The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #14921   Message #3207934
Posted By: Big Ballad Singer
14-Aug-11 - 12:44 PM
Thread Name: Atheist Hymns
Subject: RE: Atheist Hymns
How about "Nowhere Man"?

"She's Not There" by the Zombies?

Seriously, though... there are a LOT of beautiful songs that are not religious hymns (many have already been suggested), and there are a LOT of hymns that don't have to be taken at their prima facie level as theistic. We, being human, are free not only to create, but to interpret. It's the insistence of one person or group that DEFINITION (of words or ideas) be concrete that makes for war, especially jihad, no matter whose jihad it might be.

I am always encouraged when people are able to gather inspiration or find beauty in the artistic expressions of others without believing that they must ABSOLUTELY accept or COMPLETELY reject the worldview behind said expressions.