The global organisations that use songs of love and hope to shackle the masses.

Ritual and hierarchy that reinforce the power they wield.

Secrecy and fear to hide the corruption.

Huge cathedrals and churches decorated with the golden trappings of wealth.

Dressed in gold and silver embroidered robes, but a pig with a gold ring through its nose is still a pig.

Strategies designed to keep the congregation in their place.

Wealth created by rich benefactors’ wise investments and ownership of land.

Collections from the hopeful fees from the groom and the dead.

Money from those scared of eternal damnation and those hoping for redemption or salvation.

Are these modern religions any better than the beliefs of the ancients?

Have they brought about peace in the world and goodwill to all men?

They seem to have killed more than they have saved.

They can’t even agree in their own organisations women’s roles are not equal.

Married priests and abortion all reasons to differ and bicker.

You can all believe what you want just leave me alone.

Keep your special days and festivals that you stole from the pagans.

Witches and warlocks’ priests and priestesses what’s the feminine of Rabbi or Mullah.