infancy to infinity

infancy to infinity,
from Allah to the trinity,
they try to cure the sin in me,
but they're still preaching cynically

"conform to this, or burn in hell"
"under heaven's banner we can kill"
"you have no choice, it's all God's will"
today that product doesn't sell

see I'm looking for the best in us,
identifying what to trust
cause in the end each of us must
define parameters for 'just'

there's passion, greed, there's lust and rage
life lives and breathes and comes of age
reprints can't keep up with change
while words and blood fade on the page

core values shift, laws get rewritten
and God just doesn't seem to fit in
priests cover ears we use to listen
as old faiths fall to new decisions

from knowledge to the act of mating
we were born to feed our cravings
the future's bright, the past is fading
why not play God? it's us who made him

so keep what works as we move forward
say what we need and not one more word
don't kill or steal and love thy neighbor
then cut the rest with occam's razor

you strive for heaven, fearing hell
but life's more than a righteous shell
what happens after? no one can tell
so live each day and live it well