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In other countries far from this mundane existence
People get killed for their faith... here we struggle with the word of faith.
It's about standing up for your belief and your religion
And not becoming just a face in the crowd.
Doing what God called upon us to do.
People don't live on faith in this country
People die for their belief in God throughout the world
And in America we struggle to believe
What makes you a believer?
I'm talking about the fruit from your life
Who can say that they have ever just fallen into belief?
It's just the plain and simple fact
That going to church and praying... makes you a believer?
Don't you show something through out your life?
Is there some toll that it takes on you?
Is it just the fact of believing that shows you have faith?
It reflects back on life as a whole
Just because you pray or go to church
That doesn't make you a believer.
I think if you live your religion... and what you believe
You have something to show for it... by the end of the day
Not something of fabrication.. but sentimental
And it is something that America lacks as a whole
Just because you do it doesn't make you a believer
You have to have a reason deep down and it has to be sincere
A passion.
You can't go half way
The world will not tolerate this evidence they can show you,
They will know you are false, like everything else about your existence
And everything else in your reality.

Poem by J.A.D. © 2002