The Grand Inquisitor
Even if I did not believe in life If I lost my faith in the order of things Were convinced in fact that everything is a disorderly, damnable and devil-ridden chaos If I were struck by every horror of man's disillusionment Still I would want to live And having once tasted the cup I would not turn away from it Until I had drained it You are trying to save me But perhaps I am not lost Is an unworthy, uncaring father still entitled to the love and respect of his sons?
Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025
It is not for us to resolve things that are not of this world A world with God would be even more disturbing than a universe without him For if He tolerates atrocities If he condones such cruelty Who would want to worship such a maker anyway? They locked her up for 30 days In a dark room under the roof They broke her will with the cane She'll remember everything You are trying to save me, but perhaps I am not lost It is not God that I do not accept It's this world of God's, created by God, that I cannot agree to accept I dragged myself out to the Ocean And stared all night into the sky The only lights I saw were far below me: Black waters full of life I too lived on roots and locusts I too have been in the wilderness I too was striving to stand among They elect Among the strong and the powerful I too lived on roots and locusts I too prized the freedom with which Thou hast blessed us But I woke up and would not serve madness The kiss glows deep in his heart But the old man adheres to his idea I too lived on roots and locusts I too
Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025
"I think that if the Devil does not exist, and has therefore been created by man, then man has created him in his own likeness and image" [Ivan Karamazov, in Fjodor Dostoevsky "The Brothers Karamazov"] The Devil's sows in you A tiny grain of faith, And it will grow into an oak tree You will dine on locusts You'll wander in the wilderness to save your soul
Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025
Are you ready to face your greatest mistake: the one that sealed humanity's fate? When you resisted the devil's temptations You gave every good man affliction You excluded us from redemption and doomed humanity to death and destruction You chose freedom and virtue But you misjudged human nature: The majority of men can't cope with what you gave them We'll lead humanity down the same old trail: But every man will be blithe, along the way blithe and ignorant Oh Jesus, we improved Thy work and founded it upon miracle and mystery and authority For Anyone who can appease a man's troubled conscience can take his freedom away from him.
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Nov 11, 2025