Hardwired to Worship
Hardwired to worship
Subjugation is elation
Programmed to ritual
Bliss through abdication
We have the need to pray
It is a must to believe
The supernatural is quite natural
As the way to perceive
Believing gives us purpose
When faced with mystery
Genuflect without aversion
Through politics and history
God watches over you
Through plague pestilence and death
Give thanks for his bounty
As you draw your last breath
Hardwired to worship
Programmed to believe
Elation in prostration
Nature flatters to deceive
15.4.03
Our success as a species comes from our intelligence. We are programmed through our DNA to see patterns and seek solutions. It made us brilliant hunters, farmers and story tellers.
We could see the habits of our predators and prey, discern the changing of the seasons, make tools, design shelters, transport and use our imagination to create what did not exist.
We tell stories like no other creature we know. Even the whale’s songs cannot compete.
Our greatest talent is our ability to solve problems and seek out solutions. That works brilliantly in our natural habitat but comes up short when faced with things beyond our comprehension.
When faced with the sun, moon, death and purpose our imagination worked overtime but our problem solving proved limited. We invented deities and paradise.
At first it satisfied the curiosity. Now we are in thrall to our own creation and it stalks our days.