as I read the paper this morning, skimming a review of 'Bad Religion', who played locally, last night. Had just spoken w/Kari about the band last week, though I haven't heard them, that I know of, and saw a quote from the leader, Greg Graffin saying, 'religion is such an easy target', but I didn't realize how easy, until I teamed up with Steve Olson'. No shit. Seems he co-wrote a book, 'Anarchy Evolution', that debunks lots of modern religious dogma. No big deal, but was kinda surprised to see my name in print, this morning, as he said.
One example might be our song I Want Something More. The lyrics discuss how we as humans struggle to form our world view. That is why religion was such an easy target — not to tear it down, but to identify its fatal flaws.
Hmmm, must be something about the name, Steve Olson, that stirs profound thinking.
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I, myself am not a huge fan of that kind of music, but really enjoy a lot of the lyrics. Greg Graffin is amazingly smart (he received his Ph.D. at Cornell University).
-hb-
"the process of belief is an elixir when you're weak"
you can take that anyway you want