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Maybe it's too late for an intellectual debate,
But a residue of confusion remains.
Changing with the times,
And amphetamine tortured minds
Are average the citizen's sources of pain.
Tell me what we're fighting forâ??
I don't remember anymore,
Only temporary reprieve
And the world might cease
If we fail to tame the beast
From the faith that you release
Comes an atheist peace.
Atheist peace.
Political forces ran
Political winds of discontent,
And the modern age emerged triumphantly.
But now that safety's gone,
And it's time to de-evolve
And relive the dark chapters of history
Tell me what we're fighting forâ??
No progress ever came from war,
Only a false sense of increase
And the world won't wait
For the truth upon a plate
But we're ready now to feast on an atheist peace.
Atheist peace
But a residue of confusion remains.
Changing with the times,
And amphetamine tortured minds
Are average the citizen's sources of pain.
Tell me what we're fighting forâ??
I don't remember anymore,
Only temporary reprieve
And the world might cease
If we fail to tame the beast
From the faith that you release
Comes an atheist peace.
Atheist peace.
Political forces ran
Political winds of discontent,
And the modern age emerged triumphantly.
But now that safety's gone,
And it's time to de-evolve
And relive the dark chapters of history
Tell me what we're fighting forâ??
No progress ever came from war,
Only a false sense of increase
And the world won't wait
For the truth upon a plate
But we're ready now to feast on an atheist peace.
Atheist peace
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~Adolf Hitler
October 27, 1928.
Also, everyone is an atheist; some just go one god farther.
The bottom line is, whether you are atheist, agnostic, deist, or any other similar belief system, we share a common structure - we are all "seculular humanists".
Secondly, I don't give a flying f*ck if there's an abstract chance of a deity existing, the same can be said for the flying spaghetti monster.
Graffin is a really smart guy and I don't think this song is being closed minded or blaming all war on religion.
Without pissing off too many religious apologists on here, you all have to admit though that religion is a good way to rally huge numbers of people on one arbitrary side or another. Thus making it an excellent motivator to send troops to war. The underlying causes of war might not be religious but it would certainly be hard to convince tens of thousands of people to die for a cause that they didn't believe in 100%. Few ideologies are pervasive enough to sway otherwise intelligent, critical, moral people to an unquestioning faith like that.
Also whoever that was that said that Graffin isn't an atheist is definitely wrong. The guy has 2 books on the subject. (although he does call himself a 'naturalist' rather than an atheist if that really makes a difference to you)
The only reason I enjoy having all these fascist- er... I mean religious fanaticts running amuck is because they will be the catalyst to humankinds fall. World War III will be like Chrismas (intentional spelling error) go people like me. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not some kid who wants the social system to colapse in order to live out his video game fantasies, and I'm not a total sociopath. (I like nature) I just feel like I should have been born either 2000 years ago, or- actualy you know what, scratch that, I wish I was born 2000 years ago.
I believe the reason this poor planet is plagued with overpopulation, is humans have gotten too soft, co-dependant, and uninteligent. The only way we can save the earth is by continuing down this road. Think of it like on of those, "dig a hole so deep, the only way to get out is to continue digging" deals. Kill or be killed, eat or be eaten, and run or be rundown.
The main reason I hate humans so much is not because of what they do to eachother, but what that do to nature. Why should animals be held at a lower standard than some inbred, ignorant, (excuse my language) shit sack, that can't tie there own shows without help from other socialy acceptable, idiots.
Humans view death as an obstacle to vault, but with the correct state of mind, and the off chance that they retained there pure instincts, one can learn that death is not but the spoils of living.