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I’m an atheist and I usually don’t like religious stuff like Hollywood’s new slew of Christian movies that come out every year. I consider myself a tolerant person but I have no time/respect for these movies.

There’s a flip side. As a liberal, I like and respect a couple religious figures like Jay Bakker (he’s pro LGBT and has an affirming church) and have read some John Shelby Spong. Granted both are on the fringes of Christian culture but maybe this is some weird paradox I have. I also like some Christian music (but I don’t listen to much anymore). Christian music is a loose term any way like U2 can be considered Christian and the same with a group like King’s X who aren’t really overt.

Anyway sorry for the weird rant but can anyone relate?

SkepticMike 6 May 21
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There isn't anything wrong with enjoying the culture of religion, or the history. Liking Flyleaf doesn't make me any less agnostic.. Being interested in how the Crusades were fought doesn't mean I'll start proselytizing.

Anywho, I can relate 🙂

Good christian rock bands....

U2
Kansas
The Flower Kings
Spock's Beard
Flyleaf
Skillet
Five Iron Frenzy
Underoath

After that, it gets pretty thin.

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The only good christian based films I've ever seen are Ben Hur (The original. Not that crappy remake from a couple years back) and The Ten Commandments.

I actually watched the first God's Not Dead film, but every single aspect of it was so poorly executed that I haven't even bothered with the other two.

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You can love the Soviet Army Choir, and react emotionally to their music: That does do mean that you approve of communism! I too like negro spirituals music, but the words pass me by! (You can appreciate Wagner or Puccini without understanding German or Italian!)
On the other hand, to respect religion is to respect obscurantism, intolerance, idiotic do's and dont's without explanation, and the peddling of guilt complexes ruining the lives of hundreds of millions. It is respecting "the right" of jews and muslims to "save their souls" by hideously torturing to death their butchery animals and to cripple little boy's sexual organ without their permission. And it is to meekly agree to disagree with notions such as walking on water or flying around on winged horses! Tolerate all this? NO, NO, NO !!!

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I love the Doobie Brothers but the song, “Jesus is just all right” always made me uncomfortable, I don’t sing along with that one 🙂

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I don’t know of any of the mainstream Christian movies you speak of. If it wasn’t for Youtube channels like The Bible Reloaded, or CultOfDusty I wouldn’t even know they were coming out

There’s lots of Christian faith based films that come out every year. This year we had “I can only imagine” which had Dennis Quaid and Chloris Leachman and “God’s Not Dead: A Light In The Dark” or whatever that third one is called. I really avoid those movies. There are more and more every year. One was even produced by Sean Hannity (puke) and I cannot remember the name but Kevin Sorbo played an atheist with a grudge against God. Lots of straw man arguments and all that. I have no interest.

@SkepticMike I know that they come out, I just don’t really consider them mainstream Hollywood. I know the Sean Hannity one you are talking about, and yes it is very sickening.

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Before being fully aware I'm agnostic, I sort of liked some of Christian music you mentioned, but I was uneasily aware that even singers I admired were proselytizing, which made the music seem fake.

Especially when popular Christian singers went secular, and I realized it was just a gateway to fame for them. Amy Grant comes to mind.

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