Someone may have already said this, but this song is literally the escape from Sodom and Gamorha put into song. Like I said in my comment on "Returning to the Fold", these guys don't have anything against religion in general, or Christianity, just when it's abused and used to keep people from thinking freely. In the "Returning to the Fold" comments page, someone posted a direct quote from the lead singer talking about his views on Christianity: Basically, he was raised a Christian and was very active in church when he was a teen. Now, he wants to believe in God, at least in some form, but he feels like all his life he was never "really convinced". So it's not an anti-religious song, because he himself is an agnostic with Christian roots.
For those of you who don't know the story of Sodom and Gamorha, there was basically this city where everyone was sinning. Many people use this story to justify their hatred towards gays and "Sodomy" but that was only a very small part of their "sinning". They were incredibly cruel to beggars and a major portion of the story revolves around their hatred and mistreatment towards outsiders. Because of this, God destroyed the city, but sparred a man named Lot and his family. Two angels in the form of humans guided them out of the city and told them not to look back at the destruction, but Lot's wife disobeyed and was turned into a pillar of salt, hence the song's name.
On the band's website the song is the story of a couple who are trying to flee from a fascist government of "Faux-christians". "Faux" means "Fake" or "False", which is evidence that they don't hate Christians per se, just people who use and abuse it for their own agendas
Sorry for the long comment, but this pretty much sums it up: The song, as well as the whole album, is about a couple fleeing from an unjust government that uses Christianity to oppress the people. This song in particular is ironic in that they're comparing their fleeing from their country to a biblical story where a couple also tries to escape an unjust non-Christian government, so they're trying to say that Christianity isn't the problem, but anytime a government uses an idea to oppress its people.
@Ashlyyn "Like I said in my comment on "Returning to the Fold", these guys don't have anything against religion in general, or Christianity, just when it's abused and used to keep people from thinking freely. "
@Ashlyyn "Like I said in my comment on "Returning to the Fold", these guys don't have anything against religion in general, or Christianity, just when it's abused and used to keep people from thinking freely. "
THAT would be GOOD, but... I see... that they have something against Christianity. You see the only weapon we have against FASCISTS using and abusing Christ's authority over people.. is for the people to KNOW what the Bible says for themselves.
THAT would be GOOD, but... I see... that they have something against Christianity. You see the only weapon we have against FASCISTS using and abusing Christ's authority over people.. is for the people to KNOW what the Bible says for themselves.
If what you see in this "Like I said in my comment on "Returning to the Fold", these guys don't...
If what you see in this "Like I said in my comment on "Returning to the Fold", these guys don't have anything against religion in general, or Christianity, just when it's abused and used to keep people from thinking freely. " IS what they are doing.. then a really powerful song, would be ... anger about taking God's Word out of their education... "you didn't want me to know.. how my Father loved me... that He wanted me to be free and forgiven.. so you told me .. He would be mad at me.. you told me I would be punished for my sins... you never told me about His grace" something like that...
@Ashlyyn "Like I said in my comment on "Returning to the Fold", these guys don't have anything against religion in general, or Christianity, just when it's abused and used to keep people from thinking freely. "
@Ashlyyn "Like I said in my comment on "Returning to the Fold", these guys don't have anything against religion in general, or Christianity, just when it's abused and used to keep people from thinking freely. "
THAT would be GOOD, but... I see... that they have something against Christianity. You see the only weapon we have against FASCISTS using and abusing Christ's authority over people.. is for the people to KNOW what the Bible says for themselves.
THAT would be GOOD, but... I see... that they have something against Christianity. You see the only weapon we have against FASCISTS using and abusing Christ's authority over people.. is for the people to KNOW what the Bible says for themselves.
If what you see in this "Like I said in my comment on "Returning to the Fold", these guys don't...
If what you see in this "Like I said in my comment on "Returning to the Fold", these guys don't have anything against religion in general, or Christianity, just when it's abused and used to keep people from thinking freely. " IS what they are doing.. then a really powerful song, would be ... anger about taking God's Word out of their education... "you didn't want me to know.. how my Father loved me... that He wanted me to be free and forgiven.. so you told me .. He would be mad at me.. you told me I would be punished for my sins... you never told me about His grace" something like that...
"On the band's website the song is the story of a couple who are trying to flee from a fascist government of "Faux-christians". "Faux" means "Fake" or "False", which is evidence that they don't hate Christians per se, just people who use and abuse it for their own agendas" Oh Okay.. good...
"This song in particular is ironic in that they're comparing their fleeing from their country to a biblical story where a couple also tries to escape an unjust non-Christian government, so they're trying to say that Christianity isn't the problem, but anytime a government uses an idea to oppress its people." -- I like your explanation.
Someone may have already said this, but this song is literally the escape from Sodom and Gamorha put into song. Like I said in my comment on "Returning to the Fold", these guys don't have anything against religion in general, or Christianity, just when it's abused and used to keep people from thinking freely. In the "Returning to the Fold" comments page, someone posted a direct quote from the lead singer talking about his views on Christianity: Basically, he was raised a Christian and was very active in church when he was a teen. Now, he wants to believe in God, at least in some form, but he feels like all his life he was never "really convinced". So it's not an anti-religious song, because he himself is an agnostic with Christian roots.
For those of you who don't know the story of Sodom and Gamorha, there was basically this city where everyone was sinning. Many people use this story to justify their hatred towards gays and "Sodomy" but that was only a very small part of their "sinning". They were incredibly cruel to beggars and a major portion of the story revolves around their hatred and mistreatment towards outsiders. Because of this, God destroyed the city, but sparred a man named Lot and his family. Two angels in the form of humans guided them out of the city and told them not to look back at the destruction, but Lot's wife disobeyed and was turned into a pillar of salt, hence the song's name.
On the band's website the song is the story of a couple who are trying to flee from a fascist government of "Faux-christians". "Faux" means "Fake" or "False", which is evidence that they don't hate Christians per se, just people who use and abuse it for their own agendas
Sorry for the long comment, but this pretty much sums it up: The song, as well as the whole album, is about a couple fleeing from an unjust government that uses Christianity to oppress the people. This song in particular is ironic in that they're comparing their fleeing from their country to a biblical story where a couple also tries to escape an unjust non-Christian government, so they're trying to say that Christianity isn't the problem, but anytime a government uses an idea to oppress its people.
@Ashlyyn "Like I said in my comment on "Returning to the Fold", these guys don't have anything against religion in general, or Christianity, just when it's abused and used to keep people from thinking freely. "
@Ashlyyn "Like I said in my comment on "Returning to the Fold", these guys don't have anything against religion in general, or Christianity, just when it's abused and used to keep people from thinking freely. "
THAT would be GOOD, but... I see... that they have something against Christianity. You see the only weapon we have against FASCISTS using and abusing Christ's authority over people.. is for the people to KNOW what the Bible says for themselves.
THAT would be GOOD, but... I see... that they have something against Christianity. You see the only weapon we have against FASCISTS using and abusing Christ's authority over people.. is for the people to KNOW what the Bible says for themselves.
If what you see in this "Like I said in my comment on "Returning to the Fold", these guys don't...
If what you see in this "Like I said in my comment on "Returning to the Fold", these guys don't have anything against religion in general, or Christianity, just when it's abused and used to keep people from thinking freely. " IS what they are doing.. then a really powerful song, would be ... anger about taking God's Word out of their education... "you didn't want me to know.. how my Father loved me... that He wanted me to be free and forgiven.. so you told me .. He would be mad at me.. you told me I would be punished for my sins... you never told me about His grace" something like that...
@Ashlyyn "Like I said in my comment on "Returning to the Fold", these guys don't have anything against religion in general, or Christianity, just when it's abused and used to keep people from thinking freely. "
@Ashlyyn "Like I said in my comment on "Returning to the Fold", these guys don't have anything against religion in general, or Christianity, just when it's abused and used to keep people from thinking freely. "
THAT would be GOOD, but... I see... that they have something against Christianity. You see the only weapon we have against FASCISTS using and abusing Christ's authority over people.. is for the people to KNOW what the Bible says for themselves.
THAT would be GOOD, but... I see... that they have something against Christianity. You see the only weapon we have against FASCISTS using and abusing Christ's authority over people.. is for the people to KNOW what the Bible says for themselves.
If what you see in this "Like I said in my comment on "Returning to the Fold", these guys don't...
If what you see in this "Like I said in my comment on "Returning to the Fold", these guys don't have anything against religion in general, or Christianity, just when it's abused and used to keep people from thinking freely. " IS what they are doing.. then a really powerful song, would be ... anger about taking God's Word out of their education... "you didn't want me to know.. how my Father loved me... that He wanted me to be free and forgiven.. so you told me .. He would be mad at me.. you told me I would be punished for my sins... you never told me about His grace" something like that...
"On the band's website the song is the story of a couple who are trying to flee from a fascist government of "Faux-christians". "Faux" means "Fake" or "False", which is evidence that they don't hate Christians per se, just people who use and abuse it for their own agendas" Oh Okay.. good...
"This song in particular is ironic in that they're comparing their fleeing from their country to a biblical story where a couple also tries to escape an unjust non-Christian government, so they're trying to say that Christianity isn't the problem, but anytime a government uses an idea to oppress its people." -- I like your explanation.