A Take On Jesus: “Armageddon Days Are Here Again”

In my current agnostic path, I think back to my university years when Ioved this rebellious song, “Armageddon Days Are Here Again” – The The, from the 1990 album “Mind Bomb”.  Still relevant today.

But remember: all religions and their followers bow down to the Ultimate Religion on Planet Earth: Money-Worship.  The bottom line for all philosophies, including the fundamentalist, militant “New Atheism” is Gain.  Supposedly most religions and their founders were trying to wean their people away from greed.  But now, religion is simply a tool for profiteering.

Highlights I love:
- Jesus' name has been "hi-jacked" to the point that, if he were to return, he'd be in shock 
- "If the real Jesus Christ were to stand up today, he'd be gunned down cold by the CIA"
- God is NOTHING that we imagine him/her/it to be, and no one has a monopoly on him/her/it

Here’s the Youtube video:

And the lyrics:

Are you right here Jesus? (response) Ah
Buddha? (response) Yeah
Muhammad? (response) Okay
But all right friends, let’s go

They’re 5 miles high as the crow flies
Leavin’ vapour trails against a blood red sky
Movin’ in from the East toward the West
With Balaclava helmets over their heads, yes!

But if you think that Jesus Christ is coming
Honey you’ve got another thing coming
If he ever finds out who’s hi-jacked his name
He’ll cut out his heart and turn in his grave

[CHORUS:]

Islam is rising
The Christians mobilising
The world is on its elbows and knees
It’s forgotten the message and worships the creeds

It’s war, she cried, It’s war, she cried, this is war
Drop your possessions, all you simple folk
You will fight them on the beaches in your underclothes
You will thank the good Lord for raising the Union Jack
You’ll watch the ships out of harbour
And the bodies come floating back

If the real Jesus Christ were to stand up today
He’d be gunned down cold by the C.I.A.
Oh, the lights that now burn brightest behind stained glass
Will cast the darkest shadows upon the human heart

But God didn’t build himself that throne
God doesn’t live in Israel or Rome
God belongs to the Yankee dollar
God doesn’t plant the bombs for Hezbollah

God doesn’t even go to church
And God won’t send us down to Allah to burn
No, God will remind us what we already know
That the human race is about to reap what it’s sown

The world is on its elbows and knees
It’s forgotten the message and worships the creeds
Armageddon days are here again

Cheers, 

Bjarte Harvisen

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