Oh Dante, you foolish, foolish man

Any god that you have to fear is not worth your loyalty

I lived in fear most of my young life

And none that stood up to rule

With an iron fist

Ever received one moment of respect from me

A former friend said that one day I would fear god

My reply to him is this

I will never worship any being that I have to fear

Nor will I respect them

And if there is a hell

And it is my destiny to go there

I will not go as a punished child

I will go as a victim

A victim of a ruthless, overbearing, unforgiving being

That does not deserve the position that he holds.

God, the father

Is just that

He is a father

And any child knows that a father that ruled out of fear

Was, on the inside, only a child himself

To say that the wisest and all knowing being in the universe

Would be insecure and petty enough to threaten you into submission

Is to miss the point entirely

A good leader is followed out of respect

And a leader that is respected

Will have many followers that are willing to lay down their lives for him

And any man who fears god

Obviously doesn’t know him.

(God is referred to here, in the Masculine. But I do not believe that God has genitals. If he can reproduce without intercourse and he doesn’t need to eat or drink, then he probably doesn’t need to go pee, this would make a penis or a vagina something that would just be useless and I can’t imagine that a being that was all knowing would create himself with something on his body that didn’t serve a purpose. It’s just illogical, oh and by the way, I can’t imagine a being that would be floating out in the ethereal mists to even have a body. What would be the point?)