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Poet: Stephen Crane
Poem: 10.
You tell me this is God?
Volume: War is Kind & Other Lines
Year: Published/Written in 1899
Comment 9 of 9, added on April 26th, 2006 at 1:19 PM.
just whom is crane calling an ass? godders or god? both, since they are indivisible. it is the stupidity of the concept of gods that he ridicules
Shakespeare Williams from United States
Comment 8 of 9, added on April 6th, 2006 at 10:31 PM.
I do agree that this isn't one of his best poems but i like it and how it's very straightforward, at least to me anyway. It seems that Crane isn't attacking God's existence but rather is directly attacking the christian church or any organized religion really. he's saying that the bible, or any other text, isn't important and neither is lighting ceremonial candles representing the light of Christ or of God, and the leaders of the church services are just asses for doing it and believing it all. Crane's just trying to get across his idea that God isn't found through any of that.
Zach from United States
Comment 7 of 9, added on October 18th, 2005 at 4:00 PM.
I think Crane is saying that sometimes people put things before God and therefore make those things their gods. Money, power, sex are all examples. Anything that you put above God is in direct violation of the commandment "thou shalt have no other gods before Me" and therefore a sin.
d.k. from United States
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just whom is crane calling an ass? godders or god? both, since they are indivisible. it is the stupidity of the concept of gods that he ridicules
Shakespeare Williams from United States