Flower Kings Appreciation Thread

On a flokis front - Listened to the two epics from UTF - They are good solid epics but in the second division compared with Monsters, We are the Sun and Garden of Dreams....

its 11-50pm,sitting here surfing the net. headphones on listening to some of the Doom, Stoner and Gothic Band`s I`ve been put on to by a friend, whom now`s I`m totally into the earlier band`s.
Sabbath, trouble ect. its possible I`ll add some of these band`s to my list of to buy. still reading Charles Bukowski tales of a dirty old man. if you haven`t read any of his novels start with post office
wow just been hit by HIM = Venus Doom cd. it is dark, heaviest doom music wooooooooow this is a buying one. it reminds me of the first time I`d heard slayer that was like    but still in the cd rack mind blowing bloody 6nru sucks. we won came 2nd.    arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh ramblings of a geekfreak!!.

arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!. wrote a post than hit the delete button hmm now wonder friends call me geekfreak. DT are a solid prog metal band. well my age as never not stop me from listening too, any form of music that I would like to hear. oh M27Barney I`m listening to TFK DR CD 1. Its a totally big puzzle to me. why some are dishing the album. but why oh why. even the albums, BOE, TSONE, A&E, TRM UTF and PH. I`m also mixing up my reading too!.     oh yes

M27Barney wrote: Crumple wrote: Geek - Balance your list of books - Here would be my list. Add a few to your mix and good luck in your search ;) 1. John's Gospel 2. Mere Christianity - CS Lewis 3. Evidence That Demands a Verdict - Josh McDowell 4. The Devil's Delusion - David Berlinski (like Dennett, read slowly!) 5. Can a Man Live Without God - Ravi Zacharias 6. Lord of The Rings - JRR Tolkien Hm' (4) do PEOPLE genuinely believe in the Devil anymore?? Might as well believe that if you dig too deep you awake the BALROG!! (6). Funnily enough man has mined to ridiculous depths (in South Africa for instance.) and yet - No fiery monster with a similarly aflame whip has been found....strange though it may seem - Tolkien may have just made the whole thing up mind you it's a lot more believable than 99.9% of the fecking bible that's for sure!!!

^ Why so contemptuous?

Biff, me owd china... Explain to me how can you make non-believers feel like fools? Oh I forgot - it's the old - You'll be sorry when my imaginary friend judges you and you'll burn in hell for all eternity!!
And in case you didn't read the thread carefully, all I did was supply geek freak with a list of interesting (imo) reading material. and it was crumple who then opened his game with a list of opposing literature!
And if you call me blinkered because I refuse to waste time following "revealed" ("imaginary" in other words) knowledge from your similarly imaginary deity then you can finish polishing Marty McFly's car then come round and start on mine

Edited by M27Barney - March 18 2014 at 07:12

Anyway, aside from poking a stick into the hornets nest of Christian fundamentalism - I am hoping that everyone on planet earth will soon realise that three rashers of smoked back bacon, on a buttered oven bottom barm cake, with sliced fresh chillies and H.P sauce is the gastronomic equivalent to Garden of Dreams - In fact it is the "Sandwich of Dreams!"

Meaning of Life? as the arch atheist Douglas Adams pointed out - is the integer 42! but of course he was just taking the piss out of anybody stupid (or plain ignorant) enough to think that life has any purpose other than as vehicle's to enable sets of genes to replicate and survive in the turbulence of the global gene-pool!
That doesn't mean that I, as a thinking and self aware gene machine can't act with altruism towards other creatures I encounter!
And of course homo sapiens are not as controlled by the gene imperative for reproduction as we can choose not to pro-create! Mind you the pleasure pay off designed by the genes is quite hard to deny oneself! (unless you have the snip). Sounds very cold and impersonal doesn't it - much better to believe that some imaginary creator put us on planet earth so that we could watch his son die for our sins then spend the next 2000 years torturing and killing people who don't believe IT.
Evolution is FACT (Proven beyond all reasonable doubt!) - the ONLY GAME IN TOWN....

zumacraig wrote:   i see your point.  thing is, barney's been doing this for years.  it's just kind of part of the ethos in this thread.

Wow, I go away for a bit and THIS happens 

Well, I guess I'm not really surprised.  I wonder what Roine would have to say about all this   (see, Flower Kings appreciation?  )

Actually, on the Yahoo mail list, he used to get into political and religious debates all the time.  He's a pretty open minded fellow, and despite his leanings towards Christianity in his lyrics, does not seem to be a practicing Christian (unlike TA band mate Neal Morse, obviously).

Personally, I'm not a "bible believer".  I think it's just a book, written by people with their own agendas, viewpoints, and take on events (and mostly second hand or later, for that matter).  However, I respect everyones beliefs and see no need to ridicule them in public, as I suspect my personal beliefs would open me to as much, or more, ridicule than Christians get around here.
 
Anyway, I guess whatever keeps this thread alive is more or less a good thing, right?     Hopefully those who don't like Barney can just ignore his posts............

Edited by infandous - March 18 2014 at 13:03