I think this band could bring to light some interesting points if they didn’t decide to push just as hard as their opponents. Instead of balancing things out, they have tipped the scales too far in the other direction, causing some of their songs to just come off as silly, which is kind of a shame. Why? Because they themselves have failed to find the middle ground. However, as the songs played on, I saw that the guys in this band were no better or more “right” than the fundamentalists and politicians they rally against. It seemed like a really nice idea when I first began to listen to this disc. They’re called Corporate Avenger, and they seem to be seeking that sacred middle ground where we can all come together and live in harmony while tearing down religious and governmental facades in their song lyrics. Sorry for the sermon, but I needed it to introduce this band in question. But to some of these folks, religion is nothing more than an official finger pointing excuse to act holier than thou. Well, excuse me for thinking that God really is about peace and love and doesn’t set aside entire nations to be damned to hell. According to some of these people, you’re going to hell if you’re a homosexual, if you don’t accept the Christian doctrine (again, as interpreted for YOU by these fundamentalist factions) as stated word for word in the Bible, and a myriad of other things. Nice shit to scare a kid with, no?īut as I grew older, I learned that this is just a way that people decide to worship, even if I thought it was rather odd that they would so seek God’s love yet turn around and condemn not only their neighbors, but entire societal groups who weren’t necessarily following along their chosen paths. and if I wasn’t, then I would surely be going to hell. So it was with much confusion while growing up that some of my peers were coming up to me now and then, asking if I was “saved”. I was also taught that religion is something to rejoice in, not be afraid of. I was taught to respect others, not hate them for their race, sexual orientation, or other common human circumstances that are not a matter of one’s choosing. I was always happy that my parents had come from different backgrounds, moving to my home state of Tennessee in the early Sixties and settling down in a basic liberal-minded Presbyterian church. Having grown up in the South, I see a lot of instances of religious fundamentalism each and every day. Of course, there are the doom junkies and the naysayers who will tell you otherwise. Are these merely the pipe dreams of a utopian dream, or can they somehow be achieved through a variety of actions or words? Only time will tell us these things that we have pondered for so long.
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