Re: Kanye West

Mike Rieves wrote:

Sounds like you have something against folks having souls. You might want to Google it and see what turns up. You might just be surprised. BTW, faith is anything but the easy way out.

There is no evidence for the existence of a soul. Wishful thinking is not evidence. And faith *really* is easy. Faith means you get to choose what you want to believe without any evidence to support it and no way of having that belief falsified. It's like shutting your eyes, putting your hands over your ears and going "la la la la la la."

What's hard is accepting that you can be wrong about everything. For example, I'm willing to accept that scientific proof of a soul could be found. Those who have "faith" are entitled, nay, *encouraged* to the ignore the utter lack of evidence.

Ever been dumped by a chick you were really into? Faith is believing that she'll come back. Reality is drowning your sorrows in a beer.


Wait, you make the statement that it's impossible to separate the Creation from the Creator, yet you deny the existance of the human soul?!?

First, I don't "deny" the existence of the human soul. I say there is no evidence for it. Second, I didn't use capital letters. Why did you?

One can very easily take any viewpoint one desires when writing a song, it isn't necessary to make any decision based on what one believes or what one is, to write a song.

Yes, there is. You are the sum of your experiences. The choices you make are based on those experiences.

How can it be a "totally different" yet still be recognized as a cover?

If the lyrics are the same, then it's a cover, no matter where the music takes it. I heard a band in Atlanta do a killer heavy metal version of "Six Days On the Road". It was recognizable only by the lyrics and the general chord progression..

You didn't answer the question. It's not totally different if you're using the lyrics and/or the general chord progression.

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