FALSE RELIGION
Those who in the name of Faith embrace illusion,
Kill and are killed.
Even the atheist gets God's blessings-
Does not boast of his religion;
With reverence he lights the lamp of Reason
And pays his homage not to scriptures,
But to the good in man.
The bigot insults his own religion
When he slays a man of another faith.
Conduct he judges not in the light of Reason;
In the temple he raises the blood-stained banner
And worships the devil in the name of God.
All that is shameful and barbarous through the Ages,
Has found a shelter in their *temples
Those they turn into prisons;
0, I hear the trumpet call of Destruction!
Time comes with her great broom
Sweeping all refuse away.    
                                                                      - Tagore.
* place of worship