<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=125076" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Wendell P. Bloyd</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">THEY first charged me with disorderly conduct, <br>There being no statute on blasphemy. <br>Later they locked me up as insane <br>Where I was beaten to death by a Catholic guard. <br>My offense was this: <br>I said God lied to Adam, and destined him <br>To lead the life of a fool, <br>Ignorant that there is evil in the world as well as good. <br>And when Adam outwitted God by eating the apple <br>And saw through the lie, <br>God drove him out of Eden to keep him from taking <br>The fruit of immortal life. <br>For Christ’s sake, you sensible people, <br>Here’s what God Himself says about it in the book of Genesis: <br>“And the Lord God said, behold the man <br>Is become as one of us” (a little envy, you see), <br>“To know good and evil” (The all-is-good lie exposed): <br>“And now lest he put forth his hand and take <br>Also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever: <br>Therefore the Lord God sent Him forth from the garden of Eden.” <br>(The reason I believe God crucified His Own Son <br>To get out of the wretched tangle is, because it sounds just like Him.)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Edgar+Lee+Masters">Edgar Lee Masters</a> from <i>Spoon River Anthology</i><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=125076" data-title="Wendell P. Bloyd de Edgar Lee Masters" data-description="THEY first charged me with disorderly conduct, /There being no statute on blasphemy. /Later they locked me up as insane /Where I was beaten to death by a Catholic guard. /My offense was this: /I said God lied to Adam, and destined him /To l..."></div> </div> </div>

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