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[Stanley,L (ug)]

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 at lse

Louise l.stanley at lse.ac.uk
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