Should We Sue... Numan?!?

Numan - not Newman!
You silly Seinfeldians...!
But let's not digress right off the bat here...

Here on the TLB Prime Network, everybody loves Todd! Todd Agnew, that is! (You did not think it was Todd MacFarlane - did you?!? And, yes, it is a reference to that other sitcom - which we consider to be far superior to ''Seinfeld'' - that freak show! ''Everybody Loves Raymond', was a 100 times better! Wanna sue us for that? Huh? HUH? Darn - we *are* getting digressed here... Or digressive? Rhymes with aggressive! Sue me, willya?!?)

Let's try again: everyone loves Todd here...
And everyone loves Jesus! Of course!
See - nothing but love...!

In fact we love that particular Toddster -Agnew- largely due to the following song: MY JESUS...

What a powerful song - the lyrics say it all and are, near the end, a veritable profession of faith and devotion - full of the questioning that is particular to the Christian, the true one that is... This song is a masterpiece, unquestionably. Every Christian should listen to it every once in a while; it will reinforce them. 

Now, it came as somewhat of a shock to one's system when the existence of ANOTHER SONG titled MY JESUS came to our attention - and its author was that old stand-by from the eighties, Gary Numan. Numan? Numan! (Yes - I have been inferring that you say it like Jerry Seinfeld used to say it, whenever he would run into his mock nemesis... Newman, of course... from the very start, here! You don't have a PROBLEM with that now; do ya? But let's move on - and go straight to the point!)

Numan's version of MY JESUS is all about what JESUS represents to him and people like him - and so he focuses not on the Divinity but on the pain that He suffered; the more material aspects of His Life; the surface value, basically... Clearly, this could be an attempt to nullify faith in the Son of God and only see the Son of Man in Him...

At first, I gave this the benefit of the doubt - on donne une chance au coureur, comme on dit quelque part en France, n'est-ce pas...! Despite all its obvious darker resonances, I thought it did bring one positive to the table: that he spoke of Jesus to crowds not used to it. And that was certainly very positive in and by itself - right?!? Of course, it is all in the way that you do it and in the way that these crowds receive it and perceive it...

How do *you* perceive this piece of music...?

Have a listen for yourselves now, with this extended version right here:

What do you say, people - was Numan inspired to do this out of professional jealousy? Or by something far darker than even that? I ask the question, plain and simple: was Gary Numan in fact an instrument of the devil here?!? His song seems to have an agenda: to strip of their faith anyone who sees past the crucifixion and death of the Christ and Believes in a Greater Meaning to it all - in His Resurrection, namely, and in The Salvation that He -and only He- Brings! It clearly sounds devil-inspired, both in the tangent that the lyrics take as in the dark, brooding interpretation of the song that Numan gives us. And in the overall sound of the song, for that matter! Hell, isn't that melody wicked or isn't it? Alas, we think it is! And, in so being, it is pretty much the antithesis of what Agnew did: and that, alas, is no good - no good at all!

Maybe a Christian coalition (not this one) should get a class action suit going here against this Numan guy - for fake or, outright, anti-preaching sub-text or something?!?  He should have stuck to Cars...!

Of course, if all he is doing is sharing with the world his warped view of what Jesus represents to him and only him - well, maybe we can still sue him for being such an idiot? Surely we can...! After all, he is being but a tool here - the devil's tool - and anyone who is that is but an abysmal fool! Let's not take too kindly to fools, shall we, now? Fools invite a beating, The Bible says! Hence, he's begging for one - in court! (Let,s do things lawfully or not at all, OK?) For Numan surely is one indeed; but a fool who has nothing to say about Jesus other than gibberish and surely that does not qualify as adequate proselytism?

While we are at this, we might as well have a closer second look at Personal Jesus too - Depeche Mode might have been less obviously *a tool* but we never know... Right?
Let's not miss a chance to sue some guilty party - any guilty party, to whatever degree - and at any given time or opportunity, folks!

Amen!
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