Believe In Jesus

I might be willing to believe in Jesus;
It's Christians I don't believe in.
I'm one of those disbelievers paying close attention
When the Good Christian says the right things in church
And the wrong things everywhere else.
What he says down at the local barroom,
He doesn't mean for you to mention--
You should keep a civil tongue in your head
About his own incivilities when he's having' a good time!

I might believe in Christian virtues and Christians might, too,
But the free practice of such virtues is far less
Than the free and empty talk about it.
I don't need doctrine of any sort to understand that.
What a bunch of libertines and hypocrites they are, I say,
Sitting around talking about mores they can't sustain.
Big surprise, since they believe in such delusional things.

The mild-mannered forgiveness they espoused on Sunday
Seems not much in evidence back at the shop on Monday
Or on the road to the Bar-And-Grill.
All that Sunday guff, it was good talk and sweet maneuver,
But in Truth not much more than a dose of claptrap.

rcs.
03/25/05

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