Belief overwhelms all, not just belief in God or any other

divinity--divine or human--but everything becomes mere opinion

while mere opinion becomes belief and belief supplants knowing

and unknowing turns its back on knowledge.

No way to test belief, nor any desire to.

Belief marries power and the offspring's smile

sends chills among those who can see what's coming:

the Inquisition reborn, Torquemada lives again!