the old ways

in religion 

if there are only sinners on a boat 

then the boat will sink 

because it's god's will 

but if most of the people on the boat are sinners 

and a few are not 

then it's for god to decide 

and if half of the people on the boat are sinners 

and the other half is not 

then it's god's plan 

if a battle in a war is impossible 

then the sinners are sent forward 

and if they all die 

then it's god's will 

a thief is considered guilty by man's law 

and a thief is considered to be a sinner by the book of god 

but what if a thief served city of man by finding an enemy 

or what if a thief served god by saving a child 

what if a person never committed a crime by man's law 

and never committed a sin by the book of god 

but that person tried to abuse another 

to weaken another 

in order for person strengthen itself 

will that person drown with a sinking boat 

or be sent forward to die in an impossible battle in a war