Amy Hanauer ([email protected])
Thu, 14 Jan 1999 03:35:40 -0500
Ok, as a pagan (yes, I practice wicca) I feel I have to step in here. I
don't wish to start a religious debate, but I feel you have stated some old
misgivings as a result of western thought.
Marilyn Manson (or let's call him his real name Brian Warner) was a
journalism major in his early years of college. Obviously he uses it as a
marketing tool. He really isn't "satanic." I agree with some of your
points. One of my friends helps promote the band and he is the furthest
thing from your image of him that you could think. It's another stage
persona he takes on.
Next you'll say you listen to a beatles record backwards and heard "paul is
dead."
;)
>played backmasked. U2 have at one point or another covered Led
>Well, I could go on and on. My point is that Satanism sells. U2
>don't just want to write great music. They also want to sell because
>that's their job. So I would not be surprised at Bono wearing the
>inverted cross and playing around with it during the concert in R&H.
>Most Christian religions have accepted the inverted cross as a Satanic
>symbol, no question about that.
That may be so, but let me point out another symbol that gets confused
often with satanism. A pentacle. There is a difference between a pentacle
and a pentagram. Most notably by shape. Pentacles aren't *satanic* and are
used in rituals of wicca as a very powerful symbol.
Inverted crosses are used as a scare tactic I feel by fundamentalists to
drive home that being "christian" is the only way. Obviously it's been
going on for years. I must also point out that pagans neither believe in a
heaven or hell, and don't believe in the devil. So when pagans are called
"satanists" those that call them that are extremely ignorant.
As far as symbols being used for rock interpretation, that has been going
on since the first person hit a rock against a wall. Some call it art, some
call it blasphemy. Either way, if you get a reaction, that's all sometimes
the artist needs.
u2 has used imagery obviously of a christian light among other images. they
wouldn't be artists if they didn't explore all possibilities of their own
songs.
Amy
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