tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540129176928796729.post6974320506775228178..comments2023-04-07T06:03:26.160-07:00Comments on Portside Wonderland: Religion in music...?Heather C. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10911313648381911051noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4540129176928796729.post-51083597392429360542009-12-10T04:15:52.580-08:002009-12-10T04:15:52.580-08:00You probably don't want my comments on the dif...You probably don't want my comments on the difference between "Christian and decent". <br /><br />I find there are a lot of Christians that don't treat people decently. I also find there are a lot of decent people that aren't Christian. I never equate decency and Christian beliefs.<br /><br />As for the use of it in this song (which is, of course, your point), I think you are probably right. Most people think of them as the same thing and it would have been better to use decent. <br /><br />On the otherhand, using the word, "christian" and using the word "Christian" have different conotations. Without the big C, I find it means more in the line of moral or conscientious. With the big C, I find it to mean more divine or pious. In the song, she could have meant it either way.<br /><br />Also, as a poetry writer, you know that each word is carefully chosen to mean EXACTLY what you want it to. It could be that this guy was trying to push his Southern Baptist ways on her and was acting hypocritical to what he was preaching. This happens a lot to Republicans (ok, maybe all politians).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com