Three Stories, Part Three of Four

Why I Do Not Believe These Stories

I do not believe the

stories above or others

like them are true.

They are fictional tales.

Neither is self-evident.

Neither can we verify them

independently of those

who tell the stories.

We can only accept them by

blind faith in those,

who tell the stories.

They require us to

trust what they say,

not what we ourselves

see, hear, smell,

taste, and touch.

They require us to

trust the judgments

of their minds

rather than our own;

and what they feel and

know in their hearts,

rather than what

we feel and know in

our own hearts.

They require us to

exchange our freedom

for dependence on them,

the stories they tell,

the words they declare,

and the promises

they make:

We too can know

the truth they know,

if we believe them.