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Sufjan Stevens – The Seer's Tower Lyrics 16 years ago
i think "Oh my mother, she betrayed us, but my father loved and bathed us." actually just simply has to do with his parents. he often puts his own experiences into his songs.

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Sufjan Stevens – The Seer's Tower Lyrics 16 years ago
i dont think so...the tower of babel was not built for God, but to make a name for themselves.

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Sufjan Stevens – John Wayne Gacy, Jr. Lyrics 16 years ago
well, i think a better way to explain it is that physically, the acts have a different value, and can hurt other people more or less, but it's different spiritually for the person committing them. it depends not so much on the act, but how much you know the act is wrong and how much you go against your nature to do it. in other words, if you're a person with bad upbringing, brain damage, etc; when you murder someone, it's like a Mother Theresa insulting someone.
You see, the government judges us to protect others, so the more people you hurt, and the more you hurt them, the more of a crime you commit.
However, God judges purely our soul. He's not an idiot, so if you had a terrible childhood, He'll hold you less accountable than someone who's been raised well. Be grateful, dagsman - I'm assuming you won't be held as accountable for calling Him a "fucking asshole" as I would be :)

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