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wolfwaff
wolfwaff

Hypatia -The Last Child Of Alexandrian Thought

•true Hx accurate story • An ancient woman of greatness and legend, Second to non no rendition, Holding the highest of the scholastic head rank, In the any ancient school system Her death...

12 1 627 words
smellyfingers
smellyfingers

RELIGION

#acrostic [R] ace vs race in round-a-bout wars [E] veryones a cynic when prayers are ignored [L] ose to win in confessions all flawed [I] s my god worth fighting for and is yours worth dying for.

20 4 71 words
yikici
yikici

Unnecessary Battle

Really, I don't understand why Every man, woman, child, humankind Likes to dispute -kick up a stink In every religious battlefield God is one -most agree, so why all this silly Idiocy.

32 3 53 words
sarahgamal
sarahgamal

Religion

If I believe in "X" 2.2 billion "Y"es will perish in hell for eternity. If I believe in "Y" 1.5 billion "X"es will perish in hell for eternity. But if I believe neither, nobody has to perish at all.

34 13 53 words
smellyfingers
smellyfingers

Desert of Faith (Hallelujah)

#nightdwellers I'm a tornado spinning on life's dusty path, Churning up the debris of mirages that memories fade to last. The religious storms above me divide the pressures of histories heated love.

42 3 254 words
makovelli
makovelli

TheReligiousDrug

I've got a friend Who never used to believe in god We used to smoke weed in the evening and speak a lot And get lean at a scenic spot What a dream but he'd preach how it's weak and we need to...

6 0 237 words
katnisseverdeen4
katnisseverdeen4

THE REFORMATION: A Play Of The Church’s Tyranny and the Average Citizen’s Audacity In Standing Up To The Pope During The 15th and 16th Century Reformation

By Miscellaneous------------------------------CHARACTERS-------------------- Random Joe On Street -Have you ever been in great misery. Your freedom taken away.

8 0 431 words
blindsilence
blindsilence

Graveyard Cleric

Thought, the one thing that defines us. But you are infected by another's that tried to blind us. You think you have freedom at will. But his teachings warped you and infected.

26 4 125 words
TheCodsPollocks
TheCodsPollocks

For God's Sake!

Another little reason why I find many main-line religions abhorrent.

56 20 70 words
pthasse
pthasse

NEW WORLD: EP. 2 - Ark's Land

As I walked through the gates I saw people everywhere, going about their duties even though it was still early in the day.

10 0 566 words
Weirdwolf
Weirdwolf

Phantom

Long ago he had left his land, an outcast to his kin. Now he walked in shadows, for an uncommitted sin. He had been his people's hero, their protector and their lord.

52 21 289 words
galloramirez
galloramirez

These Consequences

I heard the words, the tribulation of her words.

8 0 235 words
Weirdwolf
Weirdwolf

Crusader

He paid the sky with a smile, a simple gift from him to the blue, as he pondered for a while, on storm clouds rolling into view.

30 7 142 words
HerLife
HerLife

I Like You But I....

I've always wanted for you to come to me and talk to me. But then, you didn't. You're so cold and cool. You're charming but sometimes you just make me want to hate you. Even though I couldn't.

0 0 159 words
davetherave3
davetherave3

Runaway

Denmark was behind her, a thin grey line on an ever-distant horizon. She looked back once and regretted it. That thin grey line held within itself everything she'd known, loved, and recently feared.

6 1 184 words
sjwijaya
sjwijaya

Cry, Indonesia

Unity in diversity, What is it to a nation's tainted purity.

4 10 199 words
Odd
Odd

Kings

Inspired by Game of Thrones -------- On these bloody knees I pray. I fought through everything to see this day. I've killed loved ones, and lost my friends. Now on my knees to you, Almighty, bends.

2 2 140 words
lukemurga
lukemurga

On The Other Side

Some things are better left unsaid. A proverb I choose not to believe. Cause when you feel it rising a secret sears the skin. And life can barely be lived.

2 3 195 words
Bluejelly5
Bluejelly5

A Character From My Book

Father Paneloux is a learned, well-respected Jesuit priest.

0 0 231 words