the biblical references are fairly deliberate i think. i'm not sure about rocky's views on faith or anything, but it seems to me that he's describing growing up around the church or at least in a situation where people of influence were arrogant and abused their position. he's describing pharisees when he talks about the "carnival of counterfeits." this is literal and figurative, in that this is exactly how christ is treated and its how rocky feels when he comes up against these types of people, yet he knows exactly who he is and where he stands. rocky knows exactly where his strength comes from, whether he's being deliberate with his audience or not about what/whom that is.
the biblical references are fairly deliberate i think. i'm not sure about rocky's views on faith or anything, but it seems to me that he's describing growing up around the church or at least in a situation where people of influence were arrogant and abused their position. he's describing pharisees when he talks about the "carnival of counterfeits." this is literal and figurative, in that this is exactly how christ is treated and its how rocky feels when he comes up against these types of people, yet he knows exactly who he is and where he stands. rocky knows exactly where his strength comes from, whether he's being deliberate with his audience or not about what/whom that is.