Jesus was a Left-Wing Radical Jew, Murdered by People like you

Posted by meli on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 in social justices and controversial topics, songbird | No comments

I'm not a Christian and I don't believe in God. I'm agnostic, so I'm not denying the possibility that one may exist, it's just not something I really choose to believe in. I am, however, very schooled on Christianity and the Bible, and while on a whole I completely and utterly disagree with the teachings, there are a few stories (and yes, I do think the Bible is nothing more then a compilation of fictional stories, much like Harry Potter or the Sneetches) that really resonate with me. This song describes the version of Christianity that see when I read the stories in the Bible, or when I hear people talking about God, Jesus, Religion, Etc ....

Listen to it (I have almost nonstop since it was released, haha, I love it!) And I mean really listen to it, hear the words.

Jesus Was a Democrat, by Everclear



Jesus Christ didn't have blue eyes or blond hair
He looked just like all those people that you want to kill
You can spin your hell into a heaven you can sell
Make it look like California with a bible belt
Jesus didn't look like the boy next door
Unless you lived in Palestine
I wonder what you mean by the golden rule
I think it is a scary play on words
I wonder what they taught you back in Sunday school

I bet you think of him
As a nice clean long haired Republican, nah
He'd be all locked up in Guantanamo Bay
If he were alive today
He'd be a revolutionary
Wanted by the CIA

I picture him in all the wrong places
Finding diamonds in the dirt
A star of David tattoo
And a Che t-shirt
Jesus was a left wing radical Jew
Murdered by people like you

If Jesus was a Democrat
Like the bible says he was
I don't think he'd take the blame
For the awful things you people do and say in his name

If Jesus was alive today
He would be sad to see it's no different then it used to be
He is going to call you out
I'm pretty god damned sure .....
That he's going to be angry
He's going to be angry

You want to know what I think?.......

I think Jesus would have been a card carrying liberal
If he were a young man born in the USA

Wouldn't be "fiscally conservative"
And he wouldn't vote for John McCain
All those so called Christians that you see on TV
Maybe they scare Jesus like they scare me
Kick em the hell out of my temple too
Too many elephants in the room

If Jesus was a Democrat
Like the bible says he was
I don't think he'd take the blame
For the awful things you people do and say in his name

If Jesus was alive today
He would be sad to see it is no different than it used to be
He is going to call you out
I'm pretty god damned sure......
That he's going to be....mad
I think he's going to be....angry
I think he's going to be....mad
I think he's going to be....mad

You say Jesus loved the little children
And I say I know that's true
I say he loved all the Muslims and the Jews
All the addicts and the porn stars too
You say Jesus died to save us all from a fiery hell
I say Jesus died to save us
Save us from ourselves
Will you save me from myself?

If Jesus was a liberal
Like the red letters say he was
I know that he'd have big love for all the killers and the racists
And the bullies in this world

If Jesus was alive today
And you had a chance to meet him face to face
I am God-damned sure that you and your friends
Would find some way to kill him all over again
I think you'd kill him all over again
Again and again and again
Just like you always do
You do just what you always do