WHAT AM I?

WHAT AM I?

Invariably I proclaim
“I am what I am.”
That’s true.
I am what I am,
But not what I was
For better or worse,
I’ve changed

I’ve become less intolerant.
I may be a “born again” atheist
But now I know
Religious people aren’t evil
Just ignorant.

Rational people don’t think
Moses or Mohammad talked to God,
That Jesus was God incarnate
Billions of religious people think so..
I used to be intolerant of those people
Not any more. I now say, let them
In America, we are free to be ignorant.
That’s the American way

Ah!
The wonders of ignorance,
Resurrection,
Virgins
Eternal life
For rational people,
For atheists
Eternity is the grave.

Rational people wonder about creation.
Big Bang and Evolution
What came before the Big Bang.
The universe is infinite.
Logic requires an infinite creator
Ergo an infinite creator
All knowing, omnipotent creator
People name the creator God,.
A kind and loving creator

A kind and loving God?
A God who abides Satan
A God who gives his people
Earth quakes, tsunamis, pestilence
Genocide, Holocaust, Aids
Is that a kind and loving God?

For those who believe
And who derive comfort in their beliefs,
I am no longer intolerant
Believers find bliss in their ignorance
I tolerate benign bliss.

So now you see,
I am what I am
But not what I was.