This song has always amazed me from d 1st time I heard it. This song to me speaks to us human beings and us putting God as mystical, celestial being . It makes us think about how we threat our fellow men. The lines "What if god was one of us, just a slob like one of us, just a stranger on the bus trying to make his way home?" makes us wonder how would we feel if God was just like us? Walking the same streets as us and facing the same trials were facing... This song comforts me in a sense it makes remember that I am not alone in this world..:)
I'm not a Christian, but I feel the same way about this song. Despite its references to Jesus, Pope, etc. (which you can replace with similar references from other religions), I don't see it as a religious song, but rather, a song about us struggling with our religious identities. The central theme is: what if God is not a immortal, supernatural entity (as you said), but rather just "one of us")? Will we ignore this mortal God ("a slob like one of us", "a stranger on the bus"), and seek our Gods in churches, temples, and mosques...
I'm not a Christian, but I feel the same way about this song. Despite its references to Jesus, Pope, etc. (which you can replace with similar references from other religions), I don't see it as a religious song, but rather, a song about us struggling with our religious identities. The central theme is: what if God is not a immortal, supernatural entity (as you said), but rather just "one of us")? Will we ignore this mortal God ("a slob like one of us", "a stranger on the bus"), and seek our Gods in churches, temples, and mosques once a week? Our faiths tell us that God became "one of us" (Jesus, Muhammed, etc.) to serve us, and the saints that we know (Mother Teresa, etc.) devoted their lives to serving "one of us". Why can't we do the same, instead of fighting religious wars over whose God is better?
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Yeah I would go along with most of that, people not just those who see themselves as believers or worshippers of Western faith, but the ordinary guy on the street, HOW do we treat each other ? As we would like to be treated of course! That slob on the bus could be us at any time in our life and when we are at our lowest a little compassion or humanity would be most welcome, somewhere along the way most of us have forgotten how to be human to our fellow man or woman, regardless of our...
@darlene1624
Yeah I would go along with most of that, people not just those who see themselves as believers or worshippers of Western faith, but the ordinary guy on the street, HOW do we treat each other ? As we would like to be treated of course! That slob on the bus could be us at any time in our life and when we are at our lowest a little compassion or humanity would be most welcome, somewhere along the way most of us have forgotten how to be human to our fellow man or woman, regardless of our faith. I have received some great acts of genorosity and kindness from Muslims, yet suffered pain and suffering fromso called Christians, funny old world sometime!
This song has always amazed me from d 1st time I heard it. This song to me speaks to us human beings and us putting God as mystical, celestial being . It makes us think about how we threat our fellow men. The lines "What if god was one of us, just a slob like one of us, just a stranger on the bus trying to make his way home?" makes us wonder how would we feel if God was just like us? Walking the same streets as us and facing the same trials were facing... This song comforts me in a sense it makes remember that I am not alone in this world..:)
I'm not a Christian, but I feel the same way about this song. Despite its references to Jesus, Pope, etc. (which you can replace with similar references from other religions), I don't see it as a religious song, but rather, a song about us struggling with our religious identities. The central theme is: what if God is not a immortal, supernatural entity (as you said), but rather just "one of us")? Will we ignore this mortal God ("a slob like one of us", "a stranger on the bus"), and seek our Gods in churches, temples, and mosques...
I'm not a Christian, but I feel the same way about this song. Despite its references to Jesus, Pope, etc. (which you can replace with similar references from other religions), I don't see it as a religious song, but rather, a song about us struggling with our religious identities. The central theme is: what if God is not a immortal, supernatural entity (as you said), but rather just "one of us")? Will we ignore this mortal God ("a slob like one of us", "a stranger on the bus"), and seek our Gods in churches, temples, and mosques once a week? Our faiths tell us that God became "one of us" (Jesus, Muhammed, etc.) to serve us, and the saints that we know (Mother Teresa, etc.) devoted their lives to serving "one of us". Why can't we do the same, instead of fighting religious wars over whose God is better?
@darlene1624 Yeah I would go along with most of that, people not just those who see themselves as believers or worshippers of Western faith, but the ordinary guy on the street, HOW do we treat each other ? As we would like to be treated of course! That slob on the bus could be us at any time in our life and when we are at our lowest a little compassion or humanity would be most welcome, somewhere along the way most of us have forgotten how to be human to our fellow man or woman, regardless of our...
@darlene1624 Yeah I would go along with most of that, people not just those who see themselves as believers or worshippers of Western faith, but the ordinary guy on the street, HOW do we treat each other ? As we would like to be treated of course! That slob on the bus could be us at any time in our life and when we are at our lowest a little compassion or humanity would be most welcome, somewhere along the way most of us have forgotten how to be human to our fellow man or woman, regardless of our faith. I have received some great acts of genorosity and kindness from Muslims, yet suffered pain and suffering fromso called Christians, funny old world sometime!