Atheist Anthems

[Thumpalumpacus]

Rush, "Freewill"

There are those who think that life
Has nothing left to chance
With a host of holy horrors
To direct our aimless dance

A planet of playthings
We dance on the strings
Of powers we cannot perceive
"The stars aren't aligned,
Or the gods are malign"
Blame is better to give than receive

You can choose a ready guide
In some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice

You can choose from phantom fears
And kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear
I will choose free will

There are those who think that
They've been dealt a losing hand
The cards were stacked against them,
They weren't born in Lotus-Land

All preordained
A prisoner in chains
A victim of venomous fate
Kicked in the face
You can't pray for a place
In heaven's unearthly estate

Each of us
A cell of awareness
Imperfect and incomplete
Genetic blends
With uncertain ends
On a fortune hunt
That's far too fleet

You can choose a ready guide
In some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice

You can choose from phantom fears
And kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that's clear
I will choose free will.

[Whateverist]

An agnostic's anthem.  Pretty sure most of us atheists are also agnostics. 


https://youtu.be/nlaoR5m4L80

[Exian]

"Take Me to Church" by Hozier was a good one that I couldn't believe was playing on the radio regularly.

[mediocrates]

here's a fun one for the upcoming holidays!  (I love punk if you haven't figured that out yet!   )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovi1SKwfyxU        

          NOFX
"Xmas has been X'ed"

It's funny how some fables became historic
When the authors clearly wrote them to be metaphoric
But people will believe anything if it's written
Especially in stone or ancient scroll
December 25th has been blacklisted
Since Dawkins found the proof Jesus never existed
It was the last thing anyone ever expected
Xmas has been X'd

No colored lights, no shopping sprees
No more presents under dead trees
St. Nick is dead but we don't grieve
We celebrate the last Christmas Eve

Jesuits are slowly turning Dianetic
Protestants increasingly become agnostic
Pentecostal churches are hanging pentagrams
Priests and Nuns are molesting each other
Methodists and Baptists are claiming Buddhist
Evangelicals surprisingly are Nudist
But mostly everyone is trying to become Jew
Cuz Easter's canceled too

No more egg hunts, no Sunday mass
Fridays are fair, Wednesdays don't ash
They canceled lent and slowed down fast
Enjoy Christmas cuz it's your last
No shopping sprees (don't worry son)
No more presents (We don't need christ) under dead trees (We got eight nights)
St. Nick is dead (we got mitzvah) but we don't grieve (The're all canceled)
We celebrate (our hanukah) the last Christmas eve

[TheRocketSurgeon]

Mediocrates - I listened to that video while watching in another window... but now I watched the actual video... that's Santarchy! I went to one in KCMO's Westport district in 2005, as "Commie Claus". Was great!

(I went around in a Soviet-era red-and-white hoodie emblazoned with Soviet symbols and CCCP, handing out candy canes and accepting free beers, shouting "From each adult according to his ability! To each child according to his need!")

[Athene]

I find myself singing the hook of this song some Sundays...very catchy.





Bitch...where's your evidence?

[TheRocketSurgeon]

I liked those lyrics. You should edit 'em in.

I guess one good rap deserves another. This is from my Brief List of Favorite Things.

Lyrics = NSFW warning!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_k-MZcjCFI

Fuck the damn creationists, those bunch of dumb-ass bitches,
Every time I think of them my trigger finger itches.
They want to have their bullshit taught in public class,
Stephen J. Gould should put his foot right up their ass.
Noah and his ark, Adam and his Eve,
Straight up fairy stories even children don't believe.
I'm not saying there's no god, that's not for me to say,
All I'm saying is the Earth was not made in a day.

[Chorus]
Fuck, fuck, fuck,
fuck the Creationists.

[Trash Talk]
Break it down.
Ah damn, this is a funky jam!
I'm about ready to kick this bitch back in.
Check it.

[Verse 2]
Fuck the damn creationists I say it with authority,
Because kicking their punk asses be my paramount priority.
Them wack-ass bitches say, "evolution's just a theory",
They best step off, them brainless fools, I'll give them cause to fear me.
The cosmos is expanding every second, every day,
But their minds are shrinking as they close their eyes and pray.
They call their bullshit science like the word could give them cred,
If them bitches be scientists then cap me in the head.

[Chorus]

[Trash Talk]
Bass!
Bring that shit in!
Ah yeah, that's right, fuck them all motherfuckers.
Fucking punk ass creationists trying to set scientific thought back 400 years.
Fuck that!
If them superstitious motherfuckers want to have that kind of party,
I'm going to put my dick in the mashed potatoes.
Fucking creationists.
Fuck them.

[robvalue]

I love this one, it's used as the theme on The Non-Prophets show. (Which is awesome, if you've never listened before. It's guys from the atheist experience discussing and talking smack about religion.)

http://youtu.be/2IOoJyaERSI

[mediocrates]

Mediocrates - I listened to that video while watching in another window... but now I watched the actual video... that's Santarchy! I went to one in KCMO's Westport district in 2005, as "Commie Claus". Was great!

(I went around in a Soviet-era red-and-white hoodie emblazoned with Soviet symbols and CCCP, handing out candy canes and accepting free beers, shouting "From each adult according to his ability! To each child according to his need!")

Nice! I bet that was a blast!

[mediocrates]

I guess one good rap deserves another. This is from my Brief List of Favorite Things.

...

[Chorus]
Fuck, fuck, fuck,
fuck the Creationists.

[Trash Talk]
Break it down.

Holy Crap Rocket! That was funny!  That one's new to me.