Found this one on StumbleUpon.. Pretty great.

[mrwinkie1330]

<i>I thought I saw an Atheist</>


I thought I saw an atheist, once, walking down the street.
I checked for horns, I checked for tail, I checked for cloven feet;
Began to tremble frightfullyâ€"my heart was in my throatâ€"
Then sighed in happy recognition, for ‘twas but a goat.

I thought I saw an atheist, down near a swollen stream
With scaly skin, and blood so cold, I couldn’t breathe to scream!
I looked into his bulging eyes, and prayed “God, grant my wish”
Then laughed in my embarrassmentâ€"it only was a fish.

I thought I saw an atheist, with fur and pointed claws,
And wicked teeth for chewing up Judeo-Christian laws,
I ran, and tripped, and fell to earth, then hid behind a logâ€"
It caught me, though, and licked my faceâ€"of course, it was a dog.

I thought I saw an atheist, though cleverly disguised
Not giant and reptilian, but human, normal sized,
It looked to be engaging in productive, useful labor;
But no, this was no atheistâ€"this person was my neighbor!

I thought I saw an atheist; in fact, I saw a few!
My neighbor, and the grocer, and the cop, and maybe you!
I even found some in the church, right there beneath the steeple;
It turns out, to my great surprise… that atheists are people.


I don't know who it's by...  It was on Cuttlefish.. Good huh?

[mrwinkie1330]

haha.. guess I missed that endtag... oops.

[ShimShamSam]

I'm afraid it's too happy and cheerful and inspirational for me. I'm a grump, I am a bitter fellow and will be a grumpy old man by the age of 25, though I see the point of the poem. Personally, I hope a lot of people don't see it, then they'll know us atheist are just regular folks. It blows the element of surprise, if they think atheist are huge loud obnoxious god haters, they can see them a mile away, then I jump out an debate them, unexpectedly, now they'll be expecting me. I think that's the worst logic I've ever used.

[mrwinkie1330]

Haha.. I see what your saying..

The reason that I think the poem is good isn't actually because of the "inspirational" stuff.

I thought it was good because I actually know people who think that because I am an atheist I worship Satan.

And because I am an atheist, I have no morals.  

I just thought the naivity of the poem was pretty good.

[MommaSquid]

It was a cute poem (maybe a bit too sing-song-ish).  It made me wonder if animals are to be considered atheists.  They don't worship god and they seem to do just fine in the world.  Animals don't bow down to the invisible man in the sky, so why should anyone else?