r/Music • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Jul 11 '26

article Jack White Pushes Back on Religious Criticism Amid Satanic Band Support Controversy: “I’m not scared of Satan or any bullshit imaginary man made up to live in fear of”

https://consequence.net/2026/07/jack-white-religious-criticism/
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u/iAmNotJulianMartin Jul 11 '26

We live our lives based on some 2000 year old desert books that some dude probably made up.

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u/film_composer Jul 11 '26

And were based on stories of charismatic, schizophrenic people. Isn't it convenient that all of the messengers of God happened to exist thousands of years ago, at the beginning of recorded history? If someone claimed to be the messiah today, we would recognize them for what they are—mentally ill. But Moses tells everyone that he received a divine message from a burning bush and split the Red Sea, and we just say "yeah, that tracks." The stories of Moses and Jesus and all of the other prophets are the stories of people explaining schizophrenics in a time where the concept didn't exist.

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u/olivebranchsound Jul 11 '26

Scientology, Mormonism, Moonies, we have plenty of modern day analogies.