you stupid, arrogant people
who come to me
to convert me
to save my soul.

you tell me that the world will end soon
and that God will send me to hell
where I will burn and burn and burn.

you say that I have been deceived by Satan
and that my vices will keep me from an afterlife of pleasure
in a wonderful, holy kingdom.

you find a way to prove your faith
with facts of your making,
and all of your spiritual insight
is from a book that you deem as "true."

your religion is like every other religion;
you mock those who don't believe what you do
and damn to hell those who follow a different path than yours.

you are guilty of your own conceit
in your twisted desire to save the world by your own fashion.

now let me tell you something:

I have heard words that could hold the mind captive for a lifetime -
words that confuse and impress guilt,
that cause a man or a woman much emotional pain internally.
all of these words are desperate
and come from the selfish desire of wanting to be saved.
so,
when your end comes and you face that terrible darkness
we shall see who is right and who is wrong,
and we shall see
how far off from the truth we really all are.