 By 1984 , Dylan was distancing himself from the " born again " label . He told Kurt Loder of Rolling Stone magazine : " I 've never said I 'm born again . That 's just a media term . I don 't think I 've been an agnostic . I 've always thought there 's a superior power , that this is not the real world and that there 's a world to come . " In response to Loder 's asking whether he belonged to any church or synagogue , Dylan laughingly replied , " Not really . Uh , the Church of the Poison Mind . " In 1997 he told David Gates of Newsweek : 
 By 1984 , Dylan was distancing himself from the " born again " label . He told Kurt Loder of Rolling Stone magazine : " I 've never said I <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'</mark></a> born again . That 's just a media term . I don 't think I 've <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>been</mark></a> an agnostic . I 've always thought <a href='dey_it' title='3'><mark>there</mark></a> 's a superior power , that this <a href='negative_concord' title='4'><mark>is</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='5'><mark>not</mark></a>the real world and that <a href='dey_it' title='6'><mark>there</mark></a> 's a world to come . " In response to Loder <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>asking whether he belonged to any church or synagogue , Dylan laughingly replied , " Not really . Uh , the Church of the Poison Mind . " In 1997 he told David Gates of Newsweek : 
By 1984 , Dylan was distancing himself from da " born again " label . He told Kurt Loder of Rolling Stone magazine : " I 've never said I   born again . dat 's jus a media term . I don 't think I 've was an agnostic . I 've always thought it 's a superior power , tdatthis ain't the real world and that it 's a world to come . " In response to Loder  askin whether he belonged to any church or synagogue , Dylan laughingly replied , " Not really . Uh , the Church of the Poison Mind . " In 1997 he tld David Gates of Newsweek :