A Parody of the Doxology
Blame God from whom all
cyclones blow,
Blame him, all creatures here
below,
Blame Him, who knocks down
church and steeple,
Who sends the floods and
drowns the people.
Anonymous
I ponder on this writer’s worldview
But not for long
For whatever his origins’
position is
This view is terribly wrong.
Let me write out the doxology
So that we all can compare
The truth about the Almighty
God
And the nonsense that men
often air.
Praise God from whom all blessings flow,
Praise Him, all creatures here
below,
Praise Him above the heavenly
hosts,
Praise Father, Son and Holy
Ghost.
What a departure this parody
is!
What a severe distortion of
truth!
Clearly this writer is making claims
For which he has no proof.
He could be a creationist
Or an evolutionist, he might
be,
Be it one or the other,
There is much he cannot see.
He may have been joking
Like some of us tend to do,
But somethings you don’t joke
about
Is my considered view.
People mocked the donkey
From time immemorial;
As a result, the following was
written:
It is rather satirical.
The donkey does the talking,
Aware of how he is perceived,
These first two verses make
the point
He hopes we human will
receive.
When fishes walk and forests
flew
And figs grew upon thorns,
Some moment when the moon was
blood
Then surely, I was born.
With monstrous head and
sickening cry
And ears like errant wings,
The devil’s walking parody
On all four-footed things.
G. K. Chesterton
Just two verses I have written
To define this parody,
It speaks of a time there
never was
As the origin for the donkey.
Treated with utter contempt
In this some find their
humour,
And though the matter be
serious,
For these it evokes laughter.
You might recall the fable of
old
Written by the Greek author,
Aesop,
When the village boys engaged
in fun
But for the frogs, it
certainly was not.
The frogs were having a swim
One day in a village pool,
Along came some village boys
And each became a fool.
They began to stone the frogs
And one by one they died,
But a wise old frog opened up
his mouth
And the boys’ actions he decried.
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“What’s fun for you Is death
to us,”
That wise old frog remarked,
A valuable lesson for those
young boys
And a very good place to
start.
Some blame God for all that’s
wrong
But for any good man gets the
praise,
Hence, this parody of the
doxology,
No need to repeat what it
says.
I must confess I would be
afraid
To refer to God in such a way
But there are some who
wouldn’t care less
Even if He should some of them
slay.
God takes responsibility, I
believe,
For all that He has created,
Especially human beings like
you and me
Whose brains often seem
cremated.
Like the writer of this parody
That may seem to be very
clever,
To him it might have been humorous
But to God it brings no
pleasure.
I will take one thing from his
parody,
That is, he recognizes God,
The fact he blames Him for
cyclones
Says there is a God, after
all.
There’s hope, I believe, for
such;
It’s the first step to being
rewarded,
For one must believe that God
exists
If life to him should be
accorded.
So, I would say to my fellow
writer
Now, take it to the logical
step,
Disabuse your mind from this
parody of justice
And thank Jesus for paying
your debt.
Yes, God did curse the world
But on account of man’s
deliberate sin,
But he also gave His only Son
Through whom we can come to
Him.
He is our refuge in the
cyclone
And our protector in the
floods,
And in any circumstance that comes
our way
God always demonstrates He is
good.
Stewart Russell © March 2020
