The honest philosopher is rewarded with poison; the hypocrite is rewarded with power.

perhaps faith is neither choice nor submission
perhaps faith is a demand
for our pain to have meaning
for the stories of the world to rhyme
for a world designed by a loving hand

perhaps I will believe with defiance
in the forgiveness of all sins
in the kingdom of god on earth
and even
the resurrection of the dead

I will believe with clenched fists
and gritted teeth
and prayers that refuse
to be gentle

Identity has no meaning without society, and society has no meaning without the individual.

You, sir, are a moron of the highest order.

God appears, and God is light,
to those poor souls who well in night,
but does a human form display,
to those who dwell in realms of day.