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Questioning The Culture Through God (The Dying Logs Day 56)
I love the record Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers. It’s very complex and a long conversation may be due for another day.
The biggest takeaway here is Kendrick Lamar’s Christianity but more importantly his questioning Christianity.
We get naturalism, Jungian lines about Putin, gender dystopia acceptance, the vice of lust, eradication of a nearly pristine image, therapy, Eckhart Tolle, Kodak Black representing a power within Kendrick itself, and a bonus track tackling the concept of differing perspectives of (sometimes flawed) famous individuals.
Self awareness too. Truly a rare thing – let alone for celebrities who are often underdeveloped.
This record speaks to me as a Christian that while less open minded than Kendrick I can still feel the pulsating human, fallen aspects of myself.
All in all, though this questioning eventually leads to the same place. A search for purity and thus structure starts and then nobility and so on.
But it will always be confusing. Keep the faith as you are not blind but finally seeing.