Given to Believe
Is
all we are given a gift we wish to receive?
Consider
the teachings we are given to believe.
Predigested
offerings removing need to think and ponder,
Prepared
and packaged, cleared of concern, doubt, and wonder.
Axiomatically
true, the given lays the track to follow,
Leading
step by constructed step to the truth of Apollo,
Raising
up his towering temple to its lofty peak;
But,
if given false, its foundation is hollow and weak.
For
a child, expediency may rule the balance;
No
time to explain, obediency needed at once.
With
energy limited to confront all the whys,
We
find the ready comfort in the old replies.
But
when accepted in youth, will we challenge later?
Should
we look within and beyond for answers greater?
Does
the reason still hold and science know no more?
Are
tradition and convention enough to cease to explore?
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