Atheist prog?

Rush does have some humanistic/secular lyrics I found Permanent Waves to be the case, but doesn't Geddy Lee wear the Star of David around his neck, whether for cultural or religious I don't know.

Yes seem to believe in everything, while Rick Wakeman left because he thought they had become too new age, which is funny since I saw a Rick Wakeman "new age" CD in a bargain bin in a music store, it was all about star signs etc.

 Jethro Tull was not anti-christian, just against the church institution. If you listen to aqualung you will find out he is very explicit in his faith God.

Waters seems to be against religion most of the time (Time, lots of The Final Cut, and I'm sure parts of his solo albums). I find attacks annoying, but maybe that's because I'm Catholic.

I'm not all that suprised Gilmour's an atheist. I really don't think many of those guys in the '70s were extremely moral people.

I know this is going back a bit in the thread, but Jesus was a real person. Now in life He would have actually been called Joshua bin Joseph, or something like that; Jesus is the Greek-ized version.
Obviously the miracles and such are open to debate, but He (perhaps technically the apostles) started the Catholic Church. (and it's a good thing too. More explanation can be given on that if desired.) He was executed by the Romans, and the calendar was later changed to reflect His birth. Now the mathematicians got it wrong by about 4 years, but nevermind about that. :)

SOFT MACHINE could be?

I'm refering to the Volume Two with Robert Wyatt above all the song "Dada Was Here" (lyrics in spanish) that has references to nihilism, being Dada an art movement that profess that kind of anti-religious.

Ghandi 2 wrote:   I'm not all that suprised Gilmour's an atheist. I really don't think many of those guys in the '70s were extremely moral people.

You know lots of them, do you?

What does religion have to do with morality?

(Not a joke)

I have a question:

Isn't atheism a religion?

Evolver wrote: Lofcaudio wrote: I have a question: Isn't atheism a religion? No. Atheism is the absence of a religion.

But some people get carried away and dogmatic that it may as well be a religion.

eg; the atheist worship of Darwin

I don't want to get too far off topic but... sure, some people carry atheism too far.  I know someone who actually made atheistic flyers & handed them out in subway stations, just like the born-agains.  People can go over the edge over any idea.  But most of us are quite normal.

Although I do occasionally worship at the alter of the true gods: Fripp, Emerson, Wakeman, Zappa...