[kj] Bullshit Religion Discussion

[The Exorcist]

Slightly?!

At 06:37 AM 4/7/2009, Rob's Arse wrote:

>Nicely put!

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>Driving it underground will do no good. Fundamentalism would take hold.

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>Open debate is always good, especially on religion.

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>KJ are a very spiritual band. Look at Jaz, he's a great preacher. 

>Charismatic, charming, intelligent and just slightly nuts. Highly 

>entertaining too.

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>And Geordie's guitar does sound like angels singing (well, it used 

>to...................................)

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>--- bettedillinger at live.com wrote:

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>From: Bette Dillinger <bettedillinger at live.com>

>To: <gathering at misera.net>

>Subject: Re: [kj] Bullshit Religion Discussion

>Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 18:25:16 -0400

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>A key element of Killing Joke is their spiritual side...  We are all 

>adults here, and yes, if the element of respect is agreed upon, 

>which I assume it is, then why could we not discuss spiritual 

>elements?  Certainly, I am not proposing this become the primary 

>focus, but KJ would not have garnered the interest they enjoy now 

>(curb your giggles ;) if they did not flirt with esoteric imagery 

>their entire career.  It would be insulting to everyone to deny 

>it.  I am not talking about "my religion/spiritual practice/belief 

>system is superior to yours, nah nah nah".....but we are not

>on the Britney Spears list.  You can say I am a dreamer, but I 

>believe we can meet on common ground and those who don't want to 

>participate obviously don't have to.....

>

>But killing any discussion of any topic just makes it more 

>intriguing, wouldn't you say?

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>Bette

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>Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 12:49:05 +1300

>From: humanhybrid666 at gmail.com

>To: gathering at misera.net

>Subject: Re: [kj] Bullshit Religion Discussion

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>i don't think that there's enough spiritual speculation on this 

>list, and i for one would like to see a whole lot more.  it ties in 

>more with KJ than where punk started thats for sure!

>that said, i dont think that most here can handle a lofty discussion 

>without it turning into complete shit - maybe thats just a web 

>thing, i'm sure that we'd all be our better selves in person... i'd 

>hope so anyway.

>

>are the subject headers not easy enough to spot and ignore? can us 

>few who enjoy both the music of Killing Joke and open discussion on 

>Nature of All Things have our moment in the sun once in a while?

>i mostly lurk these days anyways, but i love the chance to talk 

>religion, in 'real' life i do it any chance i can get!

>

>Big Jah Luv to all of you fckn cnuts!

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>On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 2:32 AM, Alexander Smith 

><<mailto:vassifer at earthlink.net>vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote:

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>Just a thought: Is anyone else as bored and/or strenuously put off 

>by this discussion as I am? I'm not trying to be the OT police, but 

>really -- this is boring, divisive and seemingly endless.

>

>Maybe I'm wrong. Whatever. Religion is a fucking indefensible 

>scourge. Let's please move on.

>

>Alex in NYC

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