A song for Christian Fundies (feel free to post your songs as well)

[Colobo]

"Jesus: Verb, Not Noun" (Jesús: Verbo, no sustantivo)
by Ricardo Arjona (Guatemala)
Recorded in 1992, included in his album "Nocturnal Animal" (Animal nocturno)
Translation to English by Katzenkavalier

Yesterday, Jesus tuned my guitar and sharpened my senses…
He inspired me.
Paper and pencil in hand,
I write down the song and then refused to write anymore,
because to speak and to write about Jesus is to be redundant,
it would be better to act.
Then, something told me that
the only way to avoid being redundant is to tell the truth.
To say that Jesus is action and movement,
not five letters that form a name.
To say that Jesus likes when we act, not when we talk.
To say that Jesus is a verb, not a noun.

Jesus is more than a simple theory.
Why do you spend the whole day
reading the Bible, brother?
What’s written in there can be summed up as LOVE,
now move and put it in practice.
Jesus, dear brother, is a verb, not a noun.

Jesus is more than a luxurious temple with Baroque influences;
He knows that all of it is nothing but stone.
The church lives in our souls and acts, don’t forget.
Jesus, dear brother, is a verb, not a noun.

Jesus is more than praying,
kneeling and letting everyone know about it.
He knows that maybe their consciences are burning inside.
Jesus is more than a soul saving flower in an altar.
Jesus, dear brothers, is a verb, not a noun.

Jesus is more than a group of old ladies with a dark conscience
that hope to earn their salvation through a charity organization
that in order to become an active member
you will have to show your Swiss savings account
and important connections to the executive board.

Jesus converted his sermons into acts;
now Mormons say that drinking coffee is a sin.
They have so little to do that they start inventing things.
Jesus, dear brothers, is a verb, not a noun.

Jesus doesn’t understand why he is cheered in a service;
They talk about honesty even though they know the tithe is a fraud.
Jesus is disgusted by the pastor that enriches himself through faith;
Jesus, dear brothers, is a verb, not a noun.
I was baptized when I was 2
but I wasn’t told anything.
They even made a party but I wasn’t asked about it.
You baptize me, Jesus, privately, like friends we are.
I know you hate protocols, my brother.

The most religious woman in my neighborhood
was Doña Carlota, who used to talk about
loving your fellow men while she busted my balls.
When I was a kid I learned that religion
was nothing but a method called
“Thinking Is Prohibited Because Everything Has Been Written Already”.

People, stop categorizing the Faith
because borders are only for countries
and in this world we have more religions than happy children.
Jesus once thought: “I’ll make myself invisible
so that all my brothers stop talking so much about me
and start helping each other.”

Jesus, you are the best witness of the love I feel for you.
I have peace in my conscience,
that’s why I don’t confess my sins to a priest.
A murderer can’t bring his victim back to life
by praying two “Our Fathers”.
Jesus, dear brothers, is a verb, not a noun.

Jesus, don’t come back to Earth; stay up there.
All of those that have lived as you did
are dead today, forgotten in some cemetery
with their ideals as their only baggage
and with a smile on their lips
because they were verbs and not nouns.

[Colobo]

1. Kickin.

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

2. K & R

Just beautiful.

[Colobo]

3. It's even better in Spanish. My translation is probably poor, but...