[kj] Bullshit Religion Discussion

Darren A. Peace dpeace at suspiria.demon.co.uk
Tue Apr 7 06:55:44 EDT 2009


Slightly nuts?

Understatement of the week.

Darren
Hungerford, UK

On 7 Apr 2009, at 11:37, "Rob's Arse" <joker at Z6.com> wrote:


> Nicely put!

>

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

> hold.

>

> Open debate is always good, especially on religion.

>

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

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

> entertaining too.

>

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

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

>

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>

> --- bettedillinger at live.com wrote:

>

> 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

>

> 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?

>

> Bette

>

>

> 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

>

> 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!

>

> =)

>

>

>

> .

>

>

>

> On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 2:32 AM, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net

> > wrote:

>

> 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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