The Religion of Science

The Religion of Science.

(enthusiasm, Greek: "to be possessed by a god")

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Religions are born spontaneously,

arising from the primordial Sea;

like Neptune, gods and their stories,

inform us of our deepest glory.

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These mythologies in the human mind,

come in dreams or visions divine;

they catch our imaginations on fire!...

like falling in love, the goddess inSpires.

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Then we are swept away in a reverie,

and act-out the dance of the story;

or tell the tale in an epic poem,

such is the power of a mythic Meme.

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Even the recent Saurian invasion,

is a god with fiery disintegration;

revelations unfolding in an Alien Sky,

reveal that the gods are still alive.

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  And so to Science, the latest mythology,

inSpired by the god of rationality;

an earth Spirit, feet firmly planted,

but also longing for Stars transcendent.

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He builds satellites to hover above,

conjures-up "unified theories" in place of love;

creating great ideas for war and peace,

hoping one day we will conquer Mars.

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But the Alien god of the red planet on high,

he is eternal, will not die or retire;

the scientific aSpiration for the heavens,

belies a secret desire to form a religion.

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God cannot be conveniently set aside,

the Spirit of enthusiasm we cannot hide;

it rises again from unconsciousness,

inSpiring us all to join the vision-quest.

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