long time lurker (year or two), first time poster. hi!
i was at a family-friendly music thing in the park the other day (north london) and my wife was a bit unimpressed with the overtly religious (evangelical even?) lyrics of one particular band (reggae-influenced, rasta frontman, not really reggae though) and it got me thinking. my fellow Bugaboo-pushers seemed to think it was all swell, despite the fact many of them have probably read a bit of Dawkins at one of their book groups and reckon religion starts all the wars and that. so why is it that so many right-thinking, left-wing sorts (who normally give organised religion pretty short shrift) have this kind of blind spot when it comes to reggae's frequent exhortations to praise jehovah, etc etc?
i was at a family-friendly music thing in the park the other day (north london) and my wife was a bit unimpressed with the overtly religious (evangelical even?) lyrics of one particular band (reggae-influenced, rasta frontman, not really reggae though) and it got me thinking. my fellow Bugaboo-pushers seemed to think it was all swell, despite the fact many of them have probably read a bit of Dawkins at one of their book groups and reckon religion starts all the wars and that. so why is it that so many right-thinking, left-wing sorts (who normally give organised religion pretty short shrift) have this kind of blind spot when it comes to reggae's frequent exhortations to praise jehovah, etc etc?