Colin F. Jones

FAITH AND HOPE

What cannot be proven is opinion;
which exists due the lack of the facts.
Since belief in the unproven is opinion,
Then hope is the faith it attracts.
Religion encourages that hope,
Though scriptures may not be quite true,
Though many need faith to cope,
It oft nurtures a differing view.
Yet to destroy the faith in a myth,
But crumples the culture it forms,
Causing its downfall and death,
Defending its diminishing norms.
For like all the systems of life,
To endure is to win and survive.