The Violent Faithful Poem by Raj Arumugam

a)

I’ve got a book
which is the Book
and it tells me everything I need to know;
every word in it is true
and all I have to do
is to follow it to the letter:
I will not question;
I will bow in obedience


and when things are not clear to me
I’ve got my teachers
who are inspired within
and they can never go wrong
and they can tell me the truth
behind each chapter, verse
and the Word;
and all I have to do
is to follow it to the letter:
I will not question;
I will bow in obedience



b)

and the Book tells me
it is OK to kill;
and the Book tells me
nothing is more important
than this system
and so I can maim and hurt
and destroy and terminate:
and if you do not agree with me
I have precise instructions as to
what I should do to you