tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737216112485129669.post4801782407722133967..comments2023-12-27T10:48:40.397-05:00Comments on JESUS NEEDS MONEY: The Tyranny of Scripture - Pat Condellex-minister1http://www.blogger.com/profile/17018356792881679541noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737216112485129669.post-66374324329618904592010-06-17T18:08:27.370-04:002010-06-17T18:08:27.370-04:00I see it out on youtube
Black & Gold
Will gi...I see it out on youtube<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qQSW2p1IvE" rel="nofollow">Black & Gold</a><br /><br />Will give it a listen. Thanks.ex-minister1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17018356792881679541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2737216112485129669.post-23416503176784920152010-06-16T11:13:44.700-04:002010-06-16T11:13:44.700-04:00It is perhaps one of the most fundamentally annoyi...It is perhaps one of the most fundamentally annoying things about engaging with fundamentally-aligned religious folks... the never ending referral to scripture, which is always the same fallacy: begging the question.<br /><br />Scripture is a wall which protects them, most likely from their own fear of being empty. If one has believed in god his or her whole life, then what must it feel like to lose him? Terrifying, utterly terrifying.<br /><br />I like immensely the song "Black & Gold" by Sam Sparro. Other than sounding cool, I believe it describes perfectly this dilemma faced by people who cling too tightly to their religion. It is also framed around evolution:<br />-----------------------------------<br />If the fish swam out of the ocean<br />and grew legs and they started walking<br />and the apes climbed down from the trees<br />and grew tall and they started talking<br /><br />and the stars fell out of the sky<br />and my tears rolled into the ocean<br />now i'm looking for a reason why<br />you even set my world into motion<br /><br />'cause if you're not really here<br />then the stars don't even matter<br />now i'm filled to the top with fear<br />that it's all just a bunch of matter<br /><br />'cause if you're not really here<br />then i don't want to be either<br />i wanna be next to you<br />black and gold<br />black and gold<br />black and gold<br /><br />i looked up into the night sky<br />and see a thousand eyes staring back<br />and all around these golden beacons<br />i see nothing but black<br /><br />i feel a way of something beyond them<br />i don't see what i can feel<br />if vision is the only validation<br />then most of my life isn't real<br /><br />'cause if you're not really here<br />then the stars don't even matter<br />now i'm filled to the top with fear<br />that it's all just a bunch of matter<br /><br />'cause if you're not really here<br />then i don't want to be either<br />i wanna be next to you<br />black and gold<br />black and gold<br />black and gold<br />-------------------------------------------<br />The fear is that without religion, there is no greater purpose, there is no magic.<br /><br />Although the feeling of that loss is real, the premise from which the feeling arises is simply not true.Aprilnoreply@blogger.com