Drugstore Jesus

Ok I have a slightly differnt intepretation of this song: I think it's about "quick-fix" Christinas. Aka the Christians who think that there's just a simple cure to everything, and they only help people in order to stand on a pdedestal and go "oh look at me and the good I'm doing for mankind, and they don't give acrap aobut the actual person who's suffering.

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Reading the lyrics, it reminds me of a conversation a friend of mine and I had - she's a pharmacist, and disgusted at how many of the people that come in there are insane about how they need their drugs right then and there!

Seems to me the song is about how we tend to drug our people up, so they feel 'good'

what else can this mean but the most humbling demeanor Jesus did to save mankind and that obviously is the yet the greatest paradox:'to live, you die on the cross'. i might sound preachy but guess what, 'drugstore' in this context means Jesus is the healer of any kind of sickness may it be physiological or spiritual, it doesnt matter. He is God

listening to this song 7 years ago I was fascinated by it, but I couldn't quite hammer out what it meant. To some, the meaning is apparently obvious. and to others a little harder to gather. I found my camp with the latter. I read an article and it's meanign made the most sense. It said, "drug store Jesus is about a leader who uses religion to not only give people what they want to hear, but also takes something in exchange for what he gives." So, said the artilce, TBN preachers or prosperity doctrine promoters more then likely would fall into this camp of turning christ into a drugstore and sacrificing the miracle. whatever the meaning it's a sobering song.

The meaning is clearly stated in Matthew 6:3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth. In other words, when you do great things don't look for glory, or gloat in self praise.