Sunday Songs for Skeptics: “Forgiven” by Alanis Morissette
School started this week, so I’ve been swamped and unable to blog. I hope to get back to my regular inconsistency again this week. I’m really trying for 3-4 posts a week. We’ll see how it goes.
Anyway, it’s Sunday again, and time for your second installment of my Sunday Songs for Skeptics. This one comes from my high school days. I didn’t get it when I listened to it then (Honestly, that’s the case with most of the music I listened to back then. As long as I could head-bang to it, I didn’t care what it said. I’m glad I hung on to the CDs–I would have missed some gems). Anyway, this song, “Forgiven” by Alanis Morissette rails against her Catholic upbringing and seeks to expose some of the egregious contradictions in her faith. Here are a few of my favorite lines:
- “I confessed my darkest deeds to an envious man.”
- “My brothers, they never went blind for what they did.” (a reference to the former Catholic teaching that masturbation causes blindness)
- “In the name of the Father, the skeptic, and the Son, I have one more stupid question.”
- “We all needed something to cling to, so we did.” (The true appeal of religion to most people, imo)
Well, without further ado, here it is. Enjoy!
More posts to come this week…I promise (well, I hope!). 
August 29th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Alanis has some angsty songs… perfect for headbanging. Or for turning up high in your car and driving 10 mph over the speed limit after a long day of homeschooling, diapers, cleaning, trying to eke out a few pages of writing without sucess, and then to top it all off, dh comes home with that look on his face like “don’t expect me to jump up and help, I’ve had the worst day…”
yeah. Too bad for him. I need Alanis.
Thanks. That was a good vent.
August 30th, 2008 at 7:16 am
Yup, I love Alanis.
On a different note, since my wife and I work at the same place, I can’t play the I-had-a-harder-day-than-you card. I’d end up with my putter around my head.
That’s what I love about her.