about Boycott Hell, I remember hearing it and not knowing what "boycott" meant. I looked it up in the dictionary but still didn't understand how hell could be boycotted.
I was just thinking today that it didn't make much sense to me. I suppose I could rationalize it somewhat as the "holy picket line" being like an actual barrier where you're refusing to let people into hell. Basically, winning souls by default because you forcibly prevent them from going over to the dark side. Which is, of course, rather silly when you try to put it into practice. Like much CCM from that era, it caught on because it sounded clever, not because it actually made sense. (And to be fair, how many
mainstream rock hits of the era actually made sense?)
Though the song does allow the phrase "Hell no, we won't go!" to be taken quite literally.
