Sold! To the Nice Rich Man

I think the rich man is supposed to be God, and the second rich man is Jesus. And him buying the world is him coming in to announce his existence and the existence of the heavens and his plans for us (10 Commandments and all), and of course we run afoul of those Old Testament style plans because we're human and not perfect; we disobey, and so there goes the ark, here comes the dark... And then the one who comes and is full of life and twice as nice is New Testament God and Jesus who pays the price and all that self loathing and guilt type stuff we do. And since the price is paid, we should no longer worry and just be chill. I think the song is an interesting way to look at God and christianity. Like God doesn't have to even be here in this part of the universe, but the fact that he is here must mean something.

In this song, God is a symbolic idea, a stand-in for the actual rich and powerful who some deeply believe we must adore.

No, the rich man here is recognized as good because of his actions, not his power.

"Rich man came to pay the price He paid it all, he paid the now He paid the royalty, he paid it in full He paid it for fools who wandered and drooled Full of life, he's twice as nice"

There is no worship of power here, only goodness.

Oops, that was supposed to be in reply to tom0063.

This is a truly evil song.

It basically urges us to see be humble before the rich and powerful, to worship them. It equates wealth and power with goodness, as primitives so often do.

It promotes the idea of the worthlessness of ordinary people in comparison to the rich and powerful.

How sad and how very, very false.