Nov 2015
June 27, 2012
If just for a moment
I could get you to throw away
This need for a God;
This desire for a life other than this
If only for a moment
I could get you to see
That there are enough
"Miracles" in science and nature
And you don't need to
Attribute them to a
Supernatural Man-in-the-sky
If but for a moment
I could get you to use
Your faculties of reason
To accept the lack
Of evidence of what
You cling to.
If for a moment alone
I could get you to know
What you must know
In your "heart of hearts"
That this is the only life
This is not a dress rehearsal
For a heaven or a hell
That “this” is the heaven or hell
We each make for one another
Then, I would rejoice knowing
There was a chance our species
could continue
Knowing no one would ever again feel
the need to fly planes into buildings
Or to force their unsupportable
views upon my children
when they sit in school
Or to **** as they have done
for millenia
because their particular
interpretation
of a particular ancient book
disagrees with someone else’s.
If for a single moment
Because that moment of enlightenment
might just be enough to free you.
J. H. Webb
If just for a moment
I could get you to throw away
This need for a God;
This desire for a life other than this
If only for a moment
I could get you to see
That there are enough
"Miracles" in science and nature
And you don't need to
Attribute them to a
Supernatural Man-in-the-sky
If but for a moment
I could get you to use
Your faculties of reason
To accept the lack
Of evidence of what
You cling to.
If for a moment alone
I could get you to know
What you must know
In your "heart of hearts"
That this is the only life
This is not a dress rehearsal
For a heaven or a hell
That “this” is the heaven or hell
We each make for one another
Then, I would rejoice knowing
There was a chance our species
could continue
Knowing no one would ever again feel
the need to fly planes into buildings
Or to force their unsupportable
views upon my children
when they sit in school
Or to **** as they have done
for millenia
because their particular
interpretation
of a particular ancient book
disagrees with someone else’s.
If for a single moment
Because that moment of enlightenment
might just be enough to free you.
J. H. Webb
