XTC - Dear God 

The fact that people reacted violently to the song's message is THE EXACT POINT OF THE SONG and I dont think a single person who phoned in a bomb threat to a radio station understood that.

For being in the 80's this was ballsy, brave and enormous, massive credit they dared to question all of this insanity.

As an 11 year old kid, I was forced to go to youth group on top of church. They had these videos dissecting evil rock music, and this was one of the videos upon which they focused. Thank you youth group for showing me a song I instantly loved 😅

“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful” ~Seneca, A stoic.

If you're still listening to this song from 1986....you have great taste in music and we can be friends.

I'm not even an atheist, and I think this song is genius. Still holds up after all these years.

This song made me feel like I wasn't alone anymore, and more comfortable admitting that I was an atheist. I'm so grateful for this song,

The intro with the child's voice is pure genius. I love the guitar work on this as well.

I have no problem with God. It's his fan clubs I have the issues with.

Putting things into perspective, this song seems to grow with age. And 2022 is yet again proving this song was wayyy ahead of its time and gets more personified with each year that passes. A pure classic 👍🏻

One of the best songs ever written. Period.

"Did you make mankind after we made you?" is to this day one of the smartest lyrics in all of popular music. The answer to his question is a resounding "yes".

My Mother took this album every single time I bought it. I kept buying it. Best song. Spot on.

As a 16 year old listening to it for the first time in 1986 it scared me because I felt this very same way. I lost my father 4 yrs prior and I was lost. I'm 53 years old now and it still resonates with me now. It's okay to question our beliefs our thoughts. Think about this for a second. What

Agree or disagree with the message, it's hard to deny that this is an immaculately constructed song: the way it's bookended by the kid singing, the way Andy Partridge goes from quietly inquisitive to angry about man's ills and organized religion, that violin solo, the way the music gets chaotic as Partridge goes into full denouement mode...it's all perfect.

XTC - one of the best and most under-rated British bands ever. They provided the soundtrack to my teenage years. Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding are Fabulously talented song-writers.

The kid part is honestly such a bop

Damn they had balls to release this in the 80s too. I can't even imagine someone releasing this in the U.S nowadays.

This song is utter genius and has not dated one second.

This song is nothing less then a masterpiece !