Does Jack Johnson have faith

Answer 1

From the context of the whole verse in it's all understood;

I was reading a book

Or maybe it was a magazine

Suggestions on where to place faith

Suggestions on what to believe

But I read somewhere

That you've got to beware

You can't believe anything you read

But the good Book is good

And that's well understood

So don't even question

If you know what I mean

I take it to mean that he finds the fact that people think The Bible is legit because it IS the bible is ... well, read it yourself. Also see the song "Traffic in the sky."

Puzzle pieces in the ground

But no one ever seems to be digging

Instead they're looking up towards the heavens

With their eyes on the heavens

There are shadows on the way to the heavens

It's enough to make me cry

But that don't seem like it would make it feel better

The answers could be found

We could learn from digging down

But no one ever seems to be digging

Instead they'll say...

Seems to me he's wondering why people look to the heavens (God?) for answers when they're in the ground (Maybe alluding to biological science vs. creationism?)

Also, Jack Johnson covered "Imagine" which says;

Imagine there's no heaven

It's easy if you try

No hell below us

Above us only sky

Imagine all the people

Living for today...

May or may not be his opinion, may just be covering a classic, time-defining song, but then again, who knows?

Here's a quote from him on the definition of his song "Never knows"

"That one's about people pushing their religions on each other. I actually started writing it when I was in New York doing Saturday Night Live. I picked up the newspaper and on the cover was that horrible thing that happened in Fallujah where they killed those Americans and dragged their bodies through the city. The cover of the newspaper had a photo of their burned bodies, and it was a horrible image. I came up with just the line, 'I heard this old story before, where the people keep on killing for their metaphors.' Joseph Campbell is a writer that I like a lot. He talked about how there's all these different metaphors and different ways of believing in what's unexplainable and people are always getting into conflicts over it. The idea for the song is just about tolerance and not pushing your religion on each other."

Correction to the Traffic in the Sky Part:

Within the same song he states

"Words of wisdom all around But no one ever seems to listen

They're talking about their plans on paper

Building up from the pavement

There are shadows from the scrapers on the pavement

It's enough to make me sigh

But that don't seem like it would make it feel better

The words are all around

But the words are only sounds

And no one ever seems to listen

Instead they'll say

Well how could we have known?

I'll tell them it's not so hard to tell

If you keep on adding stones

Soon the water will be lost in the well"

Answer 2

Jack Johnson has been open about his spiritual beliefs but does not align with any specific religious denomination. He often incorporates themes of gratitude, nature, and environmentalism in his music, reflecting a belief in something greater than himself.