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A few years ago I was a DJ for a rural jradio station. One evening a Christian Mend tagged along and grinned as I played the Beach Boys' God Only Knows. At this inconsequential choice he remarked with sincerity: "I always knew you were a little religious." Unbeknownst to him, I had just queued up a Black Sabbath song.
God Only Knows, by any other name, would sound as sweet I just like the song, which is hardly gospel music or even Christian rock.
If you listen to the lyrics there is nothing faintly religious about the theme. The song uses this fixed phrase to get a sentiment across.
There is nothing religious about the name either. It's an emphatic phrase that roughly means, "I don't know, and I don't think anyone else does either".
Years before this I was a polling official for a federal election. At one point I made the mistake of asking a voter for his surname and then his "Christian name".
He bellowed: "I don't have a Christian name! I am NOT a Christian!"
"Sorry", I replied. "What's your satanic name then?"
The moral of these stories is that language can be convention. Wishing someone...