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Worship-like music for atheists?
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Worship-like music for atheists?
I'm just wondering if anyone knows of any music that is worship-like...except for atheists/humanists? I'm not necessarily thinking about style, like hymns or contemporary worship like Hillsong. I'm thinking about the feeling of connectedness and devotion to something bigger than yourself. The closest I can think of is the Ambient genre, which can make you feel a sense of wonder in nature and the cosmos. For example, Dreams by Nuages

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RMHHwJ9Eqk

or Ether by We're All Astronauts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fFbeSykaJk

are both songs that make me feel...human.


However, I can't think of anything from the Ambient genre that really focuses on a shared human experience. For instance, Spirit of the Living God 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogGOlGswStA 

In the video, it is apparent that there is a lot of emotion and the song uses a lot of plural first person pronouns and I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss that experience from when I used to be a Christian. It was so powerful for me, I used to use it as a crutch to hold my faith up when I was doubting. Now I just listen and don't worry about all the religious baggage that comes with it. Just wondering if anyone out there feels the same way I do and if you've found alternatives to get similar vibes.  

Thanks!
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#2
RE: Worship-like music for atheists?
Only if worshiping the male form counts.

Don't click if you don't want to see sexy men:

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#3
RE: Worship-like music for atheists?
Welcome to AF, man!

Just listen to regular ol' gospel music man, but after the song ends, remember that God doesn't exist and that the "uplifted" feeling you got was just from the song... not God.
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#4
RE: Worship-like music for atheists?
Not to worship, but this is exhilarating, if one sings along-



If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
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RE: Worship-like music for atheists?
(August 2, 2018 at 10:47 pm)Fireball Wrote: Not to worship, but this is exhilarating, if one sings along-




Yes, put him in a stranglehold until he stops twitching.
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#6
RE: Worship-like music for atheists?
Worship this:






But if you come from a Catholic childhood you could worship this and pretend it was in Latin.  (Could be for all I know.)




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#7
RE: Worship-like music for atheists?
Handel's Messiah does it for me.
It's amazing 'science' always seems to 'find' whatever it is funded for, and never the oppsite. Drich.
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#8
RE: Worship-like music for atheists?
Steve Martin knows...Atheists don't have no songs.





Other than that little gem, I would just say any music you find moving and uplifting would count.
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?” 
― Tom StoppardRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
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RE: Worship-like music for atheists?
When I want to listen to "worship ike music I don't beat around the bush. I go full gospel.






Staple Singers, Mavis Staple, Aretha Franklin and a bottle of red wine make a good friday night.
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!






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RE: Worship-like music for atheists?




Well, rap that!

Fuckin Joe Pesci.
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