As an athiest i understand most of what he's talking about. the whole question of being a sentimental man comes from religious people accusing atheists of being immoral jerk-offs. We have morals just like everybody else, we just make them for ourselves instead of having it all laid out for us. And i think the forth stanza is supposed to be sarcastic, playing on the expectations of religion and flaking on goals you make for yourself, something EVERYONE does. athiests just see the world as it is without adding some crazy element into it to explain things.
Or, look at it as a reply to any belief. The last part sums it up nicely, for me. I don't think it's just a "go atheism!" song, though. I think it just asks the question "why believe in anything at all?" and says that asking that question doesn't make you an amoral fuck who believes in nothing at all. It's just a question, not an assertion that you're an unfeeling person, unable to understand empathy.
Or, look at it as a reply to any belief. The last part sums it up nicely, for me. I don't think it's just a "go atheism!" song, though. I think it just asks the question "why believe in anything at all?" and says that asking that question doesn't make you an amoral fuck who believes in nothing at all. It's just a question, not an assertion that you're an unfeeling person, unable to understand empathy.
As an athiest i understand most of what he's talking about. the whole question of being a sentimental man comes from religious people accusing atheists of being immoral jerk-offs. We have morals just like everybody else, we just make them for ourselves instead of having it all laid out for us. And i think the forth stanza is supposed to be sarcastic, playing on the expectations of religion and flaking on goals you make for yourself, something EVERYONE does. athiests just see the world as it is without adding some crazy element into it to explain things.
Or, look at it as a reply to any belief. The last part sums it up nicely, for me. I don't think it's just a "go atheism!" song, though. I think it just asks the question "why believe in anything at all?" and says that asking that question doesn't make you an amoral fuck who believes in nothing at all. It's just a question, not an assertion that you're an unfeeling person, unable to understand empathy.
Or, look at it as a reply to any belief. The last part sums it up nicely, for me. I don't think it's just a "go atheism!" song, though. I think it just asks the question "why believe in anything at all?" and says that asking that question doesn't make you an amoral fuck who believes in nothing at all. It's just a question, not an assertion that you're an unfeeling person, unable to understand empathy.