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Originally Posted by Apollo's third eye

Yeah I know but the thing is in Judith he is pretty clear about his feelings for the christian god with the words fuck your god. I know its based out of anger over his mother's condition but that doesn't take away from the fact that he was clear about what he thought of her god. Now I somewhat feel maynard has accepted god in whatever way he chose in the recent music but on Undertow I just don't feel it.

I'm not saying he "accepted" God with "4 Degrees", I'm saying that the progression of feeling from "Judith" to "Wings/10,000 Days" is interesting. There's no acceptance on Undertow, he's relating a "god" asking the narrator to believe in "Him" with anal sex. For straight men, I think, anal sex isn't a pleasant experience (thus, there is no aceptance, but he's saying belief/trust in some mythical figure is akin to getting it up the butt, though the person suggesting belief/trust/sex is trying to make it seem desirable).

I think this song is closely related to "Stinkfist" in its analogy.

Though "Stinkfist" concerns drug abuse and sexual fetish while "4 Degrees" concerns religion.

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