Gunmonk
12-25-2007, 5:02 PM
I wrote this all on christmas day, I think it sums up most of my arguments towards atheism, religion, and the world. Plus I think it is an interesting twist on Nietzsche's previous works... sux that the world had to wait the better part of a century to get the sequel though.
indentTolerance screamed the man… “Tolerance” Tolerance he cried as he coughed up blood. He lay at the gate destitute, barren without hope. The mad man knew not what was next; he’d been thrown into the asylum upon his discovery that God was dead. They taught him to be tolerant, because in a society with no God there had to be a way to keep humanity from destroying itself. Unfortunately, the madman could only sob, God wasn’t dead… was he? Surely they had not become that powerful… had they? Maybe it was religion itself thought the madman. At nightfall he would go out from the asylum and preach in the town square saying “God is not dead… it is only religion that has died. Religion has died as a result of an accident… a stray bullet.”
indentEvery night the crowd would throw stones, the priests, nuns, imams, Krishnas, Scientists, and monks would only watch laugh and ridicule him saying “You fool, it is best this way… Tolerance is the only way that we will preserve ourselves.” As rocks were hurled at the madman he retorted to the clergy “And what of the truth? Is there any to be given?” The clergy only replied “The truth is not tolerant… the truth will not let us live with freedom… lies are better to live by.” The Clergy came to say one by one their truths the Scientist said “Truthfully there is no God” The Priests, Nuns, and Imams “There is a god but we don’t agree on his nature” the Krishna “I am God” then finally the monk only spoke “I have not found him”. Each day the clergy would leave… and because of their new found tolerance they each would go to their respective places… The priest to the Laboratory, The Scientist to the Chapel, The Nun to the mosque, The Krishna to the convent, The imam to the monastery, and the monk to the commune where he took all they had. The madman could only watch as every Sunday the scientist would offer a sermon, every evening the nun would lead in evening prayers, The Imam would go every day in the knowledge of God and would eat pork or whatever there was to eat, The Krishna would teach the nuns that they themselves were God, and the monk would take all from the commune saying God could be found but not in the midst of those who thought they were God.
indentDay in and day out, the madman watched this… he preached the same sermon that it was only religion that was dead not God, every day rocks were thrown, every day insults were hurled. Despite this new tolerance society still crumbled and was sick with the plague of humanity. The crowd grew suspicious of the madman who kept preaching the same sermon; the crowd said “where is God now? Where is he in Africa? Where is he in the Tsunamis, earthquakes, and wildfires?” The madman only answered “He is not there because you like religion are dead to him” the clergy heard of this their mouths gaping at such an erroneous statement the scientist started “Who are you to say God exists but won’t stop disasters?” the madman retorted “who are you to say he doesn’t exist?” the scientist replied “I am a scientist” the madman laughed at his argument. The Priest “Disaster is a result of nature, God, if he is still alive, doesn’t care about us” the madman saw his opportunity and took it “what makes you so sure of this?” the priest looked at the madman quizzically and said “I know of science I worked in a laboratory” the madman only laughed and said “does that make you a scientist?” the priest only rose a middle finger to the madman. The Nun took her chance “I am God… and I can stop it through cleaning our environment” the madman looked and thought for a second “and what makes you sure of this?” he asked sarcastically, the nun said “I am God” the madman asked one more question “why are you God?” the nun answered “because I exist” the madman dismissed the nuns fallacy and kept preaching. The Krishna took his turn, “God requires our solitude for him to act” the madman thought of the Krishnas response and asked “if God requires solitude how is it that we are created?” the Krishna had no answer except only to spit at the madman’s feet and walk away. The Imam, now fat with pork, answered “Humanity must save itself because I have not yet found Allah” the madman took his chance and asked “how must humanity save itself if God is dead?” the Imam knew not the answer to the madman’s questions and he turned away to pick up a stone. The madman expected the monk, the monk however was too busy peddling material goods and profiting greatly to pay attention.
indentThe clergy all yelled “HERESY” and threw their stones. They all hit the madman, as the stones hit; the madman fell off his stand, and broke many bones. The crowd joined in and threw more stones… as he lay there dying he still preached “Go ahead preach tolerance and strike your neighbor! Is this the new tolerance?” the crowd replied yes, the clergy stopped turned to one another and started throwing stones at each other. The madman knew it was too late, he only hoped that others would soon understand. Years later the madman was remembered only by very few, society eventually collapsed in upon itself, tolerance was no more, and that day… Babel fell.
indentTolerance screamed the man… “Tolerance” Tolerance he cried as he coughed up blood. He lay at the gate destitute, barren without hope. The mad man knew not what was next; he’d been thrown into the asylum upon his discovery that God was dead. They taught him to be tolerant, because in a society with no God there had to be a way to keep humanity from destroying itself. Unfortunately, the madman could only sob, God wasn’t dead… was he? Surely they had not become that powerful… had they? Maybe it was religion itself thought the madman. At nightfall he would go out from the asylum and preach in the town square saying “God is not dead… it is only religion that has died. Religion has died as a result of an accident… a stray bullet.”
indentEvery night the crowd would throw stones, the priests, nuns, imams, Krishnas, Scientists, and monks would only watch laugh and ridicule him saying “You fool, it is best this way… Tolerance is the only way that we will preserve ourselves.” As rocks were hurled at the madman he retorted to the clergy “And what of the truth? Is there any to be given?” The clergy only replied “The truth is not tolerant… the truth will not let us live with freedom… lies are better to live by.” The Clergy came to say one by one their truths the Scientist said “Truthfully there is no God” The Priests, Nuns, and Imams “There is a god but we don’t agree on his nature” the Krishna “I am God” then finally the monk only spoke “I have not found him”. Each day the clergy would leave… and because of their new found tolerance they each would go to their respective places… The priest to the Laboratory, The Scientist to the Chapel, The Nun to the mosque, The Krishna to the convent, The imam to the monastery, and the monk to the commune where he took all they had. The madman could only watch as every Sunday the scientist would offer a sermon, every evening the nun would lead in evening prayers, The Imam would go every day in the knowledge of God and would eat pork or whatever there was to eat, The Krishna would teach the nuns that they themselves were God, and the monk would take all from the commune saying God could be found but not in the midst of those who thought they were God.
indentDay in and day out, the madman watched this… he preached the same sermon that it was only religion that was dead not God, every day rocks were thrown, every day insults were hurled. Despite this new tolerance society still crumbled and was sick with the plague of humanity. The crowd grew suspicious of the madman who kept preaching the same sermon; the crowd said “where is God now? Where is he in Africa? Where is he in the Tsunamis, earthquakes, and wildfires?” The madman only answered “He is not there because you like religion are dead to him” the clergy heard of this their mouths gaping at such an erroneous statement the scientist started “Who are you to say God exists but won’t stop disasters?” the madman retorted “who are you to say he doesn’t exist?” the scientist replied “I am a scientist” the madman laughed at his argument. The Priest “Disaster is a result of nature, God, if he is still alive, doesn’t care about us” the madman saw his opportunity and took it “what makes you so sure of this?” the priest looked at the madman quizzically and said “I know of science I worked in a laboratory” the madman only laughed and said “does that make you a scientist?” the priest only rose a middle finger to the madman. The Nun took her chance “I am God… and I can stop it through cleaning our environment” the madman looked and thought for a second “and what makes you sure of this?” he asked sarcastically, the nun said “I am God” the madman asked one more question “why are you God?” the nun answered “because I exist” the madman dismissed the nuns fallacy and kept preaching. The Krishna took his turn, “God requires our solitude for him to act” the madman thought of the Krishnas response and asked “if God requires solitude how is it that we are created?” the Krishna had no answer except only to spit at the madman’s feet and walk away. The Imam, now fat with pork, answered “Humanity must save itself because I have not yet found Allah” the madman took his chance and asked “how must humanity save itself if God is dead?” the Imam knew not the answer to the madman’s questions and he turned away to pick up a stone. The madman expected the monk, the monk however was too busy peddling material goods and profiting greatly to pay attention.
indentThe clergy all yelled “HERESY” and threw their stones. They all hit the madman, as the stones hit; the madman fell off his stand, and broke many bones. The crowd joined in and threw more stones… as he lay there dying he still preached “Go ahead preach tolerance and strike your neighbor! Is this the new tolerance?” the crowd replied yes, the clergy stopped turned to one another and started throwing stones at each other. The madman knew it was too late, he only hoped that others would soon understand. Years later the madman was remembered only by very few, society eventually collapsed in upon itself, tolerance was no more, and that day… Babel fell.