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"I don't Know


We Assume.

We Assert.

Some Presume

That it hurts.

We say things that make no sense

teach them to our kids

these things often on the fence

it forces some to stay hid.

telling people it's the truth

when we have proof that it's not

spouting crap like goofs

and it only makes a topic thats hot.

denying basic rights

based on morals outdated by thousands of years

denying science and fact

like they have plugs in their ears.

Why? Why do they not listen?

it's only human

they don't want to be wrong

fear of annihilation that outdates truman

In that book

This figure is so shady

just take a look

they worship one who drowns babies

they assume and assume

that it's all true

that they will face doom

if they do as i do

and what do I do?

I admit I do not know the full answers

so ill ask you

where does your mother go when she dies of cancer?

all you gotta say

is that you have no clue

and not try to convey

something you can't verify as true

when you talk of something that has no proof

and fool people into believing it

thats making stuff up, not telling the truth

its called lying, no other way of conceiving it.

remember this statement.

give them the truth.

tell them you dont know, not mental enslavement

don't lie to youth.

We, as the human race

musn't assume the unknown

it is a disgrace

to prentend we know the unknowable.

The worst part is that most of us believe it without question

doubt is seen as sin, science as satanic

different ways, cleaner, reasonable ways, are met with aggression

it puts us in panic

they even make money from it

somehow the all powerful has pockets to fill

this is where they have really done it

unconsiously lying has become their skill.

Miseducation

violence

stories of creation

the questions are silenced

The truth hurts

but I am not born broken and in need of saving.

you say we started from a man made of nothing but dirt?

I come to change that, for your rules are not a steel engraving.

 

Please. Fabricated truth is not the truth. It is for those who lack the courage or intellectual honesty to be able to say "I don't know". We don't know why we got here, nor what happens after we die. Dont act as if we do.

 

Nothing's wrong when nothing's true.

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