A friend of mine is a big Bob Dylan fan.
He told me that Dylan nearly died in a motorbike accident and converted to Christianity.
This despite the fact that the accident was in 1966 and he converted in 1978.
Apparently he is a registered Evangelical Preacher.
But when I got home I looked up some of his lyrics on the Internet.
They were confusing.
Some were good, some were dark and disturbing.
I was undecided.
Then I came across a video clip of a recent interview.
He said that his songs were magic.
The interviewer asked him why he still continued touring every year.
And Dylan said:"I made a bargain long ago....to get where I am now."
When asked with whom he said:"With the Chief Commander."
When asked:"On this Earth?"
He said:"On this Earth and the world we can't see."
You don't make bargains with God or Jesus for fame and fortune.
So I can only assume he meant a bargain with the devil.
He almost said as much.
He is black and white, good and bad, light and darkness.
His comments were ambiguous at the very least.
So his religion remains clouded in mystery.
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