do you know who the buddha Amida is?
he offers free salvation, and best of all
he will not send you to hell for not accepting.

here is a unhidden secret -
you don't need what you think you need.

have you done wrong, my friend? we all have.
even the righteous have "sinned."

adonai spoke and i heard
this is what he said

when i say the wicked shall die, it is true
if he stays his course,
but if he departs and does well,

returns the borrowed and stolen,
lives well, he shall live
and not die.

and none of his sins
shall be remembered,
for he is now again righteous,
and will live.

adonai told this to the prophet ezekiel
and when the scribes ordered and numbered those words
it came to 33:14-17

of course, this path is only to the covenant.
the sons of Abraham. the jews are held to a standard
higher than the rest of the world, who will be judged
in their own ways.

but back to the passage,
for this is quite a refutation.

anyone remember those fluffy stories
of a dead teenager and the cardfile
of all his sins? and jesus signing over them?

no, go deeper, my friend.

because consider: if god does not lie
and to be repentant and righteous
is in itself all the sacrifice God needs,
what need is a Christ?

the jews know this.
that's why there are still jews.

as for me, i am not in the covenant of Abraham.
although i like the way their culinary laws
serves up the best chicken i have tasted,
and i respect their piety and reason.

so i will be judged according to my ways.
so, we will have to see.

and if you still want free salvation,
chant namu amida butsu,
and be reborn in a peaceful heaven.
best thing is, if you decline,
you will not be sent to hellfire.

o-o-o-o-o-o

bleh. i despise writing author's notes, but apparently i have to.

re: last poem - it was about the current administration of the u.s. (the invasion-happy, oil-loving bastards) and their "christianity." i assumed people knew the word "moshed" and could extrapolate "double-u" to W, like George W. Bush. apparently people didn't.

re: what yahweh's chosen do - writers evolve. while i do not fully support my earlier, angrier writings, neither will i take them down.

re: reviews - if you want to pray for me, please spend that time earning money and donate it to charity. it will do a damn sight more. if you must, pray while making that money to donate.

-the once and ever ishina