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In reply to the discussion: Atheists starting godless churches [View all]Heidi
(58,846 posts)81. "This is the entire atheist hymnal, right here."
Atheists Don't Have No Songs
(Christians have)
Christians have their hymns and pages.
(Hymns and pages)
Hava Nagila's for the Jews.
(For the Jews)
Baptists have the rock of ages.
(Rock of ages)
Atheists just sing the blues.
(Romantics play)
Romantics play Claire de Lune.
(Claire de Lune)
Born agains sing He is risen.
But no one ever wrote a tune.
(Wrote a tune)
For godless existentialism.
(For godless existentialism)
For Atheists,
There's no good news.
They'll never sing,
A song of faith.
In their songs,
They have a rule.
The "he" is always lowercase.
The "he" is always lowercase.
(Some folks sing)
Some folks sing a Bach cantata.
(Bach cantata)
Lutherans get Christmas trees.
Atheist songs add up to nada.
(Up to nada)
But they do have Sundays free.
(Have Sundays free)
(Pentecostals sing)
Pentecostals sing, sing to heaven,
(Sing to heaven)
Gothics had the books of scrolls,
(Numerologists count)
Numerologists count, count to seven,
(Count to seven)
Atheists have rock and roll.
For Atheists,
There's no good news.
They'll never sing,
A song of faith.
In their songs,
They have a rule.
The "he" is always lowercase.
The "he" is always lowercase.
Atheists
... Atheists
... Atheists
Don't Have No SONGS!
(Christians have)
Christians have their hymns and pages.
(Hymns and pages)
Hava Nagila's for the Jews.
(For the Jews)
Baptists have the rock of ages.
(Rock of ages)
Atheists just sing the blues.
Catholics,
Dress up for Mass.
And listen to,
Gregorian chants.
Atheists,
Just take a pass.
Watch football in their underpants.
Watch football in their underpants.
Atheists
... Atheists
... Atheists
Don't Have No SONGS!
(Don't Have No Songs)
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As an atheist-leaning agnostic I saw Unitarian congregations as intellectually incoherent.
HereSince1628
Nov 2013
#22
Except that they don't. The media does. The organizers call it an assembly.
Luminous Animal
Nov 2013
#70
Everyone has a "World View". Everyone has philosophical frameworks. Everyone.
KittyWampus
Nov 2013
#64
Organized Atheists for the Non-heretical Heretic. What would you name the locations
NightWatcher
Nov 2013
#35
My wife and I went to the North Texas Church of Freethought a few times back in the 90s
derby378
Nov 2013
#38
Otherwise known as a "gathering of people." NOT a "church" and NOT a "sermon."
WinkyDink
Nov 2013
#42
The assemblies actually don't qualify for the definition of mega anything.
Luminous Animal
Nov 2013
#59