Romanovsky & Phillips - Hymn lyrics

(I have no patience left for the Catholic Church. For those who

Do, it is my hope that you will not compromise yourselves but

Will aggressively work towards bringing them into the 20th

Century.)

If there's something to be learned

From examining the past

It's that institutions change

Or else they do not last

Now you are such a dinosaur

In the ancient ways you think

And if you do not soon adapt

You too will be extinct

I believe that Christ's intention

Many centuries ago

Was to serve and to enlighten

And to guide our spiritual growth

But the latest word from Rome

Is not a loving one at all

If Jesus walked on earth today

I think he'd be appalled

Now the priesthood's quickly shrinking

But you won't let women in

And instead of teaching safer sex

You condemn it as a sin

You deny all women the right

To decide their bodies' fate

Suggesting that their purpose here

Is just to procreate

You say that gays and lesbians

Are fallen from God's grace

And tacitly you sanction

All the violence that we face

You distort the Bible's words

To support your platitudes

But bigotry is not

A very Christian attitude

Now as for reformation

I have very little hope

But if you think it can be done

Go and tell it to the Pope

'Cause the clergy and parishioners

Who are still inside the closet

Support this persecution

Even if they do not cause it