| AFI – Sacrilege Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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| AFI – Sacrilege Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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@[roflhotpockets:32047] —pretty sure the Paul of Tarsus and his peers wrote extensively on many of the same themes AFI expresses here, warning us against organized religion: “those who claim to be Jews but are not,” (Rev. 3:9) and “so-called Christians—false ones really—who snuck in secretly to take away the freedom we have in Christ and lead us into bondage,” (Gal. 2:4). Hear me out— It is a constant theme in Scriptural literature because of how prominent the danger and temptation, for those who claim to have to access God to use their tactics to control a mass following, to move by hate and fear rather than love and compassion. Check out Galatians, 2 Corinthians, Titus, 1 Timothy, 1 Thessalonians... (Streetlights Bible on Spotify, AppleMusic, YouTube... is a great free resource for an accessible auditory experience with early Christian writers) —many of the themes of this AFI song are actually prophecied about in the Christian Bible—that’s what’s so amazing to me!! Davey is expressing highest truth—remember there’s only one truth, whatever name you give it and whatever way you come to it, and we all have access to it! As Davey here articulates, inspired by “pure love,” Paul was imprisoned, beaten, whipped, rejected by religious zealots of his time who challenged his message of peace. He felt as though he’d been abandoned. And who was his inspiration, his comforter, his exemplar? And Paul knew he wouldn’t be the last!! That’s why he wrote so passionately to his communities, warning them (and us) in writing about those who would preach to gain worldly power and wealth. They appear powerful. Paul knew, and Davey sees, how tempting it is to use fear as a motivator to gain followers and respect, but its power is selfish and it’s delusional! It cannot stand against true love in the end!! Only by standing together—whether you identify with an institutional Christianity or something else—only by extending what love you have to your brothers and sisters can we deconstruct the system of hate and fear that is undeniably powerful in our lives! “Shake the faith,!” Questionnaire n your faith, and then, your answers become more defined!! Why do you believe what you believe? Study that question!!! “Let your faith die!” And what do we believe follows after death...? So, let your weak, mortal bodies; your weak mortal faith; die, so it can be replaced by something far higher and greater than we might ever ask or imagine!! Now all glory and honor and power to the One who alone is God! |
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| AFI – Sacrilege Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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@[roflhotpockets:32046] —pretty sure the Paul of Tarsus and his peers wrote extensively on many of the same themes AFI expresses here, warning us against organized religion: “those who claim to be Jews but are not,” (Rev. 3:9) and “so-called Christians—false ones really—who snuck in secretly to take away the freedom we have in Christ and lead us into bondage,” (Gal. 2:4). Hear me out— It is a constant theme in Scriptural literature because of how prominent the danger and temptation, for those who claim to have to access God to use their tactics to control a mass following, to move by hate and fear rather than love and compassion. Check out Galatians, 2 Corinthians, Titus, 1 Timothy, 1 Thessalonians... (Streetlights Bible on Spotify, AppleMusic, YouTube... is a great free resource for an accessible auditory experience with early Christian writers) —many of the themes of this AFI song are actually prophecied about in the Christian Bible—that’s what’s so amazing to me!! Davey is expressing highest truth—remember there’s only one truth, whatever name you give it and whatever way you come to it, and we all have access to it! As Davey here articulates, inspired by “pure love,” Paul was imprisoned, beaten, whipped, rejected by religious zealots of his time who challenged his message of peace. He felt as though he’d been abandoned. And who was his inspiration, his comforter, his exemplar? And Paul knew he wouldn’t be the last!! That’s why he wrote so passionately to his communities, warning them (and us) in writing about those who would preach to gain worldly power and wealth. They appear powerful. Paul knew, and Davey sees, how tempting it is to use fear as a motivator to gain followers and respect, but its power is selfish and it’s delusional! It cannot stand against true love in the end!! Only by standing together—whether you identify with an institutional Christianity or something else—only by extending what love you have to your brothers and sisters can we deconstruct the system of hate and fear that is undeniably powerful in our lives! “Shake the faith,!” Questionnaire n your faith, and then, your answers become more defined!! Why do you believe what you believe? Study that question!!! “Let your faith die!” And what do we believe follows after death...? So, let your weak, mortal bodies; your weak mortal faith; die, so it can be replaced by something far higher and greater than we might ever ask or imagine!! Now all glory and honor and power to the One who alone is God! |
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