HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 67

Most likely to be published early 2018, my 10th book currently entitled; 100 Proems & Poems on the HUMAN ABILITY to REASON, HUMAN RIGHT to CONSENT & Other Neglected Matters. The following will probably be included upon further editing, and front cover below merely a working version....

PROEM & POEM No. 67 - Individualism versus Religious Absolutism

   

      To be steadfast and stalwart in a preferred religion as expressed and exercised individually, conversationally, theologically, clerically even debatably is not the same logically nor ethically when steadfast and stalwart in a preferred religion then exhorted and exerted politically, governmentally, legislatively, legally thus forcefully upon the whole society.

      The former is conducted within the context of agreeable mutuality or unanimity, followed by actions of cooperation among the consenting, prerequisite of course the respect and regard for each person’s Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent, hence quite ethical the Voluntarily driven Individualism.

      In contrast, the latter is conducted within the context of presumption, followed by actions of force upon the consenting and dissenting alike, prerequisite of course the disrespect and disregard for each person’s Peculiar Human Ability to Reason, inseparably the Singular Human Right to Consent or Not Consent, hence quite unethical the Religiously driven Absolutism.

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Crucifixes thrown to white walls and bloody floors

For unstudied the lore, thus quite ignored the gore

Exiguous the dissented still abhorred by the plenteous

Pneumatically thrilled by demagogues vainglorious

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.

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