on Fundamentalism

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In Frank Zappa's prophetic lyrics.
As true today as ever. And equally applicable to either side.
DUMB ALL OVER
Whoever we are wherever we're from
we should have noticed by now our behavior is dumb
And if our chances expect to improve
it's gonna take a lot more than trying to remove
The other race or the other whatever
from the face of the planet altogether
Now we call it the Earth which is a dumb kinda name
but they named it right cause we behave the same
We are dumb all over
Dumb all over, yes we are
Dumb all over, near and far
Dumb all over, black and white
People - we is not wrapped tight!
Nerds on the left, nerds on the right
Religous fanatics on the air every night
Sayin' the Bible tells the story
And makes the details sound real gory
'Bout what to do If the geeks over there
Don't believe in the book we got over here
You can't run a race without no feet
'N pretty soon there won't be no street
For dummies to jog on or doggies to dog on
Religous fanatics can make it be all gone
(I mean it won't blow up 'N disappear
It'll just look ugly for a thousand years...)
You can't run a country by a book of religion
not by a heap or a lump or a smidgeon
No foolish rules of ancient date
designed to make you all feel great
While you fold, spindle snd mutilate
those unbelievers from a neighboring state
Two Arms, Two arms hooray that's great
two legs ain't bad unless there's a crate
They ship the parts to mama in
for souvenirs: two ears, Get Down!
Not his, not hers, but what the hey?
the good book says it's gotta be that way
But their book says: REVENGE THE CRUSADES
With whips 'n chains 'N hand grenades
To arms, to arms at another and another
our god says there ain't no other
Our god says it's all okay
our God says this is the way
It says in the book BURN AND DESTROY
and repent and redeem and revenge and deploy
And rumble thee forth
to the land of the unbelieving scum on the other side
Cause they don't go for what's in the book
and that makes 'em BAD
So verily we must choppeth them up
and stompeth them down
Or rent a nice French bomb to poof them out of existance
while leaving their real estate just where we need it
To use again for temples in which to praise OUR GOD
(Cause he can really take care of business)
And when his humble TV servant with humble white hair
and humble glasses and a nice brown suit
and maybe a blond wife who takes phone calls
Tells us our god says it's okay to do this stuff
then we gotta do it, 'Cause if we don't do it,
we ain't gwine up to hebbin
(Depending on which book you're using at the time...
Can't use theirs. it don't work. it's all lies. gotta use mine.)
Ain't that right? That's what they say
every night... every day...
Hey, we can't really be dumb if we're just following god's orders
Hey, let's get serious...god knows what he's doin'
He wrote this book here and in the book it says
He made us all to be just like Him
so...
If we're dumb... Then God is dumb...
And maybe even a little ugly on the side