As the new world expert on how Christianity can really fuck you up, I have to agree with LJ: Christian music - like Christianity itself and religion in general - should be a celebration of all that's good about the world and the emphasis placed on Christ himself is misleading and dangerous to a certain extent because - like our dearly beloved B&S, Divine Comedy, Fairport Convention, Pulp, Tindersticks ("when do you lose the ability to step back and get a sense of your own ridiculousness?" is a question that should be asked of any religious fanatic) and so on and so forth - music at its best should be inspiring and the lyrics - if any - should *say* something about the state of humanity. That is why "If You're Feeling Sinister" means more to me than "Shine Jesus Shine" which is both vacuous and unnecessary. Just another random musing from Depressed@lse Louise l.stanley@lse.ac.uk +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+