RE: Atheism in art
August 6, 2018 at 6:32 am
(This post was last modified: August 6, 2018 at 6:32 am by Lucanus.)
After visiting Naples and seeing pictures of Saints and Jesus and Virgins and Angels at every fucking corner, you bet your sweet ass I'm glad the world is getting less religious by the hour. Don't get me wrong, I love me some Caravaggio but after a while it gets boring.
Religion is just a story, and as such it inspires reflection and artistic appropriation of its content. Atheism just means you don't believe that that story actually happened, and while it may influence an artist's work somewhat, it will hardly ever take center stage because, well, it's nothing more than a lack of belief.
Anti-theism, on the other hand...
Religion is just a story, and as such it inspires reflection and artistic appropriation of its content. Atheism just means you don't believe that that story actually happened, and while it may influence an artist's work somewhat, it will hardly ever take center stage because, well, it's nothing more than a lack of belief.
Anti-theism, on the other hand...
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
