KEITH BURKHOLDER - WE ARE INDOCTRINATED INTO RELIGION

Keith Burkholder has been published in Creative Juices, Sol Magazine,
Trellis Magazine, Foliate Oak Literary Journal, New Delta Review, Poetry Quarterly, and Scarlet Leaf Review.
He has a bachelor's degree in statistics with a minor in mathematics from SUNY at Buffalo (UB).

WE ARE INDOCTRINATED INTO RELIGION

Think about this for a moment,
We are forced to believe in religion,
By our parents and society,
Yet, when we are born we have no beliefs,
No beliefs in God and Jesus,
Religion is a choice,
And it should be,
I have never seen God or Jesus,
Have you?
Yet, people are still forced to have a faith in something,
When science is the answer to all of our problems,
Science is realistic,
Religion is a just one big story,
Even well educated people are on the religious bandwagon,
As I have said before, believe in what you want,
It is a free world,
Just try to give science a chance,
It answers questions we may have,
For as long time continues, science will have the answers,
For now just spread goodness when you can,
Or just mind you business,
We need more peace in the world,
Take care and let tomorrow be good to you any which way possible,
Carpe diem.
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