… you did a stellar job, I must admit in dismantling the lie, at least the way I see it. You went to the root and I painstakingly took it out, strand by strand, the gingerly balanced structure came tumbling down, slowly at first, but then picked up momentum as you went for the structural support. It is sad to see the once-proud, strong, forebearing, ancient and study tree descend. Why would someone, or a group of people build a structure laced with layers and layers of lies? And how did the structure hold up for so long? if its support is truly compromised. Millions, yes millions have sought and obtained shelter under its structure, so how can it be untrue? How can a weak structure, if it is truly weak, house so much for so long? Maybe there is some stability mixed in with compromise? Maybe there is some truth mixed in with lies? Maybe there is some strength mixed in with weakness? I am saddened, I lie not because you made sense. I wish you didn’t point out the flaws. I didn’t know I would see the day when I will claim to prefer blissful ignorance, well the day is surely upon us.
Do you know why? Because you have done a lousy job of building the truth, of outlining the right path. You have mumbled through your discourse. Your presentation is weak, very weak indeed. You have left us exposed, cold at the mercy of the elements. You took away our clothing because it is worn and tattered but you left us naked, maybe not naked, but all you gave is a threadbare string to cover us up.
So where do we go from here? We are homeless now! You sound homeless as well. You are neither here nor there, you still try to loan some covering from the structure you have condemned. I guess this issue is not as simple as you make it out to be. I guess it is always easy, much easier to dismantle but not that easy to build back up. It is very difficult. And maybe, just maybe, all structures will have compromise built into them as long as mere mortals are the builders. And I guess we all have a responsibility to bear as we dismantle the tree and put the axe to the trunk of the tree or the digger to its root. Man is not made to roam unsheltered and unless we can provide alternative shelter, is there something to be said for leaving the existing shelter as it stands?
Beautiful Ivory 