026 and that is why
\nNone can say they speak for Him
\nSo Dogma\u2026 it must Die!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The death of dogma is the birth of morality. ~ Immanuel Kant Dogma, dogma, dogma\u2026 it must die For it is not faith that makes men fight But rather the belief, unerring That they alone are right. Its not enough to know God Or to love him and say your …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[2701,524,2702],"class_list":["post-2584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moral","tag-dogma","tag-faith","tag-immanuel-kant","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-FG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1960,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/before-we-forgot\/","url_meta":{"origin":2584,"position":0},"title":"Before We Forgot","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"24th June 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Before we forgot Thanks to dogma preached We worried not If sacrament we had reached Before sharing each other Neath the skies above Loving one another Truly making love In time churches clutches faded Once more we were free To love as love is And was meant to be But\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Love Poems"","block_context":{"text":"Love Poems","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/love-poems\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"All Hallows Eve - Sketch in Kilkenny by Edmund Fitzpatrick","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/All-Hallows-Eve-Sketch-in-Kilkenny-by-Edmund-Fitzpatrick.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/All-Hallows-Eve-Sketch-in-Kilkenny-by-Edmund-Fitzpatrick.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/All-Hallows-Eve-Sketch-in-Kilkenny-by-Edmund-Fitzpatrick.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":901,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/gates-to-the-gods\/","url_meta":{"origin":2584,"position":1},"title":"Gates to the Gods","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"22nd December 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Gates to the gods, the people flocks, To worship at the waters pure, To leave tokens, offerings there... 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