I have to say, I am a die hard atheist, and I have just as different views as anyone else here. Everyone is getting so caught up in the association of religious viewpoints and are totally leaving out the meaning. ESPECIALLY in this song. Its about forgiveness, and the least we can do is put our views aside and agree that there is a lot of wrong in this world. There is no truth behind it's cause, or at least no visible truth, but we can all agree that it's awful and just rejoice that we are alive and breathing.
The religious viewpoint changes the meaning however.
In this song if the meaning is forgiveness it does matter who your receiving forgiveness from. I don't want to receive forgiveness from the God of islam because they make Jesus into a prophet when thats not possible. Jesus claimed so often about being the Son of God. So he either was or he wasn't, nothing in between.
So even if you are an Atheist you gotta look at it from the song writers perspective. Who's perspective is changed by God.
The religious viewpoint changes the meaning however.
In this song if the meaning is forgiveness it does matter who your receiving forgiveness from. I don't want to receive forgiveness from the God of islam because they make Jesus into a prophet when thats not possible. Jesus claimed so often about being the Son of God. So he either was or he wasn't, nothing in between.
So even if you are an Atheist you gotta look at it from the song writers perspective. Who's perspective is changed by God.
I have to say, I am a die hard atheist, and I have just as different views as anyone else here. Everyone is getting so caught up in the association of religious viewpoints and are totally leaving out the meaning. ESPECIALLY in this song. Its about forgiveness, and the least we can do is put our views aside and agree that there is a lot of wrong in this world. There is no truth behind it's cause, or at least no visible truth, but we can all agree that it's awful and just rejoice that we are alive and breathing.
Thank you for being so positive and open-minded!
Thank you for being so positive and open-minded!
The religious viewpoint changes the meaning however. In this song if the meaning is forgiveness it does matter who your receiving forgiveness from. I don't want to receive forgiveness from the God of islam because they make Jesus into a prophet when thats not possible. Jesus claimed so often about being the Son of God. So he either was or he wasn't, nothing in between. So even if you are an Atheist you gotta look at it from the song writers perspective. Who's perspective is changed by God.
The religious viewpoint changes the meaning however. In this song if the meaning is forgiveness it does matter who your receiving forgiveness from. I don't want to receive forgiveness from the God of islam because they make Jesus into a prophet when thats not possible. Jesus claimed so often about being the Son of God. So he either was or he wasn't, nothing in between. So even if you are an Atheist you gotta look at it from the song writers perspective. Who's perspective is changed by God.