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What we lack?
#31
RE: What we lack?
I have a firm belief that Atheism can have a spirituality.

It involves noticing, appreciating and loving the beauty in randomness and the grace in coincidence.

we need songs, poems, works of art, but it can be done.

Quote:Frankly, I wish that the fruits of my work useful and glorious appearing of the world that the fruits of my labor awaken the mind and unlock the feeling of those who are deprived of light.
Ridiculous to say, outside the sky was nothing.
There is not one world, one earth, one sun, but as many worlds as we see bright sparks on us.


Giordano Bruno
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#32
RE: What we lack?
(December 12, 2011 at 8:46 am)Galileo Wrote: we need songs, poems, works of art, but it can be done.

...an invitation?

One and One make Three

I remember being carried
by a will
that was not my own
I remember knowing
what may come
I would never be alone

And they told me a Savior had come
And they told me God's will be done
that all I am is a man
fallen from grace
that there was a plan
to set Heaven in place
Could I not rejoice in the Word
Could I not retell what I had heard
What price can it be too little to pay
To save another as you were once saved

I remember the tragedy that I once was
eyes to the sky
and the wondering why
I remember raising my hand high above
blowing a kiss
as I'm shaking my fist
screaming you cannot tell me were are all not love

And I told them their Savior never arrived
And I told them their ministry was cruelly derived
that all I am is a man
alone in this place
that there did span
both time and space
Can you not rejoice in being without word
Can you not see through the decpetion you heard
Any price is the one far too great to pay
to deny you are the god humanity must save

...atheist. Big Grin

A little ditty I wrote elsewhere, kind of a "anti-footprints" thingy. Wink
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#33
RE: What we lack?
this is exactly what I am talking about.

My friend who was also once religious and I are trying to write music entirely dedicated to concepts of atheism to try and create the same uplifting feeling that religious music does.


that was one of the main reasons I remained a believer so long, to be honest. the music. for a singer, it's amazing. there is no reason we can't have the same though.
Quote:Frankly, I wish that the fruits of my work useful and glorious appearing of the world that the fruits of my labor awaken the mind and unlock the feeling of those who are deprived of light.
Ridiculous to say, outside the sky was nothing.
There is not one world, one earth, one sun, but as many worlds as we see bright sparks on us.


Giordano Bruno
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#34
RE: What we lack?
"God" is an identity enhancement; the hymn is but a tribute to the higher self. Many atheists don't go in for that "higher self" perspective, and something that comes across as "spiritual" is immediately rebuked. Spirituality can exist between atheists; I didn't mean to imply that it could not, but when two or more atheists are "grooving to the same waveform" it is almost as if a theism is being created.

What unites us seems to be dry practicalities; rational expression, critical thought. It seems almost anathema to the "frivolity" of musical creation.
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