More on Human ABILITY to REASON, Human RIGHT to CONSENT - Proem & Poem No. 172

Most likely to be published later this winter of 2020/2021, my 11th book entitled appropriately; More Proems & Poems on the Peculiar Human ABILITY to REASON, Singular Human RIGHT to CONSENT & Other Neglected Matters. The following will probably be included upon further editing, and front cover a slightly modified yet appropriate version of the previous....

PROEM & POEM No. 172 - Religious Fidelity, Pious Morality

      It is unfortunate to assume my intent and/or statement (see No. 80) undermine religion. The assumption would be completely erroneous.

      It follows, when reason’s expression per individual consent as well dissent are honored in rhetoric and practice concerning all matters, only then can be found genuine fairness, equality, justice, freedom, that is to say, the sole ethic among non-omnipresent, non-omniscient and non-omnipotent thus quite finite mortals.

      One's religious fidelity and pious morality are higher standards of course, if so freely chosen, and if so consistently founded upon the respect and regard for the universally recognized, constantly practiced and individually expected human right (per mere observation since antiquity) to consent or dissent on all matters.

      If not however, then one's religious fidelity and pious morality are arbitrary at best, at worst an atrocity when presumed, imposed and enforced against the person's individuality therefore the specie's humanity.

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In the beginning God created, it is true, tho’ oft disputed

And God said, Let us make man in our image, as oft refuted

After our likeness, thus continued, excused yet reasoned did He

Man, as did She Woman, twain so framed, each per own key

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Come let us Reason. Peace is always a Choice.
Study, Ponder, Labor, till last Breath.

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