Religious lyrics ?

Evolver wrote:   Thank you.  That's what I thought you meant. And your articulate response brings us back to the topic at hand. It is lyrics that say, in the name of any religion, or lack thereof, that a person is, in your metaphor, diseased, if they don't follow The One True Way (TM), that I, and possibly many others who don't like religious lyrics, find offensive.

LOL.  A religious thread and I almost missed it!

Evolver wrote: Epignosis wrote: Very well.  The Bible says you might find its message offensive.   S'okay.  Some of it is offensive.  Some of it is good.   No matter.  I still like you, I've enjoyed this debate, and I look forward to listening to your album.

No problem, buddy.  I think it says a lot when people can argue and still be cool.  The album is on its way, by the way.  There was a delay in getting it sent off (READ: I was lazy. ).

Take care- talk to you again sometime!

I've always thought living a good life as a Christian testifies more than any amount of proselytizing you can do. Preach by example I guess is the theory I subscribe to.

Anyway, now that this thread is really OT.

Back to the topic, being preachy (not just in a Christian/religious sense either) and not offending people is partly in phrasing. Of course there are many who are just offended by other ppls thought regardless. However, someone who writes "X is good and has improved my life" will get a lot farther than someone who writes "X is good; it's too bad you poor cretins are missing out"


Edited by Deathrabbit - May 30 2009 at 17:00

I'm not convinced that protecting the site from getting its (metaphorical) pants sued off qualifies as "over-zealous." The Internet's been going mental about that sort of thing lately.

You'd think but, well, maybe I'm being a bit over-reactionary. I've just seen sites have issues in the past for that sort of thing and I'd hate to see that happen to PA. I know they've shut down most tab and chord sites, I'm not sure what the deal is with lyrics right now.

Slartibartfast wrote: This site is well policed mostly but sometimes someone with admin authority goes a bit too far.

Ok birdbrain. I'll put it another way. Post another large chunk of copyrited material on the forum again and I'll over-zealously do whatever it takes to protect the site from you.
Understand?
Damn, I don't do this for the good of my health you know. We are coming more and more under the microscope, but of course your feelings and sense of entitlement are more important.

Ok. For the last time. We have been ordered to remove lyrics posted on the forum in the past, so PLEASE restrict lyric-quoting to a few lines. Maybe these people should pick on the millions of lyric sites on the internet, but...

You know, I shouldn't have to go to all this trouble to spell it out.

Consider this birdbrain well chastised.  But are we talking about a one paragraph limit?

Edited by Slartibartfast - May 30 2009 at 21:24

Sincere apologies, I was trying to be a little funny and fell flat on my ass.

Well, you know, the lyrics are in the booklet that comes with the album, so if you post them online, then I can read the lyrics without owning the album, and who knows what kinds of problems that could lead to.

I hear that people freely copying lyrics in the newspapers was a major contributor to Hitler's rise to power. These copyright laws may seem absurd, but at least they've kept the US dictator-free.