A response to Brian McLaren's comment that conservative Christians often find themselves on the wrong side of truth.
The billy-goats gruff had to move,
And oh! how they feared that troll.
But when you're on the wrong side of that wooden bridge,
Get a move on: you could lose it all.
Galileo gazed into the sky,
And oh! how some churchmen raged.
But those who thought the Sun was whizzing round the Earth
Are a footnote in history's page.
Charles Darwin saw how Nature worked,
And oh! how some churchmen laughed.
But saying apes can't climb down from their family tree
Isn't big or clever — just plain daft.
Some people make the Bible God,
And oh! how they turn and twist.
But if you treat a poem like a science book
You'll never know what you have missed.
The troll says we should stay put.
And oh! how we fear his voice.
But God is calling us to cross that wooden bridge,
and truth is the braver choice.
The billy-goats gruff had to move,
And oh! how they feared that troll.
But when you're on the wrong side of that wooden bridge,
Get a move on: you could lose it all.
Galileo gazed into the sky,
And oh! how some churchmen raged.
But those who thought the Sun was whizzing round the Earth
Are a footnote in history's page.
Charles Darwin saw how Nature worked,
And oh! how some churchmen laughed.
But saying apes can't climb down from their family tree
Isn't big or clever — just plain daft.
Some people make the Bible God,
And oh! how they turn and twist.
But if you treat a poem like a science book
You'll never know what you have missed.
The troll says we should stay put.
And oh! how we fear his voice.
But God is calling us to cross that wooden bridge,
and truth is the braver choice.
