tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post116684755816112659..comments2024-01-07T04:57:21.347-07:00Comments on Pithless Thoughts: Death Cab for CutieSteve Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04319784922747041297noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-58448977901673223442012-11-26T17:11:54.493-07:002012-11-26T17:11:54.493-07:00Anon, I never called them a "Christian band&q...Anon, I never called them a "Christian band". The song touches on a universal existential issue that Christianity and all world religions and philosophies deal with. "Idiot"?<br />Go back to high school and learn to read critically. Steve Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04319784922747041297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-45665202076971724652012-11-26T08:44:33.649-07:002012-11-26T08:44:33.649-07:00Idiot. Quote below from Relevant Mag:
Another lyri...Idiot. Quote below from Relevant Mag:<br /><b>Another lyrical subject Gibbard has touched on in the past is what he refers to as his “not disbelief but certainly agnostic position on spirituality.” He is surprised at the notion that Death Cab has many Christian fans. “The closest we got to any understanding that we had a Christian fan base was when we toured with Pedro The Lion about eight years ago,” he recalls. “A couple of people would come up to us and say, ‘It’s so great there’s another Christian band touring with Pedro,’ and we’d go, ‘We’re not a Christian band.’” </b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-88712567871089107432011-08-11T07:54:46.254-07:002011-08-11T07:54:46.254-07:00I really love DCfC, however, sometimes I have a pr...I really love DCfC, however, sometimes I have a problem listening to them because the lead singer says some things that bother me. Listen to St. Peter's Cathedral on the Codes and Keys CD. I will follow you into the dark reveals his past with religion, but St. Peter's Cathederal really reveals what he thinks of God. It is songs like that that worry me because young people can sometimes be impressionable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-81055665532455268632008-06-14T21:09:00.000-07:002008-06-14T21:09:00.000-07:00Oops! I didn't mean to post as anonymous above -- ...Oops! I didn't mean to post as anonymous above -- this is Jenny <BR/>:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-18139699708784346692008-06-14T21:07:00.000-07:002008-06-14T21:07:00.000-07:00Fr Thomas Hopko reminds us that Christianity (spec...Fr Thomas Hopko reminds us that Christianity (specifically Orthodox Christianity) is not a religion anyway -- it is a conviction about a person: Jesus Christ. We have rather different convictions about this person than the Mormons do! And being in Him we do not need to fear lyrics or reject them because they are not packaged as 'religious' or 'inspirational' or whatever. We are allowed to use our God-given minds to discern, as Steve has done, the good and truth in anything that is out there -- it all comes from human experience, and isofar as it is honest and reaching for light, there is going to be good in it. The problem with this 'it's not religious'thing is that it confuses art with propaganda.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-16791203724165977842007-07-08T21:42:00.000-07:002007-07-08T21:42:00.000-07:00No, it is not "religious", but it touches on what ...No, it is not "religious", but it touches on what is "spiritual" in the heart of every human being whether they are "religious" or not. It is about what the human being longs for whether they know it or not, an eternal love that surpasses even death. That is the essence of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, except that most Christians don't even get it.<BR/>sigh....Steve Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04319784922747041297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-36196560600512212562007-07-08T20:51:00.000-07:002007-07-08T20:51:00.000-07:00This song is not religious........ ggThis song is not religious........ ggAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-74772155217343527772007-03-28T20:53:00.000-07:002007-03-28T20:53:00.000-07:00You may want to explore the Orthodox Church. Click...You may want to explore the Orthodox Church. Click on "My Radio Show" in the links on my blog. Mormonism is just a lot of old heresies recycled. There is more to eternal union than even Joseph Smith imagined.Steve Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04319784922747041297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-16727816108909226012007-03-28T07:35:00.000-07:002007-03-28T07:35:00.000-07:00you may want to explore The Church of Jesus Christ...you may want to explore The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. We believe that families can be together forever. That death just separates us for a small time. BeautifulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-1167872301936058462007-01-03T17:58:00.000-07:002007-01-03T17:58:00.000-07:00Ok, see, you are really helping me with this as I'...Ok, see, you are really helping me with this as I've resisted it after I realized what the line was, but you are helping me to connect it not only to why my Dh likes it (he isn't religous) as well as the entire poetry of the song.<BR/><BR/>Thank you.<BR/><BR/>Did I mention they were local?Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02645484704486562810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-1167785387245380892007-01-02T17:49:00.000-07:002007-01-02T17:49:00.000-07:00Actually a lot of their lyrics are pretty thoughtf...Actually a lot of their lyrics are pretty thoughtful and philosophical. The "anti-Catholic" line is actually part of the entire rejection of "Typical Western religious experiences" in the song. <BR/>"No blinding light, no tunnels to gates of white", "Heaven and hell illuminate the NO on the vacancy sign..." etc. The essence of the lyrics is the hope that love binds us beyond the grave, and death is the door to eternal union. There is no sure theology or worked out philosophy here, just the innate suspicion that death is not to be feared but is embraced if we face it with our beloved. It does not take a theologian to know that, only the experience of love. The problem is that instead of acknowledging that suspicion and affirming it with the Gospel, which is the Divine Romance of God who comes to join us, His beloved, in death, conquers everything that can separate us from Himself, so that He can be united with us eternally...modern Christianity has turned the Divine Romance of the Gospel into a courtroom and justice and guilt, judges, punishment and reward (which appeals to some people obviously...). We need to look at what "kids" are saying today when they react to what modern religion has given them as a foundation for believing in God and who Christ is and what He did. They have rejected a weak and shallow and cold gospel, we need to step up and show them the True God who loved us enough to do exactly what they are talking about here. To follow your beloved into the dark in hope against hope that love reigns eternal...They are "imitators of Christ" whether they know it or not. The problem is most Christians don't even know that, and that is why our "religion" doesn't make any sense to this generation. End of rant. :)Steve Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04319784922747041297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-1167771960621676332007-01-02T14:06:00.000-07:002007-01-02T14:06:00.000-07:00They are pretty local to where I live, so I've hea...They are pretty local to where I live, so I've heard a lot of them.<BR/><BR/>I've been really resisting this song because of the anti-Catholic line, but your spin is really a good point, and I do appreciate it. My non-relious husband really likes it, so I need to relisten to it.Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02645484704486562810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-1167257955434309472006-12-27T15:19:00.000-07:002006-12-27T15:19:00.000-07:00Yes...Death Cab for Cutie - I love them - I used o...Yes...Death Cab for Cutie - I love them - I used one of their songs as a thought-jerker for my blog too.<BR/><BR/>http://lifeingrace.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-1166864454484668362006-12-23T02:00:00.000-07:002006-12-23T02:00:00.000-07:00You did really well at explaining that!!! :D haha....You did really well at explaining that!!! :D haha...and i don't play it so loud i can hear it while i'm taking a shower. that's just how i play it all the time...so...there.lol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-1166849532437104022006-12-22T21:52:00.000-07:002006-12-22T21:52:00.000-07:00Oooh, one of my favorites too. Love reading your t...Oooh, one of my favorites too. Love reading your thoughts on it...emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05192776503076661119noreply@blogger.com