Despite their name, Bad Religion say they are not entirely antitheist. Instead they use religion as a metaphor of oppression. Greg Graffin from the band comments: “Faith in your partner, your fellow men, your friends, is very important... but faith in religious or political leaders or even people on stages, people who are popular in the public eye, you shouldn't have faith in those people.” Yet, the striking lyrics “A bounty of suffering, It seems we all endure, And what I’m frightened of, Is that they call it 'God’s love'” on the track 'God's Love', for example, seem to contradict these comments spectacularly.
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- What about The Stranglers and their 1981 album Themeninblack which had the prefix of The Gospel According to... This album dealt with the concept that God is an extra terrestrial being and that therefore all religons are built on falsehood. The cover featured Da Vinci's The Last Supper as a gatefold sleeve and on it Judas Iscariot had been replaced by a Maninblack.
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- Praise be to Dawkins! Only say the word and Hitchens will be there!
- It seems like RUSH has promoted rational thought and a bent against supernaturalism. They've never said they don't believe, outright; but, they seem very intelligent and rational.
- RUSH has said that they don't believe, both in interviews, and most recently and strongly on their album "Snakes and Arrows". Check out the song "Faithless", which, as it promises, is about not believing.
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