Bible Thumping Bigots

 

When I hear the term bigot

Here’s what comes to my mind,

You may have guessed it is idiot

And this happens every time.

 

It may be how they end

And the fact they also rhyme

But every time I hear the word

Idiot comes to my mind.

 

But you know, it takes a bigot

To call another bigot a bigot

And as a matter of fact, I suggest,

So too an idiot.

 

So, who is the bigger idiot?

Sorry, I mean the bigger bigot

Since it must come down to…

Well, the most corrupt.

 

 

People who thump the Bible

Ought not to be bigots

Even when outlandish behavior

Is promoted by idiots.

 

It is at this time, my friend,

That we define these two words

So that the wise is not seen

As being absurd.

 

I advance this at this time

Because crazy is everywhere

And what was considered sensible

Is about to disappear.

 

 

Idiot: half-wit, imbecile, stupid,

Dolt, dullard, simpleton,

Imbecile, pudding head,

Of little intelligence, a moron.

 

 

Bigot: a prejudiced person

That regards his opinion alone

And is intolerant of any position

That differs from his own.

 

Bible thumpers are not bigots,

Not by a long shot,

Not even regarding the LGBTQ

And the transgender lot.

 

Not those who follow in the way

Demonstrated by Jesus Christ

For whom love was the key

As shown in his sacrifice.

 

“Forgive them Father,” he said,

“For they know not what they do.”

This in relation to bigoted zealots

Each of whom was a Jew.

 

For them a Gentile was a dog

And should be treated as one

And if they had their way

All but the Jew would be gone.

 

 

 

Very unlike the follower of Christ

That is called to be charitable,

Loving and kind to one and all:

Even the unlovable.

 

The story of the good Samaritan

Is really a good case

Where the Samaritan rescued a Jew

That was in a very bad place.

 

I may not like your lifestyle

But I regard you as my neighbour

And as a born-again believer

I must be on my best behavior.

 

If morally upright is bigotry

The believer stands as charged,

And given the road we are travelling

The LGBTQ looms large.

 

They, in fact, are the bigots,

Seeing no other way but their own

Even though on immorality

They build their royal throne.

 

Yes, a bigoted minority

Is about to take over the world

And many are trapped in a stupor

Looking rather absurd.

 

But it is not the Bible thumper,

No, not at all,

Instead, it is the LBGBTQ

That blows that trumpet call.

 

Stewart Russell © July 28, 2023