Deluded Fools, Every One

Deluded Fools, Every One.

The voice that whispered in my ear,
In urgent tones, precise and clear,
Said: “God is hate and God is war,
And God wants blood, so make it pour.
And if you sacrifice your life,
Leave behind your child, your wife,
You’ll win for all eternity,
A place in paradise, trust me!”

I packed explosives in a car,
Parked and waited near a bar.
Then watched the strangers milling round,
Scream as thunder shook the ground.
Devastation everywhere,
Broken bodies lying there.
I’d brought them death, I’d brought them hate,
And won the key to Heaven’s gate.

But Heavens gate I couldn’t find
Confusion, panic, gripped my mind.
I searched and searched, but all I found,
Was one vast portal underground.

The Devil opened up the door,
I saw one thousand souls or more.
Seated round a fiery room,
Their faces wreathed in pain and gloom.

“Meet my bombers”, Satan cried,
“Mine was the voice, the voice that lied.
Join the dupes whose souls I’ve won,
Deluded fools, every one”.

The Scriptures warn us that the Devil continues to walk the earth.
Seducing the weak-minded, the greedy, the selfish, and the stupid.
( Dion Felsrow )

Satan is screaming lies over us all day long.
And God whispers the truth in a still, small voice.
So often the voice we listen to most is the one we hear loudest. 
( Steven Curtis Chapman )

We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talents.
( Mark Twain )

Very few people believe in the devil these days, which suits the devil very well.
He is always helping to circulate the news of his own death.
Satan has very little trouble with those who do not believe in him; they are already on his side.
( Fulton J. Sheen )

Considering the notion that the spiritual battlefield is infinitely greater than the physical, perhaps God is more willing to bless with a sort of divine ecstasy those who see the devil as the enemy rather than those who see other people as the enemies.
( Criss Jami )

That there is a Devil, is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influences of the Devil.
( Cotton Mather )