do not believe in God but they fear us just the same.

--Erykah Badu.





WHAT DOES SHE MEAN BY THAT?  I've been pondering this phrase for three days now.  Is she saying intellects fear "us" because "we" believe in God? Or is she saying that she herself belongs to the "intellects" and people fear the intellectuals because they don't believe in God?

Dammit. Somebody think for me!

Maybe "us" refers to deities in general? Or 'The God', known by many names?

I don't know, maybe I'm just talking out of my ass. Wouldn't be the first time.

Any other context?  There are tons of nice quotes that are hard to comprehend w/out the whole essay or whatever.  My favorite is one that almost means the opposite of what it's usually used for:

Love distills desire upon the eyes
Love brings a bewitching grace into the heart

Sounds great, right?  Look up quotes about love and you'll get this.  (It's from Euripides, I forget which play).  The next line, however, is:

of those whom it destroys.

Anyway, back to your quote, maybe she's speaking as a member of some group?  I recognize the name, but I don't remember who she is/was.

"Peace and blessings manifest with every lesson learn,
If your knowledge were your wealth then it will be well earn

If we were made in his image then call us by our names
Most intellects do not believe in god but they fear us just the same"

I don't think this is too hard.

Erykah Badu is strongly religious, I presume in a Bible-thumping Christian kind of way. Bible thumping Christians have God on their side and are therefore to be feared (consider for example Daniel in the Lion's den).

Presumably if you don't believe in God, you would have no reason to fear a God-believer, yet Erykah suggests you fear them just the same.

Either she is mistaken, or she has a point. Personally I think she is mistaken. What she interprets as fear is in fact just opposition to her cause.

A helpful hint:

In real life, you should leave out the first sentence. You sound like the crust left over after you fuck an asshole.

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I dont agree its necessarily so clear cut.

is she known to be christian?  has announced herself as such?

if so, I agree with you.

but if not...

"If we were made in his image then call us by our names "

The 'if' there makes me think that maybe she is not, in which case a reasonable interpretation is sharkys second option where she is saying "why do christians fear us even though we dont have their god"

in real life i wouldn't worry which boobs are fake or not. God/gods grant me a set, i take advantage.

In real life, you're right sharkfish, but this is CoT and in CoT I like to tickle you a bit. Sorry if you are offended, I don't mean anything hurtful by it.

As to whether Erykah is Christian, she certainly talks that way in some of her music. On the other hand she has apparently had two children out of wedlock, so maybe her religiosity is not of the regular Christian kind.