| Dawes – When My Time Comes Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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@[meowza:32409] Yeah, this was almost 10 years ago, but here's a few thoughts. 1. I find it interesting that you said: " it is a commentary on what *logical* people deal with when they contemplate religion." It seems as if you believe religious people can't think logically, or that religion itself is irrational. 2. While this could be interpreted as a formerly religious person contemplating the fallacies in religion, it could also be the other way around. Someone who was completely opposed to any form of god then contemplating the good parts of religion. For instance, "So I pointed my fingers, and shout a few quotes I knew As if something that's written should be taken as true" This can be interpreted as a little man in a tweed suit clutching a bible and condemning people on the streets for their callous misdeeds, but it can also be interpreted as an atheist or antitheist quoting Charles Darwin and telling Christians, Jews, Muslims, and whoever else that they've been brainwashed. Either way, the debate is pretty brutal on both sides. 3. Finally, It could also be neither of these things: this Belief or Unbelief. It could be a re-evaluation of one's belief. I don't know exactly how much you know about Christians or your experiences with them, but many of them don't actually act like Jesus. Many of them claim to be so, solely because they attend church. However, some of these people realize this. I personally found myself to be putting on a Jesus mask and going to church. The thing is though, I realized that who I was and what I was doing elsewhere was not synonymous with the Christian faith. However, I had a sort of epiphany. (Yes, my attitude toward religion may disgust you, but bear with me) I saw this God who so desired me that He Himself became a dirty, fragile human in order to fix me. If that was so, then what did I have to keep from Him? If I claimed to be someone He died for, then why did I not live my life like I'd been saved from something horrific? Anyway, I see this song, not as a turning away from any certain way of thinking, but rather as an evaluation and repurposing of ones motives behind this way of thinking. |
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