<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414493" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Renegade</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am cast out, condemned to be<br> a wanderer in the wilderness<br>with every man my enemy.<br>My only crime was to express. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">What I believe to be the truth<br> contrary to the churches view<br>Although theyoffer men no proof.<br> Because the see no reason to.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am expected to accept <br>and to obey their rigid rules<br>Follow blindly their precept<br> like all the other trusting fools.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But I rebelled I could not see <br>that what they taught must be correct.<br>I was accused of heresy<br>They had their regime to protect.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And so they prosecuted me<br>They said it was self evident<br>I denied their authority.<br>I must be punished and repent.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When I refused they cast me out <br>from their hidebound community.<br>Merely because I chose to doubt <br>what they believed the truth to be.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I could not be a hypocrite<br>and simply pay lip service to<br>what they demanded as their right.<br>Accept their faith as being true.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am an outcast but I’m free <br>to worship God in my own way<br>As every man was meant to be.<br>I’m happy that I broke away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">From their hide bound rigidity<br>I have my conscience to obey<br> I find that is enough for me<br>I do not fear that I will stray.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Far from the path that’s meant for me.<br>I listen to my conscience speak <br>and I walk on triumphantly.<br>To find the truth a man must seek..</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</a><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=414493" data-title="Renegade de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="I am cast out, condemned to be a wanderer in the wilderness with every man my enemy. My only crime was to express. What I believe to be the truth contrary to the churches view Although theyoffer men no proof. Because the see no reason to. I ..."></div> </div> </div>

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