I agree with Latchkey Kid. THis song is about the church,especially my dear own catholic church. First verse is about the inquisition who tortured and burnt people alive on the stake for heresy and how eventually the church's power waned,second verse is about the meetings held in the vatican about the clerical abuse scandal(Jesuits is indeed a christian group but also refers to any followers of Jesus)I thought I was ever so clever working out the rouge referred to the cardinals but people here worked it out well before I did.
Third verse is just about how the modern world rejects religion in general.
However I must disagree with Hraesvelg. By calling a religious person's views "ridiculous" you are being every bit as narrow minded as all those fundementalists who claim only the religion they belong to is a valid religion.It irritates the fuck out of me when some person comes along and flouts the fact that they believe in no God as if they are somehow more rational and more advanced than others.If you don't believe in God fine,to each his own but don't act as if your superior to others who think God exists.Fuck off and have a nice day
I agree with Latchkey Kid. THis song is about the church,especially my dear own catholic church. First verse is about the inquisition who tortured and burnt people alive on the stake for heresy and how eventually the church's power waned,second verse is about the meetings held in the vatican about the clerical abuse scandal(Jesuits is indeed a christian group but also refers to any followers of Jesus)I thought I was ever so clever working out the rouge referred to the cardinals but people here worked it out well before I did.
Third verse is just about how the modern world rejects religion in general.
However I must disagree with Hraesvelg. By calling a religious person's views "ridiculous" you are being every bit as narrow minded as all those fundementalists who claim only the religion they belong to is a valid religion.It irritates the fuck out of me when some person comes along and flouts the fact that they believe in no God as if they are somehow more rational and more advanced than others.If you don't believe in God fine,to each his own but don't act as if your superior to others who think God exists.Fuck off and have a nice day