Originally published in Issue II of Vulgata, November, 2001.
Self-will empower me
Skepticism guide me
Pride sustain me
God the fallacious proposition,
leave me alone
God, destroyer of free thought,
leave me alone
God, dream of the ignorant,
leave me alone
God, kinsmen of the invisible
purple dragon,
leave me alone
God, disproportionately successful
confidence trick,
leave me alone
God, killed by Neitzche,
leave me alone
God, defeated by Darwin,
leave me alone
God most irritating,
leave me alone
God most unlikely,
leave me alone
God most illogical ,
leave me alone
God most unprovable,
leave me alone
God most restrictive,
leave me alone
From sexual morality,
preserve me, o atheism
From self-control and self-restraint,
preserve me, o atheism
From love of my neighbour,
preserve me, o atheism
From freedom from sin,
preserve me, o atheism
From embarrassing experiences of
the transcendent
preserve me, o atheism
From phenomena without naturalistic
explanations,
preserve me, o atheism
From all which I, in my infinite
wisdom, cannot comprehend,
preserve me, o atheism
Pride and Doubt, you deify the sins of the world,
Spare me from faith
Spare me from hope
Spare me from mercy.