Comments on: The Good Atheist Podcast: Episode 18

By: clint notestine

clint notestine — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:20:16 +0000

Good Athiest songs

http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/clawfinger/hateyourselfwithstyle.html#11

http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/clawfinger/awholelotofnothing.html#9

http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/ministry/psalm69thewaytosucceedandthewaytosuckeggs.html#7

http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/slayer/christillusion.html#3

By: clint notestine

clint notestine — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:22:34 +0000

There are some really good Atheist songs out there like “Burn in Hell” or “God is Dead” by Clawfinger

By: Accomando

Accomando — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:38:48 +0000

Not sure with those Clint, don’t know if they would qualify, the titles at least seem to eliminate them as authentically “atheist”….”Hell” is a religious idea…..”God is Dead” implies he was alive once…. The only true atheist song that I can think of is…..”This land is your land” by Woody Guthrie.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:54:45 +0000

I guess the biggest atheist band I know of is Bad Religion….

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:46:18 +0000

I can imagine that calling people “naysayers” might be a bit uncomfortable. How about, “dissenters?’ You know, dissenters, who all live in their parents’ basements and play videogames all day. That really blew that argument out of the water. Maybe there’s a better argument on both sides, but it didn’t really come out today.

But ranting is good, and you should do more of it.

By: clint notestine

clint notestine — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:22:54 +0000

Accomando if you read the lyrics it all makes sense.
“GOD IS DEAD, HE’S JUST A VOICE INSIDE YOUR HEAD
GOD IS DEAD, HE’S JUST A MONSTER UNDER YOUR BED”

By: Matthew Polly

Matthew Polly — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:28:19 +0000

I have a “friend” who is an Irish-Catholic from Kansas who lives in New York City. He is a progressive and a liberal who recently visited some sarcastic heathens in Montreal recently. He told me that despite what he might have said while slightly drunk and slightly defensive about America’s internal politics, he is very pro-immigrant. Given his aforementioned ancestry, he is all for hard-working, family-oriented, Catholic immigrants. It’s the atheists from Britain he wants to kick out. Specifically, Christopher Hitchens. Religion is stupid; the Iraq War is good, blah, blah, blah… Can you help my friend, Jake?

By: Jacob Fortin

Jacob Fortin — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:26:45 +0000

hmmmm..If your friend wants to get rid of hitchens, why doesn’t he try luring him away with booze?

By: Nick Hochstetler

Nick Hochstetler — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:15:10 +0000

Although I’ve never listened to him myself, I heard about Greydon Square on this other podcast I listen to (The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe). Apparently he’s this rapper that raps about atheist topics such as Pascal’s Wager. The Skeptic’s Guide did this interview with him on an episode a long way back.

By: C.S

C.S — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:36:29 +0000

“I guess the biggest atheist band I know of is Bad Religion….”

Frontman Greg Gaffin’s views on religion and life in general are pretty well summed up in Is Belief In God Good, Bad Or Irrelevant? If anyone’s interested in reading correspondence between two intelligent, rational individuals from opposite ends of the belief spectrum, I’d highly recommend it.

By: Dan Jackson

Dan Jackson — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:59:53 +0000

Does no one remember Motorhead? :

sample lyric -
“You don’t need no golden cross to tell you wrong from right-
the worlds worst murders, were those who saw the light
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, you all know what I mean.
What’s the use of cryin’ for help if no one hears you scream.”

Other Motorhead Songs:
“Don’t Need Religion” - (Iron Fist album)
“God was Never on Your Side” - (Kiss of Death album)
“No Voices In the Sky” - 1916 album
“Bad Religion” (song not band) - (March or Die album )
“I Don’t Believe a Word “(Overnight Sensation album)
and sort of atheistic
“Don’t waste your time”

Also, check out any Slayer album for some good atheistic tunes.

By: Ninjitsu

Ninjitsu — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:51:43 +0000

I guess I don’t know enough about tax law; what exactly does a religious group not have to pay taxes on? Is a minister’s salary untaxable? The land a church is built on, or what? How is a religious group treated differently from a non-profit, non-religious organization?