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One of their biggest hits, when XTC's 'Dear God' went on sale back in 1987 a number of stores refused to stock it fearing a religious backlash. Upbeat musically (until the final verse), lyrically it's direct and thought-provoking with each verse addressed to God and ending “Dear God, I Can't believe in you”.The driving ending sees singer Andy Partridge state: “I wont believe in heaven and hell. No saints, no sinners, No devil as well. No pearly gates, no thorny crown. You're always letting us humans down. The wars you bring, the babes you drown.” Of the bible, he sings: "Us crazy humans wrote it... I know it ain't true and so do you".
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- What about The Stranglers and their 1981 album Themeninblack which had the prefix of The Gospel According to... This album dealt with the concept that God is an extra terrestrial being and that therefore all religons are built on falsehood. The cover featured Da Vinci's The Last Supper as a gatefold sleeve and on it Judas Iscariot had been replaced by a Maninblack.
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- Praise be to Dawkins! Only say the word and Hitchens will be there!
- It seems like RUSH has promoted rational thought and a bent against supernaturalism. They've never said they don't believe, outright; but, they seem very intelligent and rational.
- RUSH has said that they don't believe, both in interviews, and most recently and strongly on their album "Snakes and Arrows". Check out the song "Faithless", which, as it promises, is about not believing.
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