Phoenix
by Dale J. Sprague
White Papers
Spirits' Fascist
They are impassioned and driven. They command a hardy spirit. They cast a great spell, and in the name of the most holdy, they want you. They have erected great buildings, powerful wealthy institutions in the name of compassion. Their ministers ask you for tithes...'it is good to give.'
Ideas of evil are tricky beasts. They hide as the blindside of some omnipotent good. And to flourish, omnipotent good must propose some evil. And some congregations of evil are shy and will not bring to light what the opposites to good imply..to themselves, they deny. The darkness within, is poised for action.
Others are bold dealing hell fire to people who they know not of, condemning them as nature's godless for not seeing the light their way. Over smoldering brinstone, the sick, the injured, the suffering pay. But whether bold or shy, they say where God is, where God is not! To be judge of this, to what supernatural station must one elevate one's self?
Love, having been cast into institutional steel and concrete, was tempered even harder into absolute resolute Will, the origin of which they know not of, that toils in dark isolated cauldrons of infantile fear. In the smoldering crags of their heart, they know only the horror, its visions of evil, the rigid fear..the terror from wanton chaos, over which looms giant shadows of impending doom. Perhaps, this is the way their world appeared when they entered it.
Their institutions of love will promise you great happiness in a place, again, they know not of...the after'life. They, who know not what they do, also know not from where they come, nor consequently, where they go. So, beware. Such congregations of good peddling evil are fascist spirits, wherein each voice has privately delegated all responsibility for what they say and do to someone else. To their vision of life, you must conform. And for the other children who have been beaten, maimed, slandered, or terrified into hate and violence, you must provide the 'final solution' for them..by judging them as evil, and condemn them to the fiery agonies or cold isolations of some everlasting hell. You must become as they..a child waging war upon a child.
If you are despaired, if you cannot shoulder yourself any longer, there are institutions for you. They will give you a mission for your rage. They welcome anyone, any age. They wait for you to walk in. They bring their door to your door steps, and they beckon you into theirs. They are willing to shoulder your burden..and they will..in return for a portion of your wage, and a piece of your soul.