Favorite Athiest and/or Agnostic Song?

[Beearewhyain]

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As a younger man being raised in a religious household this one really hit home. It was wonderfully liberating in that in those days atheism was not a topic widely discussed except in hushed or hissed whispers. We have come a long way since then. What is a favorite of yours?

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[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. Either Red Red wine, or Sweet Jane by that Canadian gal

[Beearewhyain]

2. Did not know either of those songs

were about atheism and/or agnosticism. Not a lot of context to work with there or maybe I'm slow...which is not that unusual.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

3. Don't know any songs about A&A.

However, if you dig the wonders of space, there's always "The Galaxy Song" from The Meaning of Life, and "39" by Brian May, about time dilation.

[Beearewhyain]

4. I prefer "42" as said by the prophet Douglas Adams

It's in the Kabalah so it must be true. And BTW, I didn't eat the salmon mousse.

[skepticscott]

5. Mose Allison-Modest Proposal

[TxDemChem]

6. I likely Shelley Segal's "My Morality"

But you all have mentioned songs and artists I've never heard of. Looks like I'll be on YouTube this weekend getting A&A music on.

[Act_of_Reparation]

7. Nine Inch Nails - Heresy

[Iggo]

8. I remember back when I was 8 or 9 or 10, a couple of lines from Sweet Baby James kinda struck me.

There's a song that they sing
When they take to the highway.
A song that they sing
When they take to the sea.
A song that they sing
Of their home in the sky.
Maybe you can believe it
If it helps you to sleep.
But singing works just fine for me.

I remember the first time I heard it, looking around and thinking "Ummmmm! He's gonna be in trouble!"

[LostOne4Ever]

28. I like that one.

Gonna have to remember it.

Welcome to DU and the AA group

[RussBLib]

57. another little bit of musical history I'd never heard

pretty powerful

thanks

[frogmarch]

10. God Will Fuck You Up

[Duppers]

53. One of mine because it made me spit coffee

about 12 yrs ago when I first heard it.

Here's another funny someone just sent me...

[onager]

11. Dead Kennedys, "Religious Vomit"

Released at the height of Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority Mania. From the opening lyrics - "Religion makes me sick" - the whole album was a giant "up yours" to American Xianity.

DK member Jello Biafra later teamed up with Mojo Nixon to make the album "Prairie Home Invasion," which was also great. They took the old Carter Family song "Will The Circle Be Unbroken?" and turned it into: "Will The Fetus Be Aborted?" ROFL...

Bad Religion is a whole band of atheists and I like just about everything they've done. My favorite on-topic song is probably "American Jesus."

Another fave, which made me think Bad Thoughts as a child, came from George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess:"

The things that you're liable,
To read in the Bible,
They ain't necessarlly so...

[LostOne4Ever]

29. I also a bad religion fan

I especially love their lyrics. They have a great vocabulary and are not afriad to use it. Some of their songs have even forced me to get out my dictionary from time to time

My favorite is Broken but that doesn't really fit the topic though >_<

[bananasplitbaby]

13. One of my top faves...

"Dear God" by XTC

[Rainforestgoddess]

14. white wine in the sun

[PassingFair]

22. Arrghhh! That made me cry!

[Rainforestgoddess]

24. Oops, sorry n/t

[Arugula Latte]

15. "Dear God" is my favorite, but here are two new ones getting airplay:

Portugal. The Man -- Modern Jesus

Come on in
Take a seat next to me
You know we got
We got what you need
We may be liars preaching to choirs
But we can
We can sell your dreams

You don't need sympathy
They got a pill for everything
Just take that dark cloud
Ring it out to wash it down, but

Don't pray for us
We don't need no modern Jesus
To roll with us
The only rule we need is never
Giving up
The only faith we have is faith in us

We're the ones who start little fires
Yet they burn out
But when they're on the rise
They can't help but shine

And when the wave approaches
Take our ashes to the ocean
Who cares if hell awaits?
We're having drinks at heaven's gate

Don't pray for us
We don't need no modern Jesus
To roll with us
The only rule we need is never
Giving up
The only faith we have is faith in us

We know that we're helpless
At least we always assume
But we don't need to prove nothing to you
Let's keep the cool
You don't need to feel blue
Cause we won't sell you nothing
You can't use

Don't pray for us
We don't need no modern Jesus
To roll with us
The only rule we need is never
Giving up
The only faith we have is faith in us

*

Vampire Weekend -- Unbelievers

Got a little soul
The world is a cold, cold place to be
Want a little warmth
But who’s gonna save a little warmth for me?

We know the fire awaits unbelievers
All of the sinners the same
Girl, you and I will die unbelievers
Bound to the tracks of the train

If I’m born again I know that the world will disagree
Want a little grace but who’s gonna say a little grace for me?

We know the fire awaits unbelievers
All of the sinners the same
Girl, you and I will die unbelievers
Bound to the tracks of the train

I’m not excited, but should I be?
Is this the fate that half of the world has planned for me?

I know I love you
And you love the sea
But what holy water contains a little drop, little drop for me?

See the sun go down
It’s going on down, and the night is deep
Want a little light
But who’s gonna save a little light for me?

We know the fire awaits unbelievers
All of the sinners the same
Girl, you and I will die unbelievers
Bound to the tracks of the train

I’m not excited, but should I be?
Is this the fate that half of the world has planned for me?

I know I love you
And you love the sea
But what holy water contains a little drop, little drop for me?

I’m not excited, but should I be?
Is this the fate that half of the world has planned for me?

I know I love you
And you love the sea
But what holy water contains a little drop, little drop for me?

[progressoid]

18. liked that Portugal. The Man song.

Although some of the visuals were a bit, um, disturbing.

[greendog]

16. "I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground"

It's one of those old traditional banjo tunes from the American South. If I wasn't on my phone I'd post the lyrics.

[Warpy]

17. You just had to ask...

[Kolesar]

60. Praise the Lord! ... eom

[Curmudgeoness]

19. I don't know that this is atheist,

but it so sad/so amusing, and so accurate in explaining belief. But making fun of god is definitely a no-no.

Depeche Mode---Blasphemous Rumours

[edhopper]

20. Imagine

Lennon, nuff said.

[AlbertCat]

35. Lennon, nuff said.

"God" is better IMHO....

"God is a concept by which we measure our pain."

Both are great songs.

[edhopper]

39. Great as well.

And let's not forget when he was explaining his "Bigger than Jesus" comment:

"Well, originally I pointed out that fact in reference to England. That we meant more to kids than Jesus did, or religion at that time. I wasn't knocking it or putting it down. I was just saying it as a fact and it's true more for England than here. I'm not saying that we're better or greater, or comparing us with Jesus Christ as a person or God as a thing or whatever it is. I just said what I said and it was wrong. Or it was taken wrong. And now it's all this".

"Jesus Christ as a person or God as a thing or whatever it is."

That is the statement of a agnostic.

[oppressedproletarian]

61. Yes, " Imagine" for the win! n/t

[deucemagnet]

21. "Dear God" is my favorite,

but I like the message in pretty much everything by Bad Religion.

From their Wiki page:

Religion

Faith in your partner, your fellow men, your friends, is very important, because without it there's no mutual component to your relationship, and relationships are important. So, faith plays an important role, but faith in people you don't know, faith in religious or political leaders or even people on stages, people who are popular in the public eye, you shouldn't have faith in those people. You should listen to what they have to say and use it.

— Greg Graffin[78]

Despite the name of the band, or the band's logo, the members do not consider themselves antitheist. Singer Greg Graffin states that more often than not, the band prefers to use religion as a metaphor for anything that does not allow for an individual's freedom to think or express themselves as they choose. In this way, their songs are more about anti-conformity than anti-religion.[79] Contrary to popular belief, Greg Graffin does not identify himself as an atheist, but chooses to identify as a naturalist.

Wired Magazine came out with a big exposé of "the new atheists". I was interviewed for it—and yet I think I was included as a sidebar but not as a main feature and I think the main reason they did that was because they noticed that I wasn't that happy billing myself as an atheist. To me it just doesn't say that much; it doesn't say much about you. Instead I bill myself as a naturalist, which I think says a lot more. Because a naturalist is someone who... first of all—they study natural science, and they have a hopeful message—I think—to send to the world, which is... we can agree on what the truth is... and it has to be through experimentation, verification, and new discoveries, followed by more verification. So... if we can agree on those terms, we can agree that the truth changes, based on new discoveries, and the structure of science is such that you can never be so sure of something, because a new discovery can rework the framework—it can reconstruct the framework of your science and you have to look at the world differently. That makes it a very dynamic and exciting place to be. And if you say "you're an atheist", it's not really saying much about how you came to that conclusion. But if you say "you're a naturalist", I think it says something. You've reached that point because you've studied science, because you believe there's a fundamental way of looking at the world that is part of a long tradition. And so, I prefer naturalist.

— Greg Graffin[80]

Despite this, he did co-author the book Is Belief in God Good, Bad or Irrelevant?, which is based on a series of lengthy debates about science and religion between Graffin and historian Preston Jones.[81] In 2010, Graffin released Anarchy Evolution, in which he promotes his naturalist worldview.[82]

The band's bassist Jay Bentley has stated that he has spiritual beliefs.[83] Brett Gurewitz is a "provisional deist."

On March 24, 2012 Bad Religion headlined the Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., sharing the stage with the likes of Eddie Izzard, Richard Dawkins, Tim Minchin and James Randi.[84]

[PassingFair]

23. Don't know if this song counts, but the lyrics seem atheistic to me....

I could feel at the time
There was no way of knowing
Fallen leaves in the night
Who can say where they're blowing
As free as the wind
Hopefully learning
Why the sea on the tide
Has no way of turning

More than this you know there's nothing
More than this tell me one thing
More than this ooh there is nothing

It was fun for a while
There was no way of knowing
Like a dream in the night
Who can say where we're going
No care in the world
Maybe I'm learning
Why the sea on the tide
Has no way of turning

More than this you know there's nothing
More than this tell me one thing
More than this no, there's nothing

More than this nothing
More than this
More than this nothing
Songwriters: Ferry, Bryan

[Rainforestgoddess]

25. Freewill by Rush

Rush Freewill Live:

[intaglio]

26. Vatican Rag - Ton Lehrer

Not specifically atheist/agnostic but funny

[Jgarrick]

27. Finally, one I've heard of!

[LostOne4Ever]

30. Sorrow by Bad Religion

Father can you hear me?
How have I let you down?
I curse the day that I was born
and all the sorrow in this world

Let me take you to the herding ground
where all good men are trampled down
Just to settle a bet that could not be won
between a prideful father and his son

Will you guide me now for I can't see a reason
for the suffering and this long misery
What if every living soul could be upright and strong?
Well then I do imagine

There will be (sorrow)
Yeah there will be (sorrow)
And there will be sorrow no more

When all soldiers lay their weapons down
or when all kings and all queens relinquish their crowns
Or when the only true messiah rescues us
from ourselves it's easy to imagine

There will be (sorrow)
Yeah there will be (sorrow)
And there will be sorrow no more

There will be (sorrow)
Yeah there will be (sorrow)
And there will be sorrow no more

Yeah there will be (sorrow)
Yeah there will be (sorrow)
And there will be sorrow no more

[OriginalGeek]

31. A recent lounge thread asked for protest songs

and I posted up a Napalm Death song and remarked that nearly all of Napalm Death's songs were protest songs.

One of the main things they protest is religion.

Your unflappable conceptions
Moralistic views
Never open to criticism
Your overpowering ruse

Promise of sanctuary
In eternal bliss
With starry eyes and cash in hand
Pledge all to the master plan

Just face the truth or fund the farce

At one with your god
Your sole intent
Your treasured place assured
For a substantial rent

Global lunacy
Death threats for supposed blasphemy
No room for free thought
All non believers pushed to the floor

Aggressive tyrants
Supposed saints for the cause
Judgement through force
Faith a fuel for pointless wars

When all is done
Who shall benefit? Who is the one?
Not those who pass on
But those dictators divine waving their deceitful wands

[AtheistCrusader]

32. Frank Turner - Glory Hallelujah

[NeoGreen]

33. A little tune called "Atheists Don't Have No Songs"...

...
Disclaimer #1: Please let me know if I have violated any DU rules on Intellectual Content (nicely).
Disclaimer #2: This is only one of many "Atheist Songs" I enjoy.
Disclaimer #3: I'm surprised no one else posted this first.

Please Enjoy:

"Atheists Don't Have No Songs"
by Steve Martin

[Lyrics]

(Christians have)
Christians have their hymns and pages.
(Hymns and pages)
Hava Nagila's for the Jews.
(For the Jews)
Baptists have the rock of ages.
(Rock of ages)
Atheists just sing the blues.

(Romantics play)
Romantics play Claire de Lune.
(Claire de Lune)
Born agains sing He is risen.
But no one ever wrote a tune.
(Wrote a tune)
For godless existentialism.
(For godless existentialism)

For Atheists,
There's no good news.
They'll never sing,
A song of faith.

In their songs,
They have a rule.
The "he" is always lowercase.
The "he" is always lowercase.

(Some folks sing)
Some folks sing a Bach cantata.
(Bach cantata)
Lutherans get Christmas trees.
Atheist songs add up to nada.
(Up to nada)
But they do have Sundays free.
(Have Sundays free)

(Pentecostals sing)
Pentecostals sing, sing to heaven,
(Sing to heaven)
Gothics had the books of scrolls,
(Numerologists count)
Numerologists count, count to seven,
(Count to seven)
Atheists have rock and roll.

For Atheists,
There's no good news.
They'll never sing,
A song of faith.

In their songs,
They have a rule.
The "he" is always lowercase.
The "he" is always lowercase.

Atheists
... Atheists
... Atheists
Don't Have No SONGS!

(Christians have)
Christians have their hymns and pages.
(Hymns and pages)
Hava Nagila's for the Jews.
(For the Jews)
Baptists have the rock of ages.
(Rock of ages)
Atheists just sing the blues.

Catholics,
Dress up for Mass.
And listen to,
Gregorian chants.

Atheists,
Just take a pass.
Watch football in their underpants.
Watch football in their underpants.

Atheists
... Atheists
... Atheists
Don't Have No SONGS!
(Don't Have No Songs)

[NeoGreen]

34. "Hallelujah"...

... I always hear it from an Atheist point of view with slightly varied lyrics (in my ear)...
(Apologies if I was supposed to be limited to just one?)

"Hallelujah"
by Leonard Cohen
Performed by Rufus Wrainright

I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe I have been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

There was a time you let me know
What's real and going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you?
The holy dark was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there's a god above
And all I ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
And it's not a cry you can hear at night,
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

[AlbertCat]

36. Wait.... No one likes...?

(of course I suppose it's only atheist because religious folk keep denying science.)

[uriel1972]

38. Because there's bugger all down here an Earth...

Always cracks me up.

It's a great song for getting a grip on our place in the universe. Here's to perspective!

[NeoGreen]

37. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life...

by Eric Idle of Monty Python

Some things in life are bad
They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear
And curse
When you're chewing on
Life's gristle
Don't grumble, give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best...
And...

...always look on the bright side
Of life...
(Whistle)

Always look on the light side
Of life...
(Whistle)

If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and
Dance and sing
When you're feeling in the dumps
Don't be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle
- that's the thing.
And...always look on the bright
Side of life...
(Whistle)

Come on.

Always look on the bright side
Of life...
(Whistle)

For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain
With a bow
Forget about your sin - give the
Audience a grin
Enjoy it - it's your last chance
Anyhow.
So always look on the bright side
Of death
Just before you draw your
Terminal breath
Life's a piece of shit
When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke
It's true
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh
Is on you
And always look on the bright side
Of life...
(Whistle)

Always look on the right side
Of life...
(Whistle)

Come on Brian, cheer up.

Always look on the bright side
Of life...

Always look on the bright side
Of life...

Worse things happen at sea you know.

Always look on the bright side
Of life...

I mean - what have you got to lose?
You know, you come from nothing
- you're going back to nothing.
What have you lost? Nothing.

Always look on the right side
Of life...

[opiate69]

40. My namesake, as it were..

http://m.

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

41. Hymn Number 43, Jethro Tull

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=GbfmYLFTpsY


Oh father high in heaven -- smile down upon your son
whose busy with his money games -- his women and his gun.
Oh Jesus save me!
And the unsung Western hero killed an Indian or three
and made his name in Hollywood
to set the white man free.
Oh Jesus save me!
If Jesus saves -- well, He'd better save Himself
from the gory glory seekers who use His name in death.
Oh Jesus save me!
I saw him in the city and on the mountains of the moon --
His cross was rather bloody --
He could hardly roll His stone.
Oh Jesus save me!

[NeoGreen]

42. Old Time Religion (Pete Seeger)

Old Time Religion
(Pete Seeger)

Give me that old time religion
Give me that old time religion
Give me that old time religion
It's good enough for me.

We will pray with Aphrodite,
We will pray with Aphrodite,
She wears that see-through nightie,
And it's good enough for me.

We will pray with Zarathustra,
We'll pray just like we use ta,
I'm a Zarathustra booster,
And it's good enough for me.

We will pray with those Egyptians,
Build pyramids to put our crypts in,
Cover subways with inscriptions,
And it's good enough for me.

We will pray with those old druids,
They drink fermented fluids,
Waltzing naked though the woo-ids,
And it's good enough for me.

We do dances to bring water,
Prepare animals for slaughter,
Sacrifice our sons and daughters,
And it's good enough for me.

I'll arise at early morning,
When my Lord gives me the warning,
That the solar age is dawning,
And it's good enough for me

[wavesofeuphoria]

43. "Nietzsche" by The Dandy Warhols

I want a God who stays dead, not plays dead.
I, even I, can play dead.

[wavesofeuphoria]

44. Also "Where The Birds Always Sing" by The Cure

The world is neither fair nor unfair
The idea is just a way for us to understand
But the world is neither fair nor unfair
So one survives
The others die
And you always want a reason why

But the world is neither just nor unjust
It's just us trying to feel that there's some sense in it
No, the world is neither just nor unjust
And though going young
So much undone
Is a tragedy for everyone

It doesn't speak a plan or any secret thing
No unseen sign or untold truth in anything...
But living on in others, in memories and dreams
Is not enough
You want everything
Another world where the sun always shines
And the birds always sing
Always sing...

The world is neither fair nor unfair
The idea is just a way for us to understand
No the world is neither fair nor unfair
So some survive
And others die
And you always want a reason why

But the world is neither just nor unjust
It's just us trying to feel that there's some sense in it
No, the world is neither just nor unjust
And though going young
So much undone
Is a tragedy for everyone

It doesn't mean there has to be a way of things
No special sense that hidden hands are pulling strings
But living on in others, in memories and dreams
Is not enough
And it never is
You always want so much more than this...

An endless sense of soul and an eternity of love
A sweet mother down below and a just father above
For living on in others, in memories and dreams
Is not enough
You want everything
Another world
Where the birds always sing
Another world
Where the sun always shines
Another world
Where nothing ever dies...

[NeoGreen]

45. Die Gedanken Sind Frei (Thoughts are Free)

or

Die Gedanken Sind Frei (Thoughts are Free)

Thoughts are free, who can guess them?
They fly by like nocturnal shadows.
No man can know them, no hunter can shoot them
with powder and lead: Thoughts are free!

I think what I want, and what delights me,
still always reticent, and as it is suitable.
My wish and desire, no one can deny me
and so it will always be: Thoughts are free!

And if I am thrown into the darkest dungeon,
all these are futile works,
because my thoughts tear all gates
and walls apart: Thoughts are free!

So I will renounce my sorrows forever,
and never again will torture myself with whimsies.
In one's heart, one can always laugh and joke
and think at the same time: Thoughts are free!

I love wine, and my girl even more,
Only her I like best of all.
I'm not alone with my glass of wine,
my girl is with me: Thoughts are free!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Gedanken_sind_frei

[NeoGreen]

46. O Lord, please don't burn us,

O Lord, please don't burn us
by Monty (Python)

O Lord, please don't burn us,
Don't grill us or toast your flock,
Don't put us on a barbecue,
Or simmer us in stock,
Don't braise us or bake or boil us,
Or stir-fry us in a wok.
Oh please don't lightly poach us,
Or baste us with hot fat,
Don't fricassee or roast us,
Or boil us in a vat,
And please don't stick thy servants, Lord,
In a Rotissomat.

[NeoGreen]

47. Question - Moody Blues

"Question"

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door
With a thousand million questions
About hate and death and war?

'cause when we stop and look around us
There is nothing that we need.
In a world of persecution that is burning in its greed.

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door?
Because the truth is hard to swallow
That's what the war of love is for.

It's not the way that you say it
When you do those things to me.
It's more the way that you mean it
When you tell me what will be.

And when you stop and think about it
You won't believe it's true.
That all the love you've been giving
Has all been meant for you.

I'm looking for someone to change my life.
I'm looking for a miracle in my life.
And if you could see what it's done to me
To lose the love I knew
Could safely lead me through.

Between the silence of the mountains
And the crashing of the sea
There lies a land I once lived in
And she's waiting there for me.

But in the grey of the morning
My mind becomes confused
Between the dead and the sleeping
And the road that I must choose.

I'm looking for someone to change my life.
I'm looking for a miracle in my life.
And if you could see what it's done to me
To lose the love I knew
Could safely lead me to
The land that I once knew.
To learn as we grow old
The secrets of our souls.

It's not the way that you say it
When you do those things to me.
It's more the way you really mean it
When you tell me what will be.

Why do we never get an answer
When we're knocking at the door
With a thousand million questions
About hate and death and war?

When we stop and look around us
There is nothing that we need.
In a world of persecution that is burning in its greed.

[NeoGreen]

48. Ain't It The Truth

Ain't It The Truth
Lyrics by: Yip Harburg
Performed by: Lena Horne

Refrain 1
Life is short, short, brother,
(Ain't it the truth!)
And there is no other,
(Ain't it the truth!)
You got to rock that rainbow
While you still got your youth,
Ain't it the solid truth!

Was a guy called Adam,
(Ain't it the truth!)
He said: "Look here, madam..."
(Ain't it the truth!)
"You got to bite that apple
While you still got your tooth."
Ain't it the mellow truth!

Lord gave you wine and gin
To drown your troubles in,
What's all this talk of sin?
Rise and shine
And fall in line.

Get that new religion
(Ain't it the truth!)
'Fore you is dead pigeon
(Ain't it the truth!)
'Cause when you layin' horizontal
In that telephone booth,
There'll be no breathin' spell,
That's only naturell,
Ain't it the gos-a-pel truth!

Refrain 2

Life is short, short, brother,
(Ain't it the truth!)
And there is no other,
(Ain't it the truth!)
So if you don't love livin'
Then you're slightly uncouth,
Ain't it the visible truth!

Said that gal DuBarry,
(Ain't it the truth!)
"Love is cash and carry."
(Ain't it the truth!)
"You got to shake it down
Or stir it up with vermouth."
Ain't it the dignified truth!

Life is a ripplin' brook,
Man is a fish to cook,
You got to bait your hook,
Rise and shine
And cast your line.

Got to get your possum
(Ain't it the truth!)
While you still in blossom
(Ain't it the truth!)
That went for Delilah,
Cleopatra and Ruth:
Them babes did mighty swell,
They rang that Jeze-bell,
Ain't it the gos-a-pel truth!
It's the truth,
The truth,
It's the solid mellow truth!

[NeoGreen]

49. Jerry Falwell's God

Jerry Falwell's God
words and music by Roy Zimmerman

Jerry Falwell's god was standing by the elevator while we were talking about the party, so we had to invite him.

Secretly, we were all wishing that he wouldn't come, because he's vengeful and jealous and he tends to smite people.

And, of course, he knew we were thinking that, so it made him all the more determined to show up and punish us.

And I wanted to invite my god, but I couldn't find him.

But, Jerry Falwell's god is hard to miss... the gossamer robe and the beard down to here, and the button that says, "What would Jesus do?"

And sure enough, day of the party, there he was at the door.

And he spoke, spaketh he, saying, "I AM COME."

And I knew there was a joke there... but Jerry Falwell's god will not be mocked.

So I said, "Come in."

Jerry Falwell's god
Jerry Falwell's god
Huh!

Now, I'm no heavenly host, but I throw a decent party, and there were people of all kinds there — black, white, Swedish, Norwegian, the whole human spectrum.

And right away, Jerry Falwell's god found the two people who would listen to him and began spaking in a voice so loud, it made the Beastie Boys sound like the Vienna Boys Choir.

And he made the lame to walk.

And these were my friends, so they were still lame, but they could walk.

And he turned the loaves to fishes, and the Oreos to Hydrox.

And he divided up the room, divided he, saying "Gays here, lesbians here, pagans here, abortionists, feminists, civil libertarians, People for the American Way," and frankly, some of us did not know where to stand.

I went with the lesbians.

Jerry Falwell's god
Jerry Falwell's god
Huh!

And he pointed his huge finger at each group in turn, saying, "I blame you, and you, and you, who have secularized society and cast me out of the town square," and I thought, "Man you are the town square."

He said, "Lo, I have lifted the Veil of Protection, for the end days are here, and the judgment is nigh, where I will draw the faithful to heaven and will leave the unrepentant to walk a desolate earth." And I thought, "More polyester for the rest of us."

And he spat fire, and he rained toads, and he brought forth seven bowls of seven plagues, and finally I just said, "Look, I'll tell you one thing Jesus would not do.

Jesus would not wreck a guy's party.

And Jesus would not preach hate.

And Jesus would not stand in the rubble and say, 'I told you so.'

And Jesus would not use an international catastrophe to score points for some misogynistic, narrow, homophobic, anti-Semitic interpretation of his life and teaching.

And if people are jealous and judgmental and vengeful and violent, maybe it's because you made them in your image.

And if people have cast you out of the town square, maybe it's because you are a finger-pointing, moralizing, rageaholic, stone drag who gives deities a bad name!

And if people have turned away from your word, maybe it's because you have spinach in your teeth!"

And he smote me.

Jerry Falwell's god
Jerry Falwell's god
Huh!

[NeoGreen]

50. 200 Atheist Songs

http://www.michaelnugent.com/atheist-songs/

A nice compilation...

[mr blur]

54. Excellent list! nt

[NeoGreen]

56. Yep! Found the list after following your link to the "rebuttal" article...

...networking works.

Thanks for the initial find and post.

NG

[pokerfan]

51. In the Name of God – Ziggy Marley

In the name of god you kill in the name of your god
In the name of god you conquered in the name of your god
All religion should be wiped out
So that people may just live
What divides us is an illusion
Made up by men in their confusion

[pokerfan]

52. Cathedral – Crosby Stills and Nash

Open up the gates of the church and let me out of here
Too many people have lied in the name of Christ
For anyone to heed the call
So many people have died in the name of Christ
That I can't believe it all

[mr blur]

55. “Fuck the creationists” by MC Hawking

(and his other stuff)

[drm604]

58. Eagles - The Last Resort

I'm surprised that no one has posted this.

[progressoid]

59. St. Peter's Cathedral - Death Cab for Cutie

[LakeArenal]

62. Imagine no religion......

Imagine by John Lennon

Above us only sky....

[utopian]

63. God Isn't Real-Robbie Fulks

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=%23&ved=0ahUKEwiU1dCv8KLWAhUCymMKHVSMBNYQ8TUINDAB&usg=AFQjCNF1sHlk2z9QIx28jtvfnGP_UlkifA