Comments on: Rush and Religion

By: Darryl

Darryl — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:26:57 +0000

What is the purpose of a meaningless insult with no spelling mistakes? You think it’s shit. I think you’re an ignoramus. Are you? Learn the difference.

I gave my opinion of what I heard. What you mean I have no idea.

By: Pseudonym

Pseudonym — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:52:41 +0000

Greta:

Looked at from an outside perspective, it makes it that much harder to think that one of them somehow got it right.

Precisely, although to be fair, most religions in the world don’t claim a monopoly on truth in the sense that 20th Century US Christian Evangelicalism, Wahhabist Islam or Scientology does.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:29:44 +0000

I don’t believe in destiny
Or the guiding hand of fate
I don’t believe in forever
Or love as a mystical state
I don’t believe in the stars or the planets
Or angels watching from above
But I believe there’s a ghost of a chance we can find someone to love
And make it last…

“Ghost of a Chance”
Roll the Bones

By: Patti

Patti — Tue, 27 May 2008 23:45:22 +0000

Scott, I am envious! I saw them last summer…three hours of incredible musicianship!!

RNB: How ’bout

I don’t have faith in faith
I don’t believe in belief.
You can call me faithless.

But I still cling to hope
And I believe in love
And that’s faith enough for me.

Faithless
Snakes and Arrows
Rush

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 27 May 2008 23:41:40 +0000

My wife and I are going to see Rush this Saturday! Yay!

By: RNB

RNB — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:54:36 +0000

Another Rand-om quote from the Peart:

There are those who think that life Has nothing left to chance
With a host of holy horrors To direct our aimless dance

A planet of playthings We dance on the strings
Of powers we cannot perceive
The stars aren’t aligned Or the gods are malign
Blame is better to give than receive

You can choose from phantom fears And kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that’s clear I will choose free will

By: Greta Christina

Greta Christina — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:06:19 +0000

Interesting. And very pretty. But I agree with Pseudonym — it’s somewhat inaccurate. For one thing, it overlooks the degree to which different religious traditions sometimes intertwine and fuse.

Still, it makes some points worth making — namely, how many different religions there are, and how subject to change they are. Looked at from an outside perspective, it makes it that much harder to think that one of them somehow got it right.

By: MonolithTMA

MonolithTMA — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:00:35 +0000

Awesome! Thanks Paul!

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:53:17 +0000

MonolithTMA, there’s a higher-res version on Neil Peart’s website.

Rush is amazing.

By: Patti

Patti — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:47:23 +0000

Thanks! For a moment there, I thought you’d posted about Rush Limbaugh and religion…that’s a nauseating read!

For a bit more Rush-related atheism, read Roadshow by Neil Peart, the drummer/lyricist.

It’s about his motorcycle tours of North America and Europe during Rush’s 2004 tour, with quite a bit of irreligion along the way…