I too fell in love with song thinking he said "Don't nobody know my troubles with god"
Also seeing the lyrycs on a few other sites with a lowercase "g" in God, changes the meaning of this to an unnamed hypothetical higher power, and not THE God... aka: your particular one and only. With that being said, even in his reference to 'god' he's not saying yours... he includes all faiths and religions there.
I for one will keep my lyrics in mind when I hear this song. And to those of you bashing us Atheists and Agnostics... that's very Christian of you. All I have to say in return, must be nice never having to truly say goodbye to your deceased loved ones like we do... but I wouldn't trade that pain for the world if it meant living with part of my brain turned off.
If your so scared of death being final that you need Religion as a crutch in your life, I will respect that, like all but the most militant of atheists will... all we ask is that you respect our belief as well... we're all still human aren't we? And besides; since when has a holy war ever bettered mankind?
I too fell in love with song thinking he said "Don't nobody know my troubles with god"
Also seeing the lyrycs on a few other sites with a lowercase "g" in God, changes the meaning of this to an unnamed hypothetical higher power, and not THE God... aka: your particular one and only. With that being said, even in his reference to 'god' he's not saying yours... he includes all faiths and religions there.
I for one will keep my lyrics in mind when I hear this song. And to those of you bashing us Atheists and Agnostics... that's very Christian of you. All I have to say in return, must be nice never having to truly say goodbye to your deceased loved ones like we do... but I wouldn't trade that pain for the world if it meant living with part of my brain turned off.
If your so scared of death being final that you need Religion as a crutch in your life, I will respect that, like all but the most militant of atheists will... all we ask is that you respect our belief as well... we're all still human aren't we? And besides; since when has a holy war ever bettered mankind?