A theist and atheist
Were having a conversation,
They argued backwards and forwards
In their fierce opposition.
Somewhat as in Parliament,
Argument after argument
Contending who’s wrong or right
With purpose and intent.
Now look at the two
And tell me what you see,
There is but one alarming distinction
As how it seems to me.
A theist and atheist:
Why, they are almost alike
But in between the ‘a’ and ‘t’
One is showing more light.
This should be expected
Since this one points to God,
Theos, as I recall in my little Greek,
To me says it all.
Seven distinct letters!
Not one is even repeated
But the idea of the Lighted One
Has the other defeated.
In the beginning God,
It’s God who created light,
Outside of Him is utter darkness
How can atheists be right?
It’s a matter of matter
Atheists want us to believe,
No Theos is their assumption
Pseudo-science their reprieve.
But as reprieve suggests,
It’s only temporary
For when the light bulb lights up
It all points to the Almighty.
Matter explains everything:
So claims the atheist,
No God and no superior mind
But this I must resist.
A theist and atheist
On paper might look alike
But one of them is full of darkness
And one is full of light.
Recall the words of Jesus
Who said, “I am the light.”
How can a materialist or atheist
Even be considered right?
In the beginning
Matter came from nothing
And after matter was settled
It gave us everything.
High fives for matter
For then nothing matters,
To you and me it doesn’t matter
If we too came from matter.
From matter we came
Of matter we’ll always be,
No God to reverentially fear
And no accountability.
Reminds me of a jingle
We used to say at school,
Of course, in most of us back then
Was a little fool,
“No more Latin
And no more French,
No more sitting on St. Giles’ hard bench,
When de teacher ring de bell
Tek up yuh books and run like hell.”
This came at the end
Of every school term
And this was the vacation time
For which all of us yearned.
“No more Latin
And no more French,
No more sitting on St. Giles’ hard bench,
When de teacher ring de bell
Tek up yuh books and run like hell.”
If there is no Theos
And thus, no accountability,
Then let’s live however we please
Without restraint or worry.
For today we live
And tomorrow we die
And if I live the way I live today,
Who’s to ask the reason why?
A theist and atheist
Are infinite poles apart,
The atheist sets store by matter
And matter has no heart.
Theists on the other hand
Believe in intelligent design
And so, beyond the material realm
Is an intelligent mind.
First cause of every cause
Including that of matter,
A theist makes abundant sense
Atheist is empty chatter.
Stewart Russell © May 7, 2024
