Toward Atheism

Songs compiled by Paul VanRaden

1995

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Song/Group _ Type/Year

  Key Words from the Song ______________

 

1

Dust in the Wind

atheist

Tho we refuse to see, all we are is dust in the wind

 

Kansas

1977

Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky

2

Imagine

atheist

Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try

 

John Lennon

1975

No hell below us, above us only sky, and no religion too

3

Stairway to Heaven

agnost

She's buying a stairway to heaven. With a word she

 

Led Zeppelin

1971

can get what she came for.  It makes me wonder

4

School

agnost

They tell you not to hang around and learn what life's about

 

Supertramp

1980

and to grow up just like them, but you're full of doubt

5

Big Time

anti-C

I will pray to a big god, I'll need him in my big church

 

Peter Gabriel

1990

My heaven will be a big heaven, I'll walk thru the front door

6

Sympathy for Devil

atheist

I've stole many a man's soul and faith.  If you meet me

 

Rolling Stones

1968

have some courtesy, some sympathy, and some taste...

or I'll lay your soul to waste

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Song/Group _ Type/Year

Key Words from the Song ______________

7

Wish You Were Here

atheist

So, you think you can tell heaven from hell?

 

Pink Floyd

1988

We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl

8

Sweet Baby James

agnost

There's a song that they sing of their home in the sky

 

James Taylor

1970

Maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep but singing works just fine for me

9

American Pie

agnost

Do you have faith in God? Do you believe in Rock & Roll?

 

Don McLean

1988

I saw Satan laughing with delite the day the music died

The three men I admired most, the Father, Son, and the

Holy Ghost, they caught the last train for the coast

10

Only Good Die Young

atheist

They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. 

 

Billy Joel

1977

Some say it's better, I say it ain't, rather laugh with the sinners than cry with saints. Sinners are much more fun

11

And When I Die

agnost

I swear there ain't no heaven, I pray there ain't no hell

 

Blood, Sweat, Tears

1969

Will never know by living, only by dying will tell

12

My God

anti-C

The bloody church of England in chains of history

 

Jethro Tull

1971

He is the God of nothing if that's all that you can see

 

 

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