Rock Stars Against Religion

Music acts who have slammed the church, Jesus Christ and God...

November 26, 2008

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In an Observer interview in 2006 Elton John called for religion to be “banned”. Together with knocking the church's treatment of homosexuality, he ranted: “From my point of view I would ban religion completely. Organised religion doesn't seem to work. It turns people into really hateful lemmings and it's not really compassionate.” He also said that religious leaders aren't doing enough to stop war, adding: “The world is near escalating to World War Three and where are the leaders of each religion? Why aren't they having a conclave? Why aren't they coming together?” We can only assume he's wearing a crucifix in the above photo for decorative reasons!

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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 The cover featured Da Vinci's The Last Supper as a gatefold sleeve and on it Judas Iscariot had been replaced by a Maninblack.
~ by Stubs1310 11/27/2008 Report
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~ by Todd 11/28/2008 Report
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Praise be to Dawkins! Only say the word and Hitchens will be there!
~ by hallehfookinlujah 11/28/2008 Report
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.
~ by Travis Morgan 11/28/2008 Report
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.
~ by Patti 11/28/2008 Report