{"id":3563,"date":"2025-01-06T10:17:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T18:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=3563"},"modified":"2025-01-17T12:45:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T20:45:38","slug":"religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2025\/01\/06\/religion\/","title":{"rendered":"Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

Religion<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is Reason
\nto Believe
\nThe Wordsmiths
\nWho Built the Word<\/p>\n

Religion<\/p>\n

Hammered It Together
\nUsing Nails
\nMade of<\/p>\n

Ligare,<\/p>\n

the Latin Word for<\/p>\n

Binding.<\/p>\n

The Question came:
\nBind with What?<\/p>\n

It turned out
\nthere was
\na Reliable Surplus of<\/p>\n

Fear,<\/p>\n

Renowned for Its
\nCaptivating Powers,
\nEspecially the Fear
\nthat came,
\nstill Molten,
\nfrom the Furnaces of
\nan Imagined<\/p>\n

Hell.<\/p>\n

Some have Tried
\nto Overlay
\nThe Fire with<\/p>\n

Love,<\/p>\n

but Love
\nWill Not Bind
\nwith Fear.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Mathieu Odin; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Religion There is Reason to Believe The Wordsmiths Who Built the Word Religion Hammered It Together Using Nails Made of Ligare, the Latin Word for Binding. The Question came: Bind with What? It turned out there was a Reliable Surplus of Fear, Renowned for Its Captivating Powers, Especially the Fear that came, still Molten, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t