The Garden of Love

Right, so, we had to read this poem for class.

Let me just say, wow, thank you, William Blake, for expressing exactly how I feel about religion. Do I classify myself as a Christian? Yes. I may be going through more than a few issues with that personal relationship, but whatever. I still believe the dear and fluffy lord. But that doesn't change the fact that I, personally, feel smothered by organized religion. It seems like it's nothing but rules and doom'n'gloom. "YOU MUST DO THIS OR YOU WILL NEVER BE SAVED."

I don't agree. And Blake really seemed to illustrate that for me.