Guest from Sanity,

I love Pete Seeger and his songs are brilliantly conceived but in regard to Ecclesiastes,
I find that passage to be prosaic and not terribly informative suggesting a false equivalency between war and peace. I think it was written to appease the gods of war who permeate religious doctrine, the so-called "just war" idea. I have misgivings about Turn Turn although I may have the distinction as being the first person to record it with Pete on Columbia Records for John Hammond prior to Byrds and Judy Collins. The melody and chords of the song are of course wonderful.

I don't consider the bible to be great poetry or especially insightful about the human condition. The King James Version was a slapped-together meanderings of former scribes and an appeasement to the warring religious factions of the time. I'll take Shakespeare over it any time.

Pete has espoused the bible recently and I must say I am disappointed in his endorsement.
But Pete remains a great man, a great performer, an underrated musician and profound influence on folk music. Even though I don't agree with his new-found religious ideas, I am still a folkie acolyte.