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[sid] => 88344
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => Believe
[time] => 2005-03-22 13:07:56
[hometext] => **Somebody told me that he believed in a God because, if he didn't believe in something he felt no point in living this life. In fact, he told me that he would rather die and end his suffering for various reasons. He inspired me to write this...
[bodytext] => I've seen things your biased mind will never know felt pain so horrible, I didn't think I could heard stories of of unfair, undeserved suffering But place judgement on you? I never would Don't expect me to believe in your christian God Not that naive, I'm too cynical to be I have my own beliefs and my own reasons I won't let you asses me, I don't care if you agree As one whose grown up neither jaded nor ignorant not removed from, nor enveloped by despair I'll tell you I believe in something bigger, something higher although I will not waste my time on prayer I believe because if not, where would you or I be? there must be a point to living this life Would not death be easier, to end all the suffering, to bleed it all out by the edge of a knife? I feel I must believe, even as women are battered and while children go without a home even though in this world the innocent suffer this world where the villains are free to roam this is no story book fantasy, no tale no hero to arrive at the end in his glory the most bitter part of living today is knowing that I can never change history With the knowledge that the past is untouchable that even if I died it would always remain I need to believe and push forward, to have spirit to have faith that I don't live this life in vain And I hold close a constant hope for the future because I know I can change what happens here I will live with memories of sadness forever but as my happiness grows, I will hold them near [comments] => 1 [counter] => 170 [topic] => 62 [informant] => unbreakable [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => spiritual )
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