Scion wrote:
It all comes down to how you prefer to interpret it. I belive that yes, it can be seen as metaphorical in the sense that Jesus and the good Christian God can be seen as symbols for things and musn't have anything to do with whether one wants to acknowledge the Christian dogmas and views on the world or not. Jesus is an eternal symbol for goodness and respect for human value, because of how he lived and what he did. The Lord can also be a symbol for things rather than referring to the Christian god in accordance with the Christian dogmas. I agree that the way this particular Helloween song is sung is pretty 'honoring' and praising in nature, but i believe it still is more on the playful side, and more having to do with metaphors.
Look at these Iron Maiden lyrics from The Greater Good of God:
He gave his life for us he fell upon the cross
To die for all of those who never mourn his loss
Are you gonna claim that these lyrics are also Christian because they speak in admiration for Jesus? You don't see how you could have a more complex perspective on these kind of things?
Perhaps these lyricks are metaphorical, but it still is a sort of guessing...but when you look to the rest of their songs (helloween and Iron maiden), I doubt if one can call them christian...anyway, it still seems so strange to me why christian inspired bands or songs causes regulary more discussion than for instance satanical influenced songs...
Another thing, I've listened the new Spock's beard now and it pretty good imo!! But from what I guessed in my first post, it turned out to be true.