What a strange heathen I am.
I got a Bible for my birthday,
King James Version.
I've been reading it at night
and dreaming of the desert
and the ancient tribesmen
who created the tales
that became the Bible
and wondering.
God, men, women.
Purity and honor.
Kill whomever
has dishonored you.
What, a Biblical Bushido?
That's what I seem to read.
But is that what it is?
Kashira, kashira,
gozonji kashira?
From tribes living in the desert
to televangelists.
Did it really translate all so well?
Why do people turn to it?
I looked for a while,
between the laws,
into the promises.
And I saw things.
It's not the specific words
that people are attracted to
but the idea
for a better tomorrow
to be loved
to be accepted
to never have to give up hope.
That's why Christianity is still alive.
Because it's figured out
a way to say "You are loved,"
which is a very good thing
to be able to believe.
It is a cradle.
It is a crutch.
I don't deny that, to my cynical side.
But everyone has a crutch.
Only one in a million lack one and survive.
It's an unstable world, you know.
If it works,
if we can walk,
the crutch is right.
And if it doesn't,
get a new one.
Or learn to walk on your own.
It doesn't matter what color it is
or size or shape.
As long as it works,
and you don't use it
to smash someone's head in
we should accept each other's crutches.
Even Akio had Anthy.
Pretty strange book, that Bible is.
~~~~~
A/N: Okay, Sierra. Let me specify.
A crutch, in the idea I was thinking, is the main belief in your life that keeps you going. Maybe it's God. Maybe it's the Goddess. Maybe it's the fact you haven't seen every episode of Star Trek with Q in it (which was, for a while, my only reason for not throwing myself in front of a truck once.) Maybe it's faith in humanity.
My cynical side says a crutch is only a crutch. I am not only my cynical side. one's "crutch" can be far more than that. It can be an idea worth dying for.
If you worship God, Goddess, or an invisible pink unicorn (whoever said that in a review, you kick butt) doesn't matter to me. Only if you are using the crutch to smash people's head in. Or trip them.
Sekai wo kaeru.
I got a Bible for my birthday,
King James Version.
I've been reading it at night
and dreaming of the desert
and the ancient tribesmen
who created the tales
that became the Bible
and wondering.
God, men, women.
Purity and honor.
Kill whomever
has dishonored you.
What, a Biblical Bushido?
That's what I seem to read.
But is that what it is?
Kashira, kashira,
gozonji kashira?
From tribes living in the desert
to televangelists.
Did it really translate all so well?
Why do people turn to it?
I looked for a while,
between the laws,
into the promises.
And I saw things.
It's not the specific words
that people are attracted to
but the idea
for a better tomorrow
to be loved
to be accepted
to never have to give up hope.
That's why Christianity is still alive.
Because it's figured out
a way to say "You are loved,"
which is a very good thing
to be able to believe.
It is a cradle.
It is a crutch.
I don't deny that, to my cynical side.
But everyone has a crutch.
Only one in a million lack one and survive.
It's an unstable world, you know.
If it works,
if we can walk,
the crutch is right.
And if it doesn't,
get a new one.
Or learn to walk on your own.
It doesn't matter what color it is
or size or shape.
As long as it works,
and you don't use it
to smash someone's head in
we should accept each other's crutches.
Even Akio had Anthy.
Pretty strange book, that Bible is.
~~~~~
A/N: Okay, Sierra. Let me specify.
A crutch, in the idea I was thinking, is the main belief in your life that keeps you going. Maybe it's God. Maybe it's the Goddess. Maybe it's the fact you haven't seen every episode of Star Trek with Q in it (which was, for a while, my only reason for not throwing myself in front of a truck once.) Maybe it's faith in humanity.
My cynical side says a crutch is only a crutch. I am not only my cynical side. one's "crutch" can be far more than that. It can be an idea worth dying for.
If you worship God, Goddess, or an invisible pink unicorn (whoever said that in a review, you kick butt) doesn't matter to me. Only if you are using the crutch to smash people's head in. Or trip them.
Sekai wo kaeru.