Emerald Book Reviews

White Blood

What strange place have I arrived at?

My mother forced me out in pain

To grow up thinking I was different

Than any other woman’s strain

Can I wander bout this place called Earth?

And claim it for myself

And give no thought about the rest

Just make for me my own bookshelf

Who am I to do just that?

I breathe the same air as my brother

I only bear the skin I have

Because of my dear mother

What folly really follows me?

To think I’m different from the rest

My very blood will prove assessment

Of man that lives and dies at best

Foolish, foolish thoughts to have!

Thinking I’m so different

Kill me now for making this

A poem about indifference

Tell me this if you’re able to?

I’ll question your able skin

Did you have part to play into

What civilized would call a sin?

Will I rest my case your honor?

For I know its waste of time

To ponder on such folly

Your life is yours and mine is mine

Just looking for the simple things in life that make people happy.

Shortened urls don't work for me when I search. I copy and paste urls like 'http://on.fb.me/KQoCjL' but nothing happens? I use Yahoo as my home page but I've also tried google.

Why are there two different versions about the prophecy of Isaiah?

‘Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a YOUNG WOMAN shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Imman’u-el’. (King James Bible, Revised Standard Version, 1971)

And, ‘Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a VIRGIN shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel’. (King James Bible, Freemasons Version, 1946-1952)

Did any Christian even bother to read beyond this passage? It's fairly obvious that it's not even talking about a virgin birth!

It's a new comedy cook book. It has hundreds of photographs.

Doing research for a new comedy cook book. Would be willing to to give credit for the funniest answer.

We Japanese fraternal twins. Just wondering. Really like present from Santa or IMF? Who give the present this year?

Just for the sake of argument, let's say I caught Santa climbing down my chimney and I was waiting for him with an AK47. I open fire as he makes for the homemade cookies I baked earlier for my family and friends. Would I be justified if I opened fire? And, if so, how long would I expect to serve in jail?

Just wondering what happen to all the presents? My family just new here on this planet and wondering what the Fook it's all about?

Praise 'Jesus' , right? Jesus is so great that even if I'm starving to death and my children are dead from hunger. Praise 'jesus'. It's all good. But the Christians say jesus will come at a later date...when? How many more have to die to justify your belief? It's always tomorrow, but tomorrow is too late if I'm dead already

The church claimed that the spread of Christianity was due to its 'miraculous character' but its comments about the man responsible for the origin and growth of the Islamic religion deserves special consideration. Did Mohammed die on the streets of Rome as a drunk? Was he a disgruntled roman catholic cardinal who never made pope? Was his body eaten by pigs on the side of the street where he died a drunk? Is that why muslims don't eat pig meat today?

Where did this idea come from? I read the Crucifixion of Truth, by Tony Bushby. Makes me wonder where all the hate comes from in organised religion. Is it a Jewish, Christian or Islamic God we should be killing each other for?

It should be painfully obvious by now that the Christian belief is based on falsehood. The Muslims have no other recourse but they still stick to hating the infidels. Is it easier to hate because it's in your nature to? If you take religion out of the equation is it still in your nature to hate? Would you hate anyway? If there was no Bible or Koran, where would you get your hatred from?

Some of the early so-called 'church fathers' upon which a christian holds his/her faith is deemed to be true. But what if those people were liars? What if they were mentally ill in some way? Some people base their faith on the 1st century historian Josephus. He alone is 'proof' that Jesus existed. Yet it is painfully clear that his work was interpolated. In other words, his writings were interfered with; trying to fit Jesus into a century that he didn't belong to.

How much more of scripture was interfered with? Are we getting the true story? Just because 'it's written' should we believe it's true?

I've just read, The House of the Messiah, by Ahmed Osman and it puts Jesus in his right place. I also recommend, The Crucifixion of Truth, by Tony Bushby and if you really want to know about the lovely church you believe in, you can read The Vicars of Christ, by Peter Da Rosa.

The recent child sex abuse is only the tip of the iceberg. This church is filthy from day one.