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Wisdom of This World
The truly wise build their house upon the Rock,
but Mr. Wiseacre knew that
Eternal Truth equaled ancient superstition.
"Founded on the Rock"? Twaddle!
The Bible, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas,
all the work of ignorant old geezers!
God, civilized Ethics, a God created Universe?
Who needs it? My thoughts are
higher than God's thoughts!
So he produced a great tower
soaring many stories high
founded on Nothing,
the cause of everything.
true because he said it was and he sang:
"Glory to me in the highest,
for I am the maker of things!"
Then it sank, it didn't need a storm,
it was founded not on sand but quicksand.
Great was the fall of it, a multitude died.
And he wouldn't admit that he was wrong,
that is only for losers he said.
He was so shocked when the demons came for him.
As he was dragged down to Hell he screamed
"This can't happen! I won't allow it!"
But it did anyway! A pity, really.
Luke 6:48
He is like a man which built an house,
and digged deep, and laid the foundation
on a rock: and when the flood arose,
the stream beat vehemently upon that house,
and could not shake it: for it was
founded upon a rock. Luke 6:48 KJV
but Mr. Wiseacre knew that
Eternal Truth equaled ancient superstition.
"Founded on the Rock"? Twaddle!
The Bible, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas,
all the work of ignorant old geezers!
God, civilized Ethics, a God created Universe?
Who needs it? My thoughts are
higher than God's thoughts!
So he produced a great tower
soaring many stories high
founded on Nothing,
the cause of everything.
true because he said it was and he sang:
"Glory to me in the highest,
for I am the maker of things!"
Then it sank, it didn't need a storm,
it was founded not on sand but quicksand.
Great was the fall of it, a multitude died.
And he wouldn't admit that he was wrong,
that is only for losers he said.
He was so shocked when the demons came for him.
As he was dragged down to Hell he screamed
"This can't happen! I won't allow it!"
But it did anyway! A pity, really.
Luke 6:48
He is like a man which built an house,
and digged deep, and laid the foundation
on a rock: and when the flood arose,
the stream beat vehemently upon that house,
and could not shake it: for it was
founded upon a rock. Luke 6:48 KJV
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Wisdom of This World
Wisdom of This World
