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You've Been Deceived
October 9, 2009
Oh, the pain, the unbelief that goes through my mind. I wander around pacing, eyes open wide, brow furrowed together.
“How could such logic be considered?” I ask myself.
I sit, for I fear that I will wear a hole in the carpet from my continuous, worried pace.
Something in the very depths of my being stirs, thus causing an unsettled feeling.
“He is real. How could anyone be so blind as to not see His wonderful ways?”
The thought crosses my mind several times before the conclusion comes with much clarity.
Deception. The act of being deceived, beguiled, misled.
This world has been. . . Deceived. Time and time again.
Atheists, witches, warlocks. All made up by the mind. All made up after being deceived.
The unsettled feeling returns.
“Well, I know the truth, and it isn’t my place to judge, but it hurts so bad!”
I sit and hold my head, and let silent, gentle tears run down my cheeks. Oh how my heart goes out to these people!
Can they not see any good mirrored in the life of God’s people?
Don’t they realize that Jesus shed blood to wash their slate clean?
He took stripe after stripe for their sake?
And they take it for granted.
They’ve been deceived.
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ColdplayForever BRONZE said...
on Dec. 8 2015 at 11:16 pm
I know you didn't mean to offend anyone, but I find this extremely offensive. I am an atheist, and proud of it! You believe in God, fine, OK, whatever; I don't care, we coexist, we can even be friends. I don't believe in God, but does that mean I've been deceived? No! I am an atheist by choice; I go to an Episcopalian school, my entire family are Hindus, and my grandfather and I are the only atheists in our entire family, yet they don't care. We have NOT been mislead, misguided, deceived, beguiled, or tricked. We could say the same of others who don't believe what we believe, but we don't. I have equal respect for everyone until they do something terrible to make me have less respect for them. I don't care what religion you believe in, as long as you are a good person. As of right now, what I want to say is that I don't need your pity, and neither does anyone else. We could easily see you the same way you see us. Everyone is their own person, and clearly, you can't see that. My concluding statement is simply that God does not exist, I am proud to say that that is what I believe, and you must stop pitying people who clearly do not need it, as they are perfectly content believing what they do.
I know you didn't mean to offend, but you state that everyone but a certain group of Christians are misled because we use logic to come to our own conclusions. Atheism was not made up by the mind. Even if people didn't come up with the term, there would be thousands or even millions who did not believe in your God.
Zaraclaylime DIAMOND said...
on Feb. 13 2014 at 10:27 pm
Good job Scarlett. I agree and I've often felt the same way. Don't mind all the negative comments, not everyone understands us.
Pigasus said...
on Dec. 9 2013 at 1:27 am
So everybody thinks the people of other religions(or no religion) have been decieved. moving on...
fireandrain PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 8 2013 at 2:18 pm
Jesus isn't a prophet, He is the Son of God.
Mr.packerbear12 SILVER said...
on Feb. 17 2013 at 11:19 am
its to bad that esau is still trying to kill Jacob isn't it. the promise was given to Jacob not esau/islam
ChristianTeen said...
on Jun. 11 2012 at 11:09 pm
Great job.
ChristianTeen said...
on Jun. 11 2012 at 11:07 pm
Your a deist, so you believe in God. But you don't believe he can control or destroy what he made? Or everything about it? Put yourself in Gods shoes, if you stacked up bricks with your hands, couldn't you count how many bricks you used, and then knock you structue down? Imagine that, accept God is MUCH MUCH more powerful and brilliant than any human being. So why couldn't he toil with or even destroy something he made. Your point was the universe is too big for any being/deity to know great details of it, but God is sooooo un-imaginabully knowing and great. What if I told you, "You can't even destroy a brick house, that you built.", when I don't even know you. Which is more silly?
DesertFox94 BRONZE said...
on Mar. 15 2012 at 7:45 pm
Apparently you've been deceived. Muhammad is the only prophet.
I know so because my holy book, the Quran, is the ONLY HOLY BOOK.
I know so because my holy book, the Quran, is the ONLY HOLY BOOK.
Scarlett, your writing is beautiful and your passion is lovely, but I don't understand how you can post a poem about how you wish everyone would join a religion about loving and respecting others and then belittle and insult those who believe differently. And I'm not talking about the poem itself, I'm talking about this comment. Since it's clear that religion is important to you, I think you ought to realize that you have "spat in the face" of many who believe differently. When you post something here, especially on a controversial topic, you open it up to all sorts of comments. Compared to a lot of other either atheistic- or Christianity-supporting posts, you've gotten mostly respectful, intelligent comments.
TerraAnimusPatronus BRONZE said...
on Feb. 14 2012 at 2:05 pm
what are your views on Deists?
VandalSpirit DIAMOND said...
on Dec. 18 2011 at 7:51 pm
You put what I feel into the perfect words. 5 stars!
AngelGal07 GOLD said...
on Nov. 4 2011 at 8:06 pm
Thank you for posting this message! It was refreshing! keep on writing and shareing the message you have set placed in your heart!
AngelGal07 GOLD said...
on Nov. 4 2011 at 8:02 pm
you don't have to recieve the authors pitty or even sympathy. they're not even trying to "save" you ether. The author is expressing what they had come to the conclusion and wanted to share with the rest of the world. you may not agree with them but they'll never stop giving their love for the people around them even if they are saved.
peace_love_beauty PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 30 2011 at 8:56 am
I love this =) The message is great
Person said...
on Jun. 30 2011 at 4:17 am
"How could such logic be considered?" is one of the lines you used. Im not Atheist, Im Deist, but that may be the same thing Atheists think at the thought of Christianity, or any other religion that involves a Supreme Being. I mean, and unseen force creates an entire universe and everything in it which includes every little particle, every little molecule, and every little speck of the stars and the earth and the air itself, gravity, and people, and every little eyelash in this ever growing universe with His bare hands, and also has the power to simply destroy everything in this large universe with a flick of His hand if He wanted. Thinking about it like that, it seems pretty unlikely doesnt it? Silly almost...
freeflow23 GOLD said...
on Jun. 25 2011 at 4:31 pm
I enjoyed both the message and stucture of this piece.
earlybird_8 BRONZE said...
on Jun. 3 2011 at 9:18 pm
Although I might not agree with the message, I have to say that the structure of the essay creates an interesting rhythm. It's sort of like the reader is in the author's head, and experiencing each thought as it occurs.
God Bless.