God Made Man

Something short that hit me a few minutes ago. May add more later.

God Made Man

 

 

God made man,

An image unto Itself,

To procreate

And proliferate

Within Its kingdom.

 

Man made god,

An image unlike himself,

To barter

And bargain

For buying his kingdom.

 

Legion

30JAN09

Reviews

[Beatrice Boyle (Grandm..]

You've got that right Legion!

We humans barter, steal and sell ourselves (many times to the devil) to gratify our earthly desires.
God on the other hand, asked nothing of us other than to go and multiply and follow his commands.
Then he created Adam and Eve...and look what happened!

Then he got ticked off and created the big flood...and guess what...we still didn't learn a thing.
Now we are worried about Armeggedon...when will mankind ever learn!!!!

Loved this...short...and to the point. Wouldn't change a thing!

Beatrice Boyle

[Sean Allen]

So does this present the old chicken-egg question... What came first, god or man?

[Chaos Stone]

you refer to god as it in the first stanza, but you say 'his kingdom' in the second.
i like the reference 'it', since it gives the impression of something beyond our comprehension.
complex in its simplicity, good job

[Gheeneil]

The first stanza conveys God's love to man while the second shows man's rejection of his Creator. This reminds me so much of the Israelites who worshipped a golden calf while Moses was up on Mt. Sinai. Short it may be but it has so much substance. A great write.

[Dith]

faith in god and faith in man as separate process
denial of myth-making
awesomely captured!

[Tabitha Dings]

I liked it. Though it was short, it makes the reader blink and think. "That sounds about right" It tells it how it is, and doesn't take long to say it either.

[Helen Woodward]

And it is a daunting thought, God made man with only some commandments to follow, but man can't be Lorded over so he decided in his wisdom to make God a commodity...hence they have a God for every ailment and wrongdoing. Is it right? NO!!! And what's more it will worsen and as in the days of Noah...so shall it be. He has been very patient with us and I'm not sure that I want to be around when he has finally had enough...
*cringing*
Helen...

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Read T.L.'s review and this "I don't see God as vengeful, cruel," I have read the Old Testament. It talks about the wrath and vengeance of God, ordering the slaughter of entire cities (men, women and children) so Israel could have the land. i.e. the destruction of Ai by Joshua, the fall of Jericho..just two examples of many. But Joshua did not conquer Ai as it says in the Bible. He wasn't even born yet when that city fell. Just another made up story proved a lie by archaeological and historical evidence. I heard a preacher say there were no such things as dinosaurs because they weren't in the Bible and the earth was only seven thousand years old. I thought his statement was the pinnacle of stupidity. I believe in God. I just don't believe in the God others have created or One that is opposed to science and history. As for not seeing God as "human in our sense", that is the entire foundation of Christianity; that Jesus Christ was Immanuel or "God with us" . Paul said, "In Him dwells the fullness of the Godhead bodily." Colossians 2 verse 9. I use that verse to scare Jehovah's Witness evangelicals off my doorstep since they don't believe in the Deity of Christ. I was questioned by a colleague as to whether I believed in evolution. I replied that evolution is an unproven "theory" and that either God created man or some species of animal went completely off its nut. And so what if man did evolve? It does not discount the universe. If I were to stumble across a city in the wilderness and it was uninhabited, would I then say, (there are no people here, it must have built itself?) The earth is of a far greater complexity than any city built by man. I am a thinking, reasoning individual open to debate and instruction. But I must have theories proven before I accept them as fact and facts established by scientific evidence. There is sufficient evidence to support both creation and evolution but if one believes in God as I do, one must also question the origin. Who or what created God?
A child asked his mother as she was teaching him his bedtime prayers, "mommy, who does God pray to?" Now there is an interesting question.

[TL Boehm]

it is the gift and curse of the writers' soul to superimpose oneself over the words of another, either magnifying or masking the image printed on the paper...I see the God made man - capital as in the JudeoChristian one God...and then the man made 'god' which could be anything we worship...money, power, beauty, stripey cats...etc. and that is the image I desire to see, perhaps not the truth of the poem...or the intent. I don't see God as vengeful, cruel, or 'human' in our sense...but I do see where we have elevated the created above the Creator....And that is the power of this piece. It is open to the interpretation of the heart. Well done.

[Dietrich von Crowe]

Undoubtedly thought provoking.
Demands the reader to wonder about "God's" purpose or man's purpose in creating Him.
What I find all the more clever is that you do not deny either position in your stanzas, but rather, leave them parallel to each other in opposing philosophies.

[Brjden (Bridge-Den) Cre..]

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You said in 20 words or less, what I've attempted to write in 2000 words!!! Incredible write!!!!!!