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The Testament of Jean Meslier

from Casus by Carvakas

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THE TESTAMENT OF JEAN MESLIER

Dear friends, I wish to declare to you in writing
Something that in life I never told you
About a hateful tyrannical and evil lie
Rooted in the silence of reasonable minds

The religions in the world
They are inventions and purely human institutions
Those who invented them used a god
For laws and commandments to be enforced

False, false mysteries, false, false solemnities and false divine worship
With the pretext of heaven, they give you a life of misery

With the excuse of another non-existent life
The imaginary penalties of an invented hell

I wish that all the great
And noble of the earth
Be hanged and strangled
With the guts of the priests
So much stupidity my dear friends
Don't be led by these hypocrites
Through these words I offer you a means
So that, if you want to, you can free yourself

All religions and political laws
Are detestable mysteries of inequity

Priests and authorities seize you
They will indoctrinate and hold you captive!

Religions do not and cannot contribute
Strong reasons or evidence of credibility
Nor the prophecies of the supposed saints
Nor their alleged acts in the name of divinity

Religion forces you to believe in absurd things
It endorses principles that disrupt nature
Allows tyranny, authorizes vexations against justice
A yoke of dominance against humanity

False, false mysteries, false, false solemnities and false divine worship
With the pretext of heaven, they give you a life of misery

With the excuse of another non-existent life
The imaginary penalties of an invented hell

I wish that all the great
And noble of the earth
Be hanged and strangled
With the guts of the priests
So much stupidity my dear friends
Don't be led by these hypocrites
Through these words I offer you a means
So that, if you want to, you can free yourself

All religions and political laws
Are detestable mysteries of inequity

I already take almost no part in what is done in the world
The dead, whom I am about to join, no longer worry about anything
So, I will finish this with nothing
I am hardly more than nothing and soon will be nothing…

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from Casus, released November 17, 2022

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Carvakas Santiago, Chile

Carvakas is a death metal band formed in 2010 in Santiago, Chile.
In musical terms straight inclined towards death metal including progressive dyes in some passages of the compositions without neglecting the weight and brutality so characteristic of the genre. At the same time, the lyrics appealing to the development of critical thinking through exploring these philosophical topics. ... more

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