Someone aske recently in one of the forums if anyone felt a sadness at not having god in their life.
This made me think, I was brought up in the Church of England and as a child I was taught at C of E schools. I remember being quite a melancholy child, happiest in my own company (still partly true), but I didn't feel that lift until I started to question god.
I never really believed in god even as a child, I just assumed it was a conceit we were all in on. Anyway, I went looking back over some of my earlier work for this song, it struck me that the imagery in it is very religious, blood, bread, wine, etc. Listening to it in retrospect it sounds like a cathartic expression, like I was ridding myself of something.
I whipped up a quick video of borrowed images so I could post it. I'm much happier now, but I still have a fondness for this little piece of my teenage angst.
MM
This made me think, I was brought up in the Church of England and as a child I was taught at C of E schools. I remember being quite a melancholy child, happiest in my own company (still partly true), but I didn't feel that lift until I started to question god.
I never really believed in god even as a child, I just assumed it was a conceit we were all in on. Anyway, I went looking back over some of my earlier work for this song, it struck me that the imagery in it is very religious, blood, bread, wine, etc. Listening to it in retrospect it sounds like a cathartic expression, like I was ridding myself of something.
I whipped up a quick video of borrowed images so I could post it. I'm much happier now, but I still have a fondness for this little piece of my teenage angst.
MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)