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Originally Posted by theblue1  What might be called Christian agnosticism is part of a long tradition of people who feel that Jesus' teachings of compassion, charity and ethical behavior transcend the pie-in-the-sky wishful thinking with which many folks approach Christianity as a reassuring, comfort zone religion. |
Yes, true. I know about christian agnosticism and its vagaries well. My point is that T-Bone B. tends to be cryptic and paradoxical with great glee, so when he claims this in an interview, I suspect it's simply to be enigmatic.
To wit, my favourite T-Bone line is,
"The most frightening thing is not dying; the most frightening thing is not living."
From
Primatives, Criminal Under My Own Hat
Ten different ways that can be interpreted, right down to simple negation.
While at times he's been on the fringes of the Christian music industry (Skylarks, Alpha Band), he's an artist that allows(ed) his Christian worldview to influence his art (which makes sense in any respect that art reflects the artist). Much the same as Cockburn. You'd never call either a christian or gospel artist, but that doesn't belie the fact that they are/were christians. By the bye, I think T-Bone was influential in Dylan's conversion.
The interview was with him and his then-wife and always talented Sam Phillips, formerly known as Leslie Phillips when she was a Christian music industry artist.