tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post2193509204257216370..comments2024-03-16T19:27:07.142-04:00Comments on Ol'Buzzard's World View: Ol'Buzzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-75799545132837764862015-01-07T12:58:27.683-05:002015-01-07T12:58:27.683-05:00you are right..I can count one one hand the number...you are right..I can count one one hand the number of rap songs I like..I like chants by monks..I like the old hymns I heard at the Baptist church that my aunt would sneak me into ..cause I was catholic and my mother would have had a stroke..back then a catholic going to a baptist church was a one way trip to hell..I loved the old rugged cross..but as far as my religion..I figure if it was good enough for the cave man it was good enough for me..hayellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-39808292622888854492015-01-07T12:42:27.871-05:002015-01-07T12:42:27.871-05:00Well, I have been refining my atheism since I was ...Well, I have been refining my atheism since I was 12...born a catholic, but one day I saw the light...that was well over 50 years ago. I ran far, I ran fast and never looked back. There are a lot of things humans do that take us to a higher place. Music is surely one of the powerful tools we have of expression. I think music is my religion. I definitely experienced and still experience transcendance in performing and creating and listening to music. I studied meditation techniques and found that music was a direct path....but perhaps, the paths I use and enjoy might be the same path that work for everyone else. Music can be the common ground that can make us all feel briefly part of something much bigger. I just wanna testify! I have seen the light and though, my brethren it might have been George Clinton's Flashlight, it made me focus on the one, get it on the good foot and I'm takin' it to the bridge! Amen. On the other hand, sometimes I feel Mavis Staples is my real mother.microdothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01564820031343630871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-80542907727991239422015-01-07T11:53:03.843-05:002015-01-07T11:53:03.843-05:00Took me 50 years to walk away and not look back (t...Took me 50 years to walk away and not look back (too often). I do love gospel music though, something about the simplicity of the words and music and the harmony. The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-89473103111801571302015-01-07T09:49:21.555-05:002015-01-07T09:49:21.555-05:00I believe in a spirit of the planet but it isn'...I believe in a spirit of the planet but it isn't a religion. BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-8177663381293872842015-01-07T09:07:27.088-05:002015-01-07T09:07:27.088-05:00Happy New Year!Happy New Year!Vanessa Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02953359344425030388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-71384704088212588272015-01-06T21:29:55.026-05:002015-01-06T21:29:55.026-05:00I was also confirmed as a Lutheran and even went t...I was also confirmed as a Lutheran and even went to a Lutheran college. I didn't take much math so I almost never went to the building with the big "plus" sign on top. Figured it was the math building. I was still in my teens when I realized I just didn't believe it anymore. I have an acquaintance in Iceland who is a music teacher and writes religious music (sometimes commissioned). She is a confirmed atheist, though.Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170214396483091419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-57008685001718116732015-01-06T10:52:12.669-05:002015-01-06T10:52:12.669-05:00I call myself a "Born-Again Agnostic". I...I call myself a "Born-Again Agnostic". I was born not knowing, got confirmed as a Lutheran, and after learning more about religion, decided it was pretty much a bunch of bullshit used to control people.Kulkurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09198195648066700925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855180793926350647.post-35202316025391041742015-01-05T23:43:41.805-05:002015-01-05T23:43:41.805-05:00You're right about the art and music! It comes...You're right about the art and music! It comes from a place of deep inspiration, far beyond the details of specific religions.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.com