1. After reading Elizabeth A. Johnson's critique of modern theism in her book Quest for The Living God, I don't think I really have ever been a "theist". But that takes longer to go through than I have the time for and it's my experience that atheists don't much care for nuanced thought so it would be a waste of my time.
2. My thoughts about such "non-theistic" Unitarians is about the same as those about Sherwin Wine's ridiculous "Humanistic Judaism" which seems to be a way for him to have had a career as a clergyman while being an ideological atheist. It makes about as much sense as producing art for people who don't have the senses they would need to perceive the art. I mean, what's the point of it?
As an aside, if you find the Hebrew God to be not worthy of your trust, you really, really believe that PEOPLE (who atheists like you believe are the deluded and benighted "inventors" of God) are more worthy of that? And you consider that an enlightened, rational, decision. Humanism, huh!
3. I've got nothing against Jewish guys writing Christmas songs if they're good songs. I've got exactly the same thing against them I have against Christian guys writing bad Christmas songs when their songs are bad. Just about every commercial pop Christmas song by anyone is shit. Just about every Christmas song in that category drecks the mall with plastic holly and craps up the radio and PBS fundraisers.
Update: It's unrelated but I came across this while brawling with Stupy.
In 2003 Rolling Stone named her [Joni Mitchell]the 72nd greatest guitarist of all time; she was the highest-ranked woman on the list.
I like Joni Mitchell, but give me a friggin' break! Greater than Sr. Rosetta Tharp? Greater than Mary Osborne? Memphis Minnie? Not to mention dozens of others in many different musics. What a stupid list that one must be. Makes me wonder what men they put on the list over all of those women, as well.
"Just about every commercial pop Christmas song by anyone is shit. Just about every Christmas song in that category drecks the mall with plastic holly and craps up the radio and PBS fundraisers."
ReplyDeleteJeebus H. Christ on a piece of burnt matzoh, you're a blithering idiot.
The Phil Spector Christmas album, which is a work of sublime art.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pVon5xDARc
The Weepies. Also gorgeous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FsGor-NBak
The Kinks, written by Ray Davies, who is a genius.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOO0njCFZEc
And Bruce Springsteen, kicking ass on "Santa Claus is Coming to Town."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76WFkKp8Tjs
Have I mentioned that you're a philistine moron?
Let me give you a little hint about arguing Stupy, you don't refute someone's point by providing confirmation of it. See Also: My answer to Minnie Marx's question last night.
Delete"My answer to Minnie Marx's question last night."
ReplyDeleteThere are Jews in show biz? Who the fuck knew?
Read it you illiterate dementoid.
DeleteIt's no fun fighting with you when you go immediately to playing your personal well-worn Jewish joker card. It's not funny, it never has been, it's just stupid and desperate. It's like George Carlin and Lenny Bruce only stupider. It doesn't intimidate me.
The Pretenders' 2000 Miles
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=N4Qa0pPA9Xg
Joni Mitchell's River
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1j2oK2L_98
Good lord, you're a tasteless philistine moronic asshole.
Joni Mitchell's River doesn't match the category of crap you're glorifying. I don't know "The Pretenders'2000 Miles. I wonder if they songwriter would like you putting it in the same classification with the crap I mentioned. I know, any songwriter would die to have a song that sold as well as Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer but I doubt anyone was ever artistically proud of having written something on that level of crapitude. I wonder if you can relate to that because at your age and the crap you come up with it's classifiable as decrepit.
Delete"Joni Mitchell's River doesn't match the category of crap you're glorifying. I don't know "The Pretenders'2000 Miles."
ReplyDeleteSo yes. You're ignorant AND an idiot. Quel surprise. :-)
No one knows every piece of music. I'll bet I could name several thousand pieces you've never heard of many of them by composers you've never heard of.
DeleteJoni Mitchell's River isn't commercial pop music. It just isn't. Are you saying it's in the same category as Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas and I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus? I'd love to know if Joni saw it that way as she was writing it.
" It's like George Carlin and Lenny Bruce"
ReplyDeleteGeorge Carlin wasn't Jewish. :-)
I didn't say he was, that had nothing to do with why I put his name there, what he was is what you are, not smart, not clever, not funny. He was a seriously not funny asshole, one of your folks.
Delete"Joni Mitchell's River isn't commercial pop music."
ReplyDeleteJoni Mitchell's RIVER on ALLY MCBEAL. Sung by Robert Downey Jr.
God, you're an ignoramus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=21&v=gxjQfFsQKuw
Joni Mitchell's Blue was published 27 years before that show (which I've never watched) was on TV. I doubt she anticipated it being on a TV show 27+ years later.
DeleteYour dyschronicity is showing, Stupy. You have one of the worst cases of not being able to understand that some things happen before other things and the things that happen almost three decades later don't motivate the things that happened three decades before them.
I'd rather hear Joni sing her own music.
"I'd rather hear Joni sing her own music."
ReplyDeleteQuick -- without Googling, tell me who produced her first album. And why he's important.
Who the fuck cares? What? He was Jewish and you figure that somehow appertains to you?
DeleteNo, I just wanted to establish that you don't know shit about the history of pop music in the second half of the 20th century. Which isn't a shock, obviously.
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm quite content to leave knowing the shit to you. Go with your strength, Stupy. I'm sure at one point someone observing you said, "The shit is strong in this one."
Deletesteve simels, Thought you'd find this interesting: a genealogy of rock/pop music by Edward Tufte:
Deletehttps://historyshots.com/collections/pop-culture/products/rockmusic