Bathwater

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Religion is the ultimate counterfeit of God

 Seemingly innocuous

Sometimes attractive

But always a Trap

Selling the tasty treat of Belonging

Which our Souls so crave

Which is meant to be found in God

Not rituals and regulations

It is a sideline

A deadly detour

Derailing us

Distracting us

From

Deity

Well meaning atheists

and waylayed agnostics

were right to reject 

this ersatz nonsense,

In their intelligence they saw it

for what it was

Failing only to compartmentalize

the counterfeit from the Creator

Thus the Baby

Born in the manger

Got thrown out

with the 

Bathwater

Leaving
Otherwise
Wise men
Defrauded

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Counterfeit--made in exact imitation of something valuable or important with the intention to deceive or defraud.

One Thing

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See me

 Scraping and clawing at your word 

Trying desperately to find the metaphor 

Which makes sense 

of my existence...

 My failings,

 My agonizing misses

 My utter lack of character

 My Self 

It is here

 In the middle of this crazed kerfuffle

And not in some pious white washed prayer time

You meet me

You gently take my chin

You reel my gaze back in to meet Yours

And to look

Instead

For You

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"One thing is needed..."

Luke 42:10, 12