RE: 300 years, yet atheism has not grown into a viable movement | Bart Campolo
October 17, 2016 at 12:20 am
(October 16, 2016 at 11:42 pm)mralstoner Wrote: Music is more about individual tastes, whereas a humanist group with a clear ethos would be built primarily on a non-religious way of life i.e. a philosophy, ethics, value system, ceremonies, rituals, support. That type of group is a foundational and universal type of group. Music is more individual tastes.
History demonstrates quite clearly that belonging to a group is no guarantee of a consistent ethos. Religious schisms happen all the time. In the long run I think we have to take responsibility for our own philosophies of life. If we find groups that help us express those philosophies, that's fine. If not, better to go it alone.
As for the "individual taste" aspect of music, one of the things I enjoy about playing in bands is that we push the boundaries in that regard. Not everyone will like every score that we work on, but we almost always grow in musicality from attempting them anyway.
