[A newer redaction of this poem can be found here]

A Skeptic said “What if you are wrong?”

I said “What if I am right?”

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An Atheist said “How is there a Creator?”

I said “How is there a Creation?”

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A Christian said “Love God and worship Jesus”

I said “Love Jesus and worship God”

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A Jew said “God will be true to his covenant with us”

I said “But have you been true to your covenant with God?”

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A Buddhist said “The purpose of life is to discover Enlightenment”

I said “Enlightenment means to discover the purpose of life”

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A Polytheist said “I worship many gods that hear and intercede for me with the almighty God”

I said “I worship one God that’s almighty enough to hear me without an intercessor”

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A Secularist said “Wars and killing for religious reasons are bad”

I said “Wars and killing for materialistic reasons are evil”

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An Evolutionist said “The universe created life by itself, without needing God”

I said “Did the universe create itself without needing God?”

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A Democrat said “The majority must rule”

I said “But what will rule the majority?”

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A Nationalist said “The Nation comes first, before God”

I said “God was first, before the Nation”

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A Conservative (Republican) said “Why don’t Muslims assimilate into our culture?”

I said “Because your culture demands assimilation”

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A Patriot said “I support my country, right or wrong”

I said “A country has no right to be supported in wrong”

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A Liberal said “What vanity prevents you from adopting Liberal values?”

I said “What Liberal value isn’t based on vanity?”

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A Zionist said “The Palestinian call for justice imposes demands against Israel”

I said “Did not Zionism create Israel by unjustly imposing upon Palestine?”

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A Neo-Conservative said “I believe we are the superior Civilization”

I said “That’s what makes you an inferior Civilisation”

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An American politician said “We resist against those who use terrorism and violence”

I said “You use violence to terrorise those who resist”

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A French Politician said “We have banned wearing the Niqab to free women”

I said “You have banned womens’ freedom to wear the Niqab”

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An Islamophobe said “I hate Islam, and fear for my safety from Muslims”

I said “I fear for the safety of Muslims, from those who hate Islam”

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A Pacifist said “The just way is to be peaceful”

I said “To be peaceful to the unjust, is injustice to the peaceful”

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A Pragmatist said “Always choose the lesser of two evils”

I said “Then your choices will always be evil”

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An Ascetic said “Leave worldly affairs, and seek God”

I said “Seek God in your worldly affairs”

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A Conspiracy Theorist said “I believe that ‘They’ control the World”

I said “That belief controls your world”

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A ‘Moderate Muslim’ said “Ideally, you should embrace compromise”

I said “You should embrace an uncompromisable Ideal”