Jesus gets several shout outs as it were on this record. There's Jesus in a Pancake and Bible Milk. Jesus descends from heaven in One More Song. I check to see His "status and mood" during the rant in Paycheck Blues. So it is an obvious fit that the title track be Bible Milk. It is not an epic track. Just me and my dobro. I threw in a little accordion and harmonica to fill it up.

No one should get the impression that I have gone into Christian Rock or some similar brand of awfulness. I am not a Christian... though I guess my facebook says I am Gnostic. Still, Gnostic is very different than your average strip mall version of Christianity complete with a whole different set of gospels.

This time around, I didn't go after Jesus like a Bill Maher or Sam Harris. I tried to be more playful and less condemning. I don't think eliminating religion is feasible or even a good idea. Stalin and Pol Pot proved that atheists can be monsters too. I hope instead that religions can change from the inside. No one writing religious text ever expected it to be read like the owner's manual to a new Honda. I cannot say whether the sad state of education system is responsible or something to do with the right combination of desperation, longing, and stupidity that has caused so many people to take the Bible literally.... or the Koran for that matter. Do we not cover allegories in high school anymore?

Fundamentalists are a menace... perhaps the worst threat this planet faces. They are in the Senate and all over Congress too. People tend to talk about conspiracies and the Illuminati and all that like some evil geniuses are running the show... I can tell you with absolute certainty the reality is that we are led by a Confederacy of Dunces.... my apologies to J.K. O'Toole.

Bible Milk

J.P. Whipple - dobro, accordion, harmonica, and vocals

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Delivered fresh from the Promised Land

No additives made according to the Lord's Plan

wholesome Bible Milk

Bible Milk Bible Milk

Bible Milk Bible Milk

The taste will lift you higher

Might sour but the Scriptures never expire

heavenly Bible Milk

See it pour down like Heaven

into your cereal bowl

Scriptures on the carton

elevate your soul

Take it with your coffee

Take it with your tea

Only the taste of sweet Bible Milk

is gonna set you free.

You can forget the rest.

Look for the flavor of Bible Milk

The only carton that's been blessed.

Bible Milk Bible Milk

Glory Be!

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