THE INERRANT WORD OF THE LORD! (poem)

THE INERRANT WORD OF THE LORD!

The Church of England has decided

after 2000 years that the Bible was

wrong and appointed Women Bishops

With Women Bishops set to rule,

All feminists should now deplore;

The fact they could face ridicule,

For propagating Bronze Age lore.

Or will the input of their charm,

Have the long-term desired effect;

And act as a religious balm,

On years of pastoral neglect?

Is there a lot that we can learn,

From ancients knowing less than us;

When we’ve been able to discern,     

Between truth and the vacuous? 

Can Women Bishops demonstrate,

An extra dose of real world facts;

That would today authenticate,

All that declared as true in Acts? (1)

These women in their brand new role,

Could well in future come to rue;

Their blind faith in some desert scroll,

And old beliefs that just aren’t true.

So women everywhere take note,

A Bishopric is no advance;

Real truth is blind faith’s antidote,

And ‘faith’ a human boil to lance.

(1) The ‘Acts of the Apostles’ attempts to show

how the leader of a small Judaic sect became

the ‘founder’ of an anti-Jewish Gentile religion.

© Richard Layton