Forever Delayed - The Independent Manics Forum  

Go Back   Forever Delayed - The Independent Manics Forum > Manic Street Preachers > Manic Street Preachers Discussion

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 21-02-2013, 00:05
franny's Avatar
franny franny is offline
Builder of routine
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Manchester
Age: 31
Posts: 16,304
Know Your Enemy - A Christian Masterpiece?

http://www.damaris.org/content/conte...?type=1&id=151

Absolutely in stitches, scroll down to the questions.
__________________
European Spoon, European Moon
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 21-02-2013, 00:35
Finn's Avatar
Finn Finn is offline
HBIC
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 34,200
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 21-02-2013, 00:48
franny's Avatar
franny franny is offline
Builder of routine
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Manchester
Age: 31
Posts: 16,304
Quote:
Originally Posted by Finn View Post
WHAT. THE. FUCK.
But is that would Jesus would say?

TIMTTMY gets a right grilling, apparently the Manics are preaching moral relativism and this is dangerous as it leads to paedophilia if followed to it's logical conclusion. An album which is a barrier to biblical absolutism.

edit: I am horribly paraphrasing this bit, but moral absolutism in a religious form does make me fume

edit 2: Well worth reading more of the site, Kid A gets a good look in.
__________________
European Spoon, European Moon
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 21-02-2013, 00:51
Finn's Avatar
Finn Finn is offline
HBIC
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 34,200
Quote:
Originally Posted by franny View Post
But is that would Jesus would say?

TIMTTMY gets a right grilling, apparently the Manics are preaching moral relativism and this is dangerous as it leads to paedophilia if followed to it's logical conclusion. An album which is a barrier to biblical absolutism.

edit: I am horribly paraphrasing this bit, but moral absolutism in a religious form does make me fume

edit 2: Well worth reading more of the site, Kid A gets a good look in.
I'm horrified and fascinated by this site now.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 21-02-2013, 00:57
franny's Avatar
franny franny is offline
Builder of routine
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Manchester
Age: 31
Posts: 16,304
Quote:
Originally Posted by Finn View Post
I'm horrified and fascinated by this site now.
Yep, I'm not off to bed at any decent hour.

The spirituality of Discworld
__________________
European Spoon, European Moon
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 21-02-2013, 02:41
Manualex16 Manualex16 is offline
A self-made vacuum
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: At the end of the universe
Posts: 2,138
Someone has to tweet this to Nicky
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken Korda View Post
The Totoro plush but I suppose if I could only have the baby I could sell it to get the plush.
Beware!
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 21-02-2013, 12:42
sofarsideways's Avatar
sofarsideways sofarsideways is offline
Winterlover
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Age: 34
Posts: 5,964
Wire saw all that he had made, and it was good.

And naturally fucking intelligent.
__________________
I'll fax you an apology
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 21-02-2013, 13:14
Blue Cat's Avatar
Blue Cat Blue Cat is offline
Stretched out in the sun
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 12,151
OMG what is this.
The questions are brilliant. "Royal Correspondent is about the media (the fourth estate) that earns a living pursuing royalty. What does this song have to say about the role of the media in society? How are Christians represented in the media?" I like this one for just shoehorning Christians in with no relevance.

"Read Romans 3:23 and Ephesians 2:1-3. The Manic Street Preachers are saying that globalisation and Americanisation have cause many problems. How would we go about telling people that the fundamental problem of the world is sin and evil, which is inherent in all of us?" err okay.

"Read the parable of the persistent widow in Luke 18:1-8. How do you think the band and their fans would define justice? How does this compare with the Biblical view of justice?"
Shall we all send them our definitions of justice instead of them judging it? We can troll or be real, either sounds fun.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 21-02-2013, 13:20
sofarsideways's Avatar
sofarsideways sofarsideways is offline
Winterlover
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Age: 34
Posts: 5,964
We're writing a collective essay on these points at the meet-up.
__________________
I'll fax you an apology
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 21-02-2013, 13:22
Blue Cat's Avatar
Blue Cat Blue Cat is offline
Stretched out in the sun
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 12,151
Include extra points on the importance of glitter.
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 21-02-2013, 13:26
sofarsideways's Avatar
sofarsideways sofarsideways is offline
Winterlover
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Age: 34
Posts: 5,964
And judging oneself.
__________________
I'll fax you an apology
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 23-02-2013, 17:04
Porco's Avatar
Porco Porco is offline
Doors slowly closing
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 9,778
I don't think this is all that strange or funny, I mean why shouldn't or wouldn't people with strong religious beliefs want to bounce ideas and contemplation off various cultural media? They have 'Preachers' in their name and released an album called The Holy Bible, it's not exactly as if they are the most arbitrary, random-seeming band to look at through a Christian lens!

Having said all that, remember that the humble banana surely proves the existence of the Manics. I know this, because they drew red bananas on the photo on the back of The Holy Bible's CD cover:


It's that kind of iconography that blows a hole in the ideas of people like Richard Dawkins.

You can't argue with a banana. I know, I've tried! It _ didn't _ even _ respond.
__________________
'Those Manics are great mun ent'it!' | Miyazaki-San, Arigato | POPCORN!


| PorcoTunes: SC=fdporco YT=PorcoForever |
---“...but the pigs are getting into our garden, and just digging holes, looking for truffles or something…"---
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 23-02-2013, 17:15
The Gutless Wonder's Avatar
The Gutless Wonder The Gutless Wonder is offline
Bored out of my mind
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: World Headquarters of 'Team JDB' and CoJ
Posts: 42,921
Red banana's!
__________________
"Former glam-punk rocker James Dean Bradfield now looks like your friendly, slightly rumpled Welsh uncle who always brings you chocolate when he visits. That's not a bad thing." - Allister Thompson aka The Gateless Gate (Canadian musician)
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 23:01.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.6
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.