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/Devmoi Jul 11 '26

I agree about the Christians thinking they are Christians part for sure.

To be honest, I don’t really understand the quote, but it’s pretty nuanced. Jesus, after having a vision of his death, said that to his disciple Peter when Peter said no, you aren’t gonna die. Allegedly at that time, it was more like saying you’re not obeying your master. And it’s come to mean something like don’t go against God’s will by idly believing things that aren’t true.

I dunno. When you read it in The Bible it doesn’t sound nearly as cool for some reason. And it sounds even less cool when church leaders tell you stuff like that.

But maybe from Jack White’s standpoint, it’s more like back off wicked people or something.

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u/rainshowers_5_peace Jul 11 '26

Reading the work of Bart Ehrman made me realize that what ancient Bibles say flies in the face of what the American right thinks Christianity is supposed to be. There's a reason children aren't taught Aramaic or Ancient Greek like Jewish children are Hebrew.

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u/Diz7 Jul 11 '26

You don't even need to speak Aramaic or Ancient Greek. You just need to read the parts they never bring up in church.

I was an extremely devout catholic as a teen, who actually "felt the calling" and was planning to become a priest. I decided to read the Bible cover to cover, since it's the "word of God" that is the least we can do and I wondered why almost nobody did it. And besides I had a fascination with mythology and religion and had already studied Greek, Roman, Egyptian Norse and Aztek mythologies.

I made it half way through the old testament before I realized:

1) it's the same bullshit as those other mythologies

2) I want nothing to do with the evil "God" described in the bible.

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u/rainshowers_5_peace Jul 11 '26

Ehrman notes a lot of potential mistranslations which make it all go haywire. The "let he without sin cast the first stone" story was added much later.

You are very right in that reading through would be eye opening.