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The very substance of our living,

The essence of what lies beneath

To believe or not to believe,

There lies the question…

What is true? What is false?

Life or death it's what's at stake,

To stay in touch with reality

To truly try to understand.

Listen to those who talk

Watch what they stand for

Form your own thoughts

Don't be led astray

Find the source, believe them not

They might seem, well intended lies!

See what they have done,

The pain that they have caused,

The hate, the shame,

That faith has brought us all

The cost we've paid, the lives at stake,

The blood they've shed, in the name of faith!

The path of reason is full of enemies,

To succumb to empty promises of eternal life is to allow the fear to fester, to take control

Once the eyes of faith have opened confirmation's anywhere

Once belief in afterlife has conquered

Intolerance prevails

Wake up from the deluding slumber

Of the ancient lie

The common places of our language

Conceal the vacuity and strangeness

Of many of our beliefs

Subdue the fear, cast out illusions

Embrace what's real

Wake up from the deluding slumber

Of the ancient lie