Cheap Son-Glasses

A bit of Xmass cheer on a brightly lit sunny & snowy day

Cheap Son-Glasses

Written By Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

Copyright © 2014 Marvin Thomas Cox

DBA: Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

All Rights Reserved

I can see my life just fine,

with cheap Son-glasses off,

I see history as it truly is,

a reality Christians scoff,

enchanted by its druthers,

rendered blind by a deuce¹,

adore a trinity's pagan son,

conspicuously named Je-zeus²,

Zeus mighty god of all gods,

Helios³, grand Sol⁴ renowned,

worshiped by all the pagans,

where a sun temple abounds,

as church for all Sol lovers,

haloed with phallic steeples,

ringing of bells on Sundays,

in gathering all the peoples,

But that was all yesterdays,

before a Christ upon a tree,

things were so much plainer,

and O' so much easier to see,

'ere a sun that grew darker,

as preachers to make passes,

in thumping upon big Bibles,

wearing cheap Son-glasses,

Paganism now vanished,

within pages of histories,

all the sun temples gone,

remain as such mysteries,

lest you remove Son-glasses,

to view all the calamities,

of a gospel's deceptive lies,

perpetrated upon humanity,

Mystery Babylon's w****s,

bleeding sheep on a rope,

fooled into pagan idolatry,

by a Sol's Sheppard Pope⁵,

protesters turn Protestant,

desperately seek to be free,

carrying away all the idols,

make their own Christianity ...

(Written December 11^th, 2014)

Author's Note

EVIDENTIAL FOOTNOTES:

1 Deuce — The devil: "Love is a bodily infirmity . . . which breaks out the deuce knows how or why" (William MakepeaceThackeray). http://www.thefreedictionary.com/deuces

2Iesous in Greek—“Hail Zeus”: http://www.sabbathcovenant.com/christianitythegreatdeception/IesousinGreek.htm

3“Helios is the Greek sun god and the sun itself. He is equated with the Roman Sol.” http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/hgodsandgoddesses/g/Helios.htm

4“Sol, in Roman religion, name of two distinct sun gods at Rome.” http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/552806/Sol

5 “The Pontifex maximus was the leader of the pontifical college (collegium pontificum), the highest priestly order in the Roman state religion.

The pontifical college was made up of the fifteen priests, flamines, each of whom served a single god or goddess. The flamines were also called pontiffs, or pontifices (sing. pontifex).

One member of the pontifical college was co-opted by the college as the leader, hence the title pontifex maximus. Initially only one of the three flamines maiores could be pontifex maximus, but towards the end of the Roman Republic the rules were changed. After 104 BCE the pontifex maximus was elected in a sort of limited popular elections between candidates acceptable to the college, and all the pontifices were eligible. The title was held for life.

The pontifex maximus had taken over many religious duties from the rex sacrorum who had inherited them from the kings. Among these duties were the administration of the Roman calendar and the clock. Until the arrival of the first reliable sundial the time of day was announced by the herald of the pontifex maximus at midday and evening, based on observations of the sun from the steps of the Curia Hostilia in the Comitium.

The official residence of the pontifex maximus was the Domus Publica in the Forum Romanum, and his religious duties was carried out from the Regia. The Vestal Virgins sorted under the pontifex maximus.

The last to hold the title of pontifex maximus under the Roman Republic were Julius Caesar (62-44 BCE) and M. Aemilius Lepidus (44-12 BCE). After Lepidus the title passed to Augustus, and henceforth the title of pontifex maximus would be a prerogative of the emperor. It remained so until the 5th century when it passed to the Pope, who have used the title ever since.

The title pontifex means literally "bridge builder" because they bridged the gap between the world of man and the world of the gods.” http://sights.seindal.dk/sight/1244_pontiff.html

Reviews

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

This poem is right up my alley and I enjoyed reading it. Excellent points made and don't get me going on the council of Nicaea where men decided what was to be canonized in the book itself. An illuminating look at religious history within its origins.

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham]

Thanks, Carlos, for the kind words ... Perhaps you might like my featured poem: Christ's Mass (Christ's Death): Aka & Alias: Christmas