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Torture Rather Than Truth
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Please. torture me. Drop me from any height, drown me even. I would welcome the edge of your sharpest blade. Take my limbs, one at a time.
Please, smile all the while.
But don't tell me Truth exists. Do not compel me with the transcendence of Truth that the source of all goodness and power is torturing my mother. Do not force me to believe that. Do not touch and manipulate my mind with mental massages telling me of God's love: that God is love, when I must look at her face of agony.
Do not console me with the reinforcement that god is a healer when there is no evidence. For 'Truth' will surely manhandle me far more than any torturer could. It will force my head under suffocating thoughts of condemnation and malign my mind into believing that god has a plan for good.
Do not, please don't let this pastor torture me with exhortation to tell me I am failing in faith, that all of this is my fault. Any physical weight is scientifically lighter than this burden. I will gladly assist you in the removal of every inch that I call my skin if you only spare me the hate that I must play furnace to in order to make sense out of all of this.
The highest source of love negligent of the greatest suffering sparks the deepest hatred.
Please, smile all the while.
But don't tell me Truth exists. Do not compel me with the transcendence of Truth that the source of all goodness and power is torturing my mother. Do not force me to believe that. Do not touch and manipulate my mind with mental massages telling me of God's love: that God is love, when I must look at her face of agony.
Do not console me with the reinforcement that god is a healer when there is no evidence. For 'Truth' will surely manhandle me far more than any torturer could. It will force my head under suffocating thoughts of condemnation and malign my mind into believing that god has a plan for good.
Do not, please don't let this pastor torture me with exhortation to tell me I am failing in faith, that all of this is my fault. Any physical weight is scientifically lighter than this burden. I will gladly assist you in the removal of every inch that I call my skin if you only spare me the hate that I must play furnace to in order to make sense out of all of this.
The highest source of love negligent of the greatest suffering sparks the deepest hatred.
Religion.
How do we allow this? We don't need these lies. They nearly killed me with what belief can do.
My mom has cancer. stage 4.
There is no reason for this suffering. This a far better thing to believe than any religious alternative. She doesn't deserve it. Period. No one is handing out judgement.
The greatest complement is there is no god. This is no great 'let down' for me. It is the sweetest release from the deepest hate for which my life will ever play hostage.
How do we allow this? We don't need these lies. They nearly killed me with what belief can do.
My mom has cancer. stage 4.
There is no reason for this suffering. This a far better thing to believe than any religious alternative. She doesn't deserve it. Period. No one is handing out judgement.
The greatest complement is there is no god. This is no great 'let down' for me. It is the sweetest release from the deepest hate for which my life will ever play hostage.
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Freedom from all gods, all religions, all sins, is the best freedom of all. We take responsibility for our own damn selves instead of foisting it off on some imaginary non-existing thing that cannot and never will ensure fairness or love to anyone. The biggest hatred I have left is for the religion that ruined my possibilities for happiness and still after all these centuries continues to ruin everything for so many people, "justifying" war, "sins", and vengeful pursuit. So much death and suffering.