IS GOD RUINING PROG?

Paradox wrote: Gaspy Conana wrote: There are hundreds of bands out there singing about how much they love satan but you don't see anyone complaining about them. Anyway, just let the artists do what they want. This thread is sh*tty.  Cough *PMRC* cough

Get yourself a good linctus, to clear your addled brain. Look at the question, then look at the replies to see who is fooling who.  

No you don't

Neal Morse also wrote a song featuring the lyrics "**** YOU!" screamed over and over. 
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He didn't write that, Kevin Gilbert, who worked with NDV before Spock's Beard, wrote that.  KG produced Beware of Darkness and was going to audition to replace Philly Collins as lead singer of Genesis before he died of autoerotic asphyxiation

 

Dazo wrote: The holy mother could surely be Mary mother of god?

I think "Holy Mother" refers to another deity: Gaia, the ancient Greek Goddess of the Earth, of which my wife and I are High Priestesses.

And this is a beautiful statue of her. The earth is her pregnant belly, one of her breasts is the moon (even the proportions of earth and moon, or rather belly and breast, are right), her hair is full of plants and animals, and the evolution is carved into her limbs.

Well, if it isn't old Dazo again!

to answer the question of this thread, no!

just listen to the jadis' more than meet the eyes aLBUM: IT IS A very christian album

GENESIS "Judas he knows me"

If anyone is responsible for ruining anything, it all comes down to one thing, and one thing only:

HUMANITY!

We are a disease, a virus!!

We must be wiped out by bugs from outer space!

I am very proud to be an atheist and I have an album called "Space Ritual" by a band named "Ramases". One of their songs is entitled "Jesus Come Back" and yes, the song is sh*tty but there are some truly great songs on this disc. As far as lyrics go, giving thanks and praise to Santa or the mythical Jehova doesn't really affect the melodies all that much, in my experience. That doesn't mean that I actively seek Christian bands since I would be spending money on people who promote the false teachings of the mythical Christ character. Nothing that Jesus said made me want to go out and join a church nor do I find anything more offensive than organized religion. Jesus believed in ETERNAL punishment, ladies and gentlemen. Not only that but in the New Testament, he actually goes to this place where people are being burned forever and instead of asking his dad to knock this sh*t off, does nothing to save these people. Not my idea of a hero. If Yes wants to make a reference to a higher power in their music, fine. The quality of their material more than makes up for it. No sweat off my sack. Religious fundamentalism must perish, however.

Sean Trane wrote: I am going to make friends here: God and Religion are not just ruining prog , but they are ruining mankind and the whole universe!

God and religion aren't ruining the world. People that don't know how to
express religion are ruining the world. Probably about 90% of the people
that say they are religious (Christian/Catholic mainly, aren't.) The bible is
just a moralistic book to follow. The morals in the Bible are great and are
very insightful to live life by. People like George Bush for example, are
religious in their own world, but are not really religious. You can't be
religious and want war and spend money to fight as opposed to spending
money on poverty. We are not fighting "in the name of God." Also
remember that there is corruption in everything. Don't just blame
religion, take a look at the reason why it's happening. Religious groups
are doing good things the majority of the time. A lot of charity work and
activist work is done through religious groups of all types. Sometimes we
look at the bad and overlook the good.

Also, anybody talk about Genesis? They had a lot of religious references
in their songs (Supper's Ready being the most obvious.)