Tuesday, September 12, 2006
The music of 9/11
So, what music was most prominent on 9/11? What music represented the American spirit and reflected the passion we feel for the tragedy of that day? What I heard most was God Bless America. That disturbs me. When we worry most about the religious zealotry of the middle east should we not promote our own secular independece from religious polity? Why then do we sing a song that stresses God's role in American initiative? Is our religious right more right than the islamic religious right? Does our music speak a truth we are not willing to state in political rhetoric? Maybe our music is more honest.
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In the Judism-Christian-Islam there is only one god, so when we do sing God Bless America... we are singing to the same god that the Jews and Muslims sing to. Is there a problem with us sing to the same God?
In my opinion, John Dewey was correct there is a big difference between Religion, the political and ritualistic arm, and Religious, the spritual nature of a belief. If we bear this in mind we ussually find out problems are typically with the Religion--NOT the Religious.
I actually don't have trouble with most religions but those who practice it and bend it through ignorance or false rationalizations. The crusades were carried out by the religious but hardly promoted by the religion. Theology is quite different from religious practice.
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