A Sermon1
Your God is dead. Through the blatant manipulation of your holy texts, ye who sought a cosmic remedy for your mortal dilemmas has slain He who ye held so very dear.2
Why the cries of outrage now? Those who wrapped themselves in visions of divine justice, doth ye see the deserted rivers, void of the flood God once held back with His hand alone? You who sit in your seats and tremble, not at the supreme power o’ thy maker, but at the shredding truth that blazes a trail through your papier-mâché beliefs. Ye who cower in thy “hip threads,” thousands of dollars wasted on looks and social standing that could have benefited the houses of thy Lord, the stick-thin Jesus who once died for your sins now clutches his chest in agony, as you drive bullet after bullet into His Son’s chest, a religious drive by.3
However, if you think my rage directed, if you think the Divine cosmos’ rage directed at one religion, you delude yourselves yet again friends. For whose who would send themselves to the afterlives in a blaze of destruction, igniting a funeral pyre that consumes the weak and innocent, they will not ascend to their Heavens. Instead, they will be cast down into the darkest pits of Hell, where the traitors trust no one, and the martyrs are ensnared in the center of their suicidal detonation, forever suffering the obliteration of atoms and cells, of skin and nerves.4
In this man’s eyes, there are no innocents amongst the religious sects. All are at fault, either for instigating destruction or lying down at the feet of demons, pleading for a nibble of compassion, a sliver of mercy sprinkled atop a venom-laced dessert. Yet those who make pact with demons shall rest in sewers and unmarked graves, decimated by the forces they so blindly put trust in. All are damned; all are guilty in the eyes of their gods.5
Author notes
I did this for my English class and got to present it. It was very fun. Enjoy. With a sword of hope. High Priest.
For a man's first sermon, whaddya think?
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I'm guessing this isn't meant to be taken seriously, but it's too religious for me anyways >.<
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I'm guessing you did quite well on this in your class? I haven't gone to church since I was seven-years-old but still I recognize the metaphoric and linguistic briliance in this peice. The grammar, spelling, structure, everything was spot on. Truelly breath-taking. I think you hit a lot of important points in this about society and religion. A truely great sermon.
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Interesting... Made a nice read
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Interesting. This was well constructed and written.
I liked it a lot.
I'm trying to decide whether it's supposed to be takn seriously or as a satire.... lol
Nice Work.
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I think this is wayyyy to deep for me. Thanks for sharing it tho
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Very very good. Nicely written and very well construted. I enjoyed it right from the beginning to the end and the bit about money being 'so important' is brilliant. I liked all the descriptions and it flows very well indeed. For a man's first sermon, I think this is excellent. Superb imagery and I liked the last part. 'All are guilty in the eyes of their gods.' Most condemning. Extremely good, and very well written. Brilliant job!
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OH wow, Very nicely constructed!
I really thought that I was reading something from the 18 hundreds...
I hope you got a good grade =]
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Very powerful use of old language and an important moral message at the centre. I enjoyed reading it.
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wonderful read. it really brings out the stagnation and hypocrisy so often seen by those most vigorously claiming to be religious. the use of modern concepts, like "religious drive by" and cowering "in thy 'hip threads'", gave a little bit more push to the story, making note that these are modern problems existing now and not in some distant past. i almost skipped over reading this piece, if not for the opening sample. once again, wonderful, flawless read and ingenious opening. gets you hooked, and keeps you on the line.
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Great work! First paragraph is definitely the best and that is what caught me in here. Overall I liked this piece, it has a good balance of the message for the reader, good style and awesome vocabulary.
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That first paragraph was amazing!
"Your God is dead. Through the blatant manipulation of your holy texts, ye who sought a cosmic remedy for your mortal dilemmas has slain He who ye held so very dear."
You are stepping through the threshold of a very touchy subject but I think you carried it well with your well-crafted imagery and brilliant satire. Your grasp of the English language is superb, but I would try not to be overly verbose constantly, it can be intimidating for some readers.
Keep up the good work, you have definate talent!
- CC
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Good satire. Would work well for a contest I'm currently running. Nice work! I hope you got good marks for this!
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I have to say that this reeeally sports a major superiority complex. Not everyone is like that, you know. Real people have good hearts. Those hearts may become corrupted, but that's not their true nature at all.
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Well...I didn't really like this piece. I agree with Nokia wolf, this sounds an awful lot like your bashing a religion. I'm a christian and I don't really like to respond to these types of stories. Bashing any religion isn't great, but to each his own.
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It sounds as if ure bashing a religion and that isn't good I think. Because most people don't like that. Hmm..but you did manage to so called "vent" their thoughts out well...but still...Bashing a religion isn't that awesome.
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This sounded very bible like or sermony, you did a good job on that. This is why I don't read bibles or go to church though, I can't understand a darn word lol. I'm not quite sure what your trying to express here. Most people got out of it that you are bashing religion. Maybe that is the case and I am way off, but personally this seemed more directed to the hypocrisy of some of the people that follow the relgions. That they preach and push their beliefs, yet they sin and do corrupt things even though they know it is wrong, then beg for mercy only when they realize that punishment will come to them. Not that I'm putting down anyone that follows a religion (please no hate mail lol), but I think anyone can admit that there are a lot of hypocrits when it comes to religion. Anyways, I think this was nicely written even if I couldn't really understand it.
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To be honest, I couldn't see what side you were on, and I generally don't get that feeling (of course I'm leaning to against God). The speech context made it original. And (if your on the side I'm assuming) while I don't agree with a word of it, it was good nonetheless.
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I didn't really understand much of it, but what I did understand I took as a huge attack against religion. I guess you're entitled to say what you want, but I think I'll have to respectfully disagree with a lot of it.
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Well, I like this quite a bit. I understood it well and knew what you were talking about. Very good job here ^.^
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I so agree when you said on the last paragraphh that all are at fault. That really got me thinking. I think that you've done a wonderful job
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Who do you think you are, Nietzsche? Do you feel smart now? You're entitled to your opinions, but try expressing them without coming off completely pretentiously. There's really not much substance here, you just took your little vendetta against religion (for whatever reason: parents divorced, nun abuse, uncle Joe touched you) and tried to make it sound deep and intelligent. It's not.
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Your God is dead
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I liked the presentation and your grammar. Exact like a old-fashion stuck up preacher. Old Testament religion was exactly hellfire and damnation but too many go for this bs cuddly god.
Its amazing that some people swear the bible is somekind of ultimate truth when everyother text older than 200 has been 'reinturpretted'or flat out changed. The Seven Deadly Sins, for example were changed into the oppression of the meek they are now from the original restraints on the wealthy they were intended as.
I agree with you whole heartedly but I think it might be safer to let you take the soap box. -
depressing
that was pretty depressing sounding. I'm all sad now and it's the middle of a school day, oh well not much different then how I was at the beginning of the school day. Keep up the good work. -
I would not want to sit in on your lectures. Oh My Goddess, that was intense. Scary intense.
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I'm glad you enjoyed your presentation. I'd be interested to know what the teacher and fellow students thought of this somewhat controversial topic.
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