Wednesday, May 19, 2004
[1884 - Ringling Brothers circus premieres]
Go Forth and Sin No More?
If sin were not, we must surely invent it.
Else who needs guilt to help us repent it.
A world without hellfire, and no damnation,
It is unthinkable; it defies explanation.
Without sin, guilt would a paper tiger be.
Parents lose control, and also the clergy.
Absent sin or guilt there is unemployment.
Clerics need not their splendid raiment.
Law enforcement, prison guards, and military.
Lawyers and talk-show hosts become redundant.
And even shrinks are seen as less abundant.
The economies of the developed nations,
And most of their third world country cousins,
Would soon collapse in great confusion.
Chaos reigns; end civilization as we know it,
What do you say? Shall we try and go it?
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