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Oxymoron

by ylzm

Gun in one hand, bible in the other. Is not the word a sword? Why need for a gun too? Or is it a justification to kill? The same as a rocket launcher on one shoulder, and the koran in the other hand. Or a flag in one hand, and a sword in the other. The image says justified intimidation. Fear me, for I have the Authority. But really, the Authority is only as valid as there are fools who submit. And the only true authority is the gun, or sword, as you certainly know it. And the flag, or bible, or the koran, are but for your own conscience. or cover for your lack thereof. The bible and the gun: an oxymoron; a display of faithlessness, the defilement of holiness, a blasphemous act; affirming the proud fool you are, that says in its heart, there is no God!
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