Religion - Opium of the People

We pray to some
Imaginary divinity
Who to reality has no affinity
While we commit atrocities
And genocidal crime
In the name and in defense
Of the 'divine'.
To many it may
Never have occurred
That such behavior
Is patently absured.
If there be any gods above
To watch and see,
They'll say:
'What fools these mortals be.'

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2006 Alfred Charasz