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FRACTURED FREEDOM Uniformity, isolation, false faith, and suppressed individualism are all breeders of compassionless attitudes, dangerous selfishness, apathy and fascism. Truth can be easily shadowed by ceaseless flag waving or Biblical misinterpretation. Freedoms rapidly disappear when obscured by obduracy. Only oppression can be reaped when seeds of religious rhetoric are planted, just as ignorant bliss is born of narrow mindedness. Truth is eternally veiled and to be uncovered it has to be sought. Unquestioned authority can only spawn submission and has always been the paradigm for slavery. Refusal of scientific evidence is the nourishment of communistic, militaristic and fascist societies, opiated by denials of truth. Without options all civilizations become selfishly stunted and inevitably silenced by the slow progression of self-serving and destructive inequality. Freedom is merely the tolerant embrace of alternative thought, while singular thought closes the door to learning and advancement and is the producer of repression. Only open minds can enforce liberty. Fractious minds are conquered by selfless sharing. To believe God has a chosen few is to reprove that very belief in God. To believe heavenly rewards are earned and not learned is to be blind to all of nature. When Communal relationships with God become more important than our personal ones, are we not misguiding ourselves? The road to peace on earth is constructed by communication among those we disagree with, while the closed mind and insensitive heart are the parents of fascism and insidious killers of freedom… |
This Poem was Critiqued By: Carolyn Minsker On Date: 2004-12-07 07:18:39
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 1.00000
Amen.