http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/12/24/a-humanist-revival/ by Hemant Mehta Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/12/24/a-humanist-revival/#comment-107022 James Coley Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:17:01 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/12/24/a-humanist-revival/#comment-107022 Mriana: I am an atheist, a naturalist and a rationalist. So you need have no fear I mean to import evangelical or fundamentalist Christianity, or any form of theism, in the content of my song. And I understand if it still "smells" like that to you, and if it brings back bad memories of church. But what I am trying to do is to "appropriate" the cultural form of gospel music for humanism. If that turns you off, okay. It is a matter of taste. However, why shouldn't we have fun with these cultural forms and use them to popularize humanism? Mriana: I am an atheist, a naturalist and a rationalist. So you need have no fear I mean to import evangelical or fundamentalist Christianity, or any form of theism, in the content of my song. And I understand if it still “smells” like that to you, and if it brings back bad memories of church. But what I am trying to do is to “appropriate” the cultural form of gospel music for humanism. If that turns you off, okay. It is a matter of taste. However, why shouldn’t we have fun with these cultural forms and use them to popularize humanism?

]]> http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2007/12/24/a-humanist-revival/#comment-106317 Mriana Tue, 25 Dec 2007 01:23:30 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2007/12/24/a-humanist-revival/#comment-106317 OK now that bothers me. It smells like Evangelical Fundamentalism and the music sounds too much like my great uncle's church and my grandparent's church. Too much for me. I'm going to Epstien's service- if he has one. :lol: OK now that bothers me. It smells like Evangelical Fundamentalism and the music sounds too much like my great uncle’s church and my grandparent’s church. Too much for me. I’m going to Epstien’s service- if he has one.

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