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If I Were Jesus Pt. II Extended

from Reality Check by Buck Bowen

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If I was Jesus, and I came to start a new religion
I would have written it myself without the contradictions
Or procured a person to put it onto paper
To write it while I was alive and not decades later

I would have made sure, all was clear with nothing vague
There’d be no need for interpretation of what I had said
And consequently, no denominations
Nor a single copy error to another language

You wouldn’t see me heal a bunch of lepers
I would do better and remove the disease altogether
There’d be no sermons, only topics worth hearing
Such as the scientific method, physics, and the germ theory

I’d turn the golden rule into platinum
By simply quoting the brilliant Dr. Linus Pauling maxim:
Do unto others twenty percent better
Than you’d expect they’d do to you to correct for subjective error

There’d be no second coming, if I were Jesus
I’d finish the mission first time task completed
Cause if it’s really ‘bout love
I would improve humanity without the spilling of blood

If I were Jesus, and I came to do the will of God
I would have thought that me being tortured to death was really odd
Cause if God is all loving he,
Could have snapped his fingers and done away with suffering

Which is what I would have done
Plus conquered evil so I wouldn’t need to make a second run
Cause if I came to challenge status quo
I would have mentioned that slavery has to go

The proof is in the pudding
I’d have it written that women are on an equal footing
And so it isn’t vague
I’d also add that they can be better in many ways

God may have gave the devil a job
But if I were Jesus, I’d lay down the law
I would put hell out of business, done and end it
By telling Satan he’s fired, pun intended

There’d be no second coming, if I were Jesus
I’d finish the mission first time task completed
Cause if it’s really ‘bout love
I would improve humanity without the spilling of blood

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from Reality Check, released July 17, 2015

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"Trying to bridge the growing gap between 'would-be' and 'has-been.'"

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