Institutions of Deceit
Institutions of Deceit: Unmasking Hypocrisy in Faith
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Disgraceful, the evil done by false prophets in God's name
Disgraceful acts committed by false prophets in the name of God
Profit from intimidating poor, lost souls into the flock
Profiting by intimidating the poor and leading them into the flock
Selling a grand facade, pompous posturing in vain
Selling a false image with vain and pompous behavior
Reinforce spiritual weakness, insecurity
Reinforcing spiritual weakness and insecurity
Forgotten essential, freedom of choice
Highlighting the forgotten essential of freedom of choice
All goodness is discarded, kindness affected
Discarding all goodness, affecting kindness
Right or wrong, coerce the congregation mob
Coercing the congregation to follow without questioning
To abide your tumid words, the only God they know
Forcing adherence to the speaker's inflated words as the only God they know
Selective agenda with no foundation in truth
Having a selective agenda without a foundation in truth
Corruption, stumbling block, ruined credibility
Corruption as a stumbling block, ruining credibility
Vulgar salesmen growing fat, lies you tell consume your sheep
Describing false prophets as vulgar salesmen, consuming their followers with lies
Crucify the innocent, absolve yourself with dollar bills
Crucifying the innocent and absolving guilt with money
Self-righteous, presuming, cast stones of hypocrisy
Being self-righteous and hypocritical, casting stones at others
Impose your nauseating, senseless fantasy
Imposing a nauseating and senseless fantasy of salvation
Built on payment, not contrition, speciously redeemed
Building on payment, not contrition, and falsely redeemed
Iniquity, punishment on anyone who disobeys
Inflicting punishment for disobedience and iniquity
Forgotten essential, the freedom of choice
Reiterating the forgotten essential of freedom of choice
All goodness is discarded, kindness affected
Discarding goodness again, affecting kindness
Selling out redemption you will never grasp
Selling out redemption without understanding it
Disgrace all men of faith
Disgracing all men of faith
Self-righteous, presuming to cast stones of hypocrisy
Repeating the theme of self-righteousness and casting stones of hypocrisy
Impose your nauseating salvation, senseless fantasy
Imposing a nauseating salvation and senseless fantasy again
Built on payment without contrition, speciously redeemed
Building on payment without contrition, speciously redeemed once more
Iniquity, inflict punishment on anyone who disobeys
Reiterating punishment for disobedience and iniquity
Unwillingness to accept reality
Expressing unwillingness to accept reality
Myopic grip on the words of men
Describing a myopic grip on the words of men
Blind loyalty without faith, service to an institution
Criticizing blind loyalty without true faith, serving an institution
Betraying trust, and our liberty
Highlighting betrayal of trust and liberty
Sin of greater depth than those you would save
Portraying sins of greater depth than those claimed to be saved
Blaming tragedy on our tolerance
Blaming tragedy on tolerance and expressing dissatisfaction
You spent your life as a sordid pharisee
Accusing a life spent as a sordid pharisee
Unjust, don't be shocked when you're barred from Paradise
Warning against injustice and the consequence of being barred from Paradise
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