Michael stipe is a Baptist. i mean he did have been raised as one. by this he knows jesus'words from when he can remember. in other words he received a consistent
religious upbringing.
no matter how far one may distance itself from it, it is a part of the personality as a grown up man.
and then there we go.
this is a a song about a man being baptized, in baptism faith, but as the title suggests, the person is getting doubts about the whole affair.
like in the same time he received the faith by immersion, he's getting rid of his illusions about that very religion.
now what helps him, to get through the superficial, are jesus words that the author uses as his owns, (something he also does on new test leper, on the same album).
these words are :
/this is not my time sister. /
/brother do you see those birds? they don't need (in the original, jesus said they don't need to worry about tomorrow or food, something like that)./
/no one's coming after me. /
there may be a few more, direct references or gospel citations, like
// going down on the water and drinking down on the water//
// or Peter's calling out I'm drowning. //
anyway
like many a persons before, in the 19th and 20th century, the teachings of jesus led the author to agnosticism or simply atheism.
there's no doubt about that. then what rem became after that is another question.
peace guys.
Michael stipe is a Baptist. i mean he did have been raised as one. by this he knows jesus'words from when he can remember. in other words he received a consistent religious upbringing. no matter how far one may distance itself from it, it is a part of the personality as a grown up man. and then there we go. this is a a song about a man being baptized, in baptism faith, but as the title suggests, the person is getting doubts about the whole affair. like in the same time he received the faith by immersion, he's getting rid of his illusions about that very religion. now what helps him, to get through the superficial, are jesus words that the author uses as his owns, (something he also does on new test leper, on the same album). these words are : /this is not my time sister. / /brother do you see those birds? they don't need (in the original, jesus said they don't need to worry about tomorrow or food, something like that)./ /no one's coming after me. / there may be a few more, direct references or gospel citations, like // going down on the water and drinking down on the water// // or Peter's calling out I'm drowning. // anyway like many a persons before, in the 19th and 20th century, the teachings of jesus led the author to agnosticism or simply atheism. there's no doubt about that. then what rem became after that is another question. peace guys.