Christianity, Islam, and Judaism | 69 comments (69 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism (none / 1)

(Male circumcision however is male circumcision, regardless of whether it is a Jew or a Muslim who does it.)

Or a Christian, Hindu, Atheist or whatever.

Don't worry, all the religions are equally strange and alien.

I miss the days when a group like Siouxsie and the Banshees could employ Arabian motifs in their music, and everybody thought it was cool.

But that music was based exactly on embracing some sense of being the other. Part of the point of the Goth/Punk/WhateverLabelFits thing, as far as I can work out.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Mar 30th, 2007 at 02:47:47 PM EST
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Isn't embracing some sense of being the other an essential part of being human? A way of recognizing and affirming our common humanity?

So why is Goth/Punk "alternative" and not mainstream?

I think this is related to my point about religion not having a role in public life in the West, which I make in reply to a post by wchurchill below.

A bomb, H bomb, Minuteman / The names get more attractive / The decisions are made by NATO / The press call it British opinion -- The Three Johns

by Alexander on Fri Mar 30th, 2007 at 03:16:38 PM EST
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Isn't embracing some sense of being the other an essential part of being human? A way of recognizing and affirming our common humanity?

You're joking right? The point of most (popular/folk) religion seems to be precisely excluding the other.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Mar 30th, 2007 at 03:33:46 PM EST
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You're probably right. That's one reason why I'll choose goth music over popular religion.

A bomb, H bomb, Minuteman / The names get more attractive / The decisions are made by NATO / The press call it British opinion -- The Three Johns

by Alexander on Fri Mar 30th, 2007 at 04:16:42 PM EST
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Christianity, Islam, and Judaism | 69 comments (69 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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