I was listening to my cable alternative channel when one
of my favorite bands, XTC, came on with the blasphemous "Dear God." A
sampling of the lyrics:
... all the people that you made in your image,
see them starving on their feet
'cause they don't get enough to eat
from God, I can't believe in you. ...
see them fighting in the street
'cause they can't make opinions meet
about God, I can't believe in you. ...
Did you make mankind after we made you? ...
Father, Son and Holy Ghost
is just somebody's unholy hoax. ...
If there's one thing I don't believe in
it's you ... Dear God.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
The first thing I love about this song is that Andy Partridge is writing to a God he doesn't believe in. It also reminds me of how I used to answer the question "Don't you believe in God?" I would reply, "I don't believe in God in the way that libertarians don't believe in government. It's not a question of existence - it's a question of whether it's doing anybody any good!"
By the way, I do believe in government. As I have said, I do believe in invisible things: Truth, Justice, the American Way. I do believe in love. I do believe in life after love. (Thanks, Cher!)
And my conceptions on Higher Powers continue to evolve. But I still love the song.
... all the people that you made in your image,
see them starving on their feet
'cause they don't get enough to eat
from God, I can't believe in you. ...
see them fighting in the street
'cause they can't make opinions meet
about God, I can't believe in you. ...
Did you make mankind after we made you? ...
Father, Son and Holy Ghost
is just somebody's unholy hoax. ...
If there's one thing I don't believe in
it's you ... Dear God.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
The first thing I love about this song is that Andy Partridge is writing to a God he doesn't believe in. It also reminds me of how I used to answer the question "Don't you believe in God?" I would reply, "I don't believe in God in the way that libertarians don't believe in government. It's not a question of existence - it's a question of whether it's doing anybody any good!"
By the way, I do believe in government. As I have said, I do believe in invisible things: Truth, Justice, the American Way. I do believe in love. I do believe in life after love. (Thanks, Cher!)
And my conceptions on Higher Powers continue to evolve. But I still love the song.
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