God Evolves, beer is good, people are crazy

Now continuing on from yesterdays country bumpkin, sister kissing song that I jokingly put up, I would like to expand on a topic of God, and how the God that we invent in our heads, evolves with each generation. To do this I would like to take apart this stupid song word for word. In case you missed it, see yesterdays blog and watch the video. Let's begin.

"This old man and Me,
were at the bar and we,
were having us some beers
and swapping 'I don't cares'."

"Swapping politics,
blond and redhead chics.
Old dogs and new tricks and
habits we ain't kicked."

"We talked about God's grace,
and all the hell we raised.
Then I heard the old man say,
God is great, beer is good, people are crazy."

"He said I fought 2 wars,
been married and divorced.
What brings you to Ohio,
said damned if I know."

"Talked an hour or two,
bout every girl we knew.
What all we put them threw,
like two old boys would do."

"We pondered life and death,
He lit a cigarette.
Said these damn things will kill Me yet,
But God is great, beer is good, people are crazy."

"Last call it's 2 AM,
I said goodbye to Him.
I never talked to Him again."

"Then one sunny day,
I saw the old mans face.
Front page obituary,
He was a millionaire."

"He left His fortune to,
some guy He barely knew.
His kids were mad as hell,
but Me, I'm doing well."

"And I dropped by today,
to say thanks and pray.
And I left a six pack right there on His grave.
And I said, God is great, beer is good, people are crazy"

**cue the church choir adorned in religious clothing**

Repeat "God is great, beer is good, people are crazy" about 6 more times in unison with the church choir.

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Wow ....... what a stupid, ass backwards, country song. But that part is a gimmie.

Soooooooooo ... where to start. Hmmmmmmmm. Young guy meets old guy in bar, they start chatting small talk, politics, women. All is normal. But then they talk about God's grace (in a bar), and then all the hell they raised. (kinda offensive in the same sentence I think). Then the old man says "God is great, beer is good, people are crazy." Now this seems to really go off on some odd tangent if you ask Me. Those words really don't go together at any given time. I would boast that God might be a little pissed at this statement if He existed according to Biblical standards.

More small talk continues as they keep on drinking the night away. Old man comments that cigarettes are gonna kill Him, and oddly enough they do a short time later. But He still thinks God is great ... yada yada. Next thing you know, old man is dead, His obituary reads that He was filthy rich, and He left His kids nothing and gave it all to a person He hardly knew. (kinda rude, but then I'm not country, so what do I know).

So the young man goes to the old mans grave, says a prayer and puts a 6 pack of beer on His grave. Hmmmmmm, prayer, alcohol, and grave desecration. How is this normal? And as the song begins to close out an entire church choir appears singing "God is great, beer is good, people are crazy". Did you get that??? A church choir sings beer is good, people are crazy! Now this should piss off quite a few congregations out there for sure.

This entire song borders on blasphemy of the Holy God ... and yet, it's accepted as a number one country hit across the United States. In bars across America this song is played and everyone apparently raises their glass of brew in the air and shouts "God is great, beer is good ......"

Now if this would have been proposed 50 years ago, I think there might be a price out on the singers head. But it's not 50 years ago, it's today, and it's much more accepted. God is not the vicious, jealous, pissed off God of the Bible, He's changed .. He's passive, accepting, lenient, loving, care free. Why did God change ... well ... He didn't, people did. People have changed God into thinking whatever they want to describe Him. And this is how it's always been. Thousands of years ago, God said stone people to death for sinning (it's right there in the big book, look it up), but God don't do that anymore .. because WE don't do that anymore. Why do you think we have so many different religions about so many different versions of God??? Because God evolves right along with humans ... because when it's all said and done, God is a figment of our imagination.

Now you might find it strange that someone would dissect this song and analyze it the way I have ... but I'm just strange enough to do just that. But the bottom line is things like this are exactly what changes our view of the imaginary God over time. Someone has a new 'take' on what he/she thinks God is ... people like the idea .. it's accepted, and now God is a slightly different God than He was just a generation ago. The only thing that drives Me nuts is that people don't see themselves doing this and realizing that THEY are making up God as they go. Instead they'd rather believe that God loves it when your plastered in a smoky, seedy bar, holding up your glass of pale ale, singing praises to His name.

In closing. God is imaginary, beer is OK, and people are just plain fucking stupid.