Chosen People (/) Poem by Jordan Legaspi

Chosen people


We are the chosen people of God:

because we are good and the others are bad;

because we are the greatest among the nations
and the rest of the world are the least;

because we are the holy children of light
and 'they': sons and daughters of darkness;

because we are righteous who keep the law
and outside of us are wicked;

because we are the race who entered into the covenant
and 'they': men and women who sin against Yahweh;

because we are the sheep of His flock
and 'they': goats wondering in the land of the gentiles.

"We are the chosen people of God."

That's what my religion is telling me
but I don't know what does it really means -

And I don't know "which" God exactly who choose us

Alas! We are the chosen people of God! ?






Note:
The poem 'Chosen people' is the author's criticism to religious sects that promote doctrine of absolutism, and to the point of elevating/ separating them from the rest of the society, by adhering to their principle of 'excusive right of salvation' because they hold the absolute truth of their creed, they became absolute moralist and enemy to any body/ group, who do not accept their faith.