Re: Religion
Posted by:
Rocky Dijon
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Date: January 31, 2005 15:18
I thought the point of "Blinded By Rainbows" is the hypocrisy of people killing one another in the name of God. The specific topic of the song is the IRA. The song examines the hypocrisy of a man who reverently kneels and prays before the image of his God being the same man who callously blows up a little boy's father with a bomb. The final verse notes that when these same people meet their end, they believe they will face God and be Saved ("see the face of Christ, enter Paradise"). Since the idea of God rewarding such immorality is ridiculous...Jagger's stinging "I doubt it" is the perfect tagline to the reverence with which he conveys his subjects' fanatical, misguided devotion.
I don't see the song as anti-religious, simply anti-religious fanaticism.