{"id":6337,"date":"2015-10-01T23:37:30","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T23:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=6337"},"modified":"2015-10-01T23:37:30","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T23:37:30","slug":"evils-in-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=6337","title":{"rendered":"EVILS IN RELIGION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pakistan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6305\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pakistan.jpg\" alt=\"pakistan\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a>Ikike Etokeren:<br \/>\nLike a swarm of flies encircling an illusion<br \/>\nCaravan of dreamers in a barren seek<br \/>\nOf a mirage for an oasis<br \/>\nThousands throng this edifice<br \/>\nDaily on a vain pilgrimage<br \/>\nPainted in solemnity to entice the lay<br \/>\nBeautiful meadows of tranquil environs<br \/>\nThe dome is magnificent, sprawling spire<br \/>\nBraced by nicely sculptured arches<br \/>\nThe dais in the sanctuary adorned<br \/>\nWith pious looks of priestly robes<br \/>\nVersed in the writings of the sacred Book<br \/>\nTo convinced<br \/>\nAnd confused the uninitiated<br \/>\nBeneath this splendour<br \/>\nLurks the evil, vinegar for wine<br \/>\nBrews in its heart of sanctuary<br \/>\nPenitentiary<br \/>\nAnd venomous sermons<br \/>\nOverflow from its fountain<br \/>\nThe faithfuls drink to stupor<br \/>\nEat discord and acrimony<br \/>\nSiblings convert into religious enemy<br \/>\nTheir consciences murdered by faith<br \/>\nAnd the terror in them unleashed<br \/>\nTo strangle Love and spill blood<br \/>\nAs signage of devoutness<br \/>\nBut if GOD is ONE<br \/>\nAll issued out of HIS LOVE<br \/>\nWhy this evil in us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ikike Etokeren: Like a swarm of flies encircling an illusion Caravan of dreamers in a barren seek Of a mirage for an oasis Thousands throng this edifice Daily on a vain pilgrimage Painted in solemnity to entice the lay Beautiful meadows of tranquil environs The dome is magnificent, sprawling spire Braced by nicely sculptured [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/pakistan.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oswh-1Ed","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6339,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6337\/revisions\/6339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}