That's not what "born-again Christian" means, Steve. It means born from ordinary consciousness into Christ consciousness. It means essentially a rather similar thing to what "self-realization" or "enlightenment" mean in the Asian tradition. It does not mean being "Christian" a second time.   :-)

I laugh at people who describe Dylan's lyrics as "incomprehensible", given the fact that I have no difficulty comprehending them myself. Only one thing puzzles me...why is "Ballad of a Thin Man" full of what appear to be homosexual metaphors? I have never figured that one out. Other than that, the meaning in the song is quite clear, as it is in his other songs. It's poetic imagery and metaphor, that's all...but it's completely opaque to certain literal minds who would rather listen, I suppose, to Lynnard Skynnard or some other simple-minded shit like that.