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I was brought up as a Christian but I stopped going to Church on my early-teens. I've pretty much become an Atheist over the years - but Neil's rantings don't bother me at all - he sings well, his music is fantastic. Why bother with his lyrical subject matter ??
Ditto Slayer - dodge-ball lyrics ; morbid, hideous, grotesque etc. They are just a bunch of words to go with the music. Anyone can enjoy anything, as long as the participant is willing.
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Points: 23098 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2017 at 13:37
I wish I could leave it at that but...

Barney, your 'review' was outright abusive. It is not because you aren't allowed to critisise religion or any matter for that sake - it is however the MANNER in which you do so. We are a lot of members on PA who openly critisise religion, and some even take it too far from time to time, but you've been on a yearlong overly abusive crusade that quite frankly doesn't suit a man of your age. It is childish and actually having to spell all of this out to you is bordering on work in the local kindergarden - believe me I know.
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Points: 23098 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2017 at 13:25
I can't be bothered to quote in these captcha times but I'll just leave Barney with the following snippet taken directly from the site's guidelines:

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Thanks..I found the review.

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Points: 7951 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2017 at 11:55
Originally posted by someone_else someone_else wrote:


Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Uh....I'd like to know which Morse album was reviewed here at PA that started all the brouhaha....?
 
It was this review (68 likes and counting Wacko). But The album's name is The Similitude of a Dream, in case you don't want to spend time on this rubble. At least Neal's preaching is fruitful as it causes so much controversy LOL.



I think you'll find the 68 `likes' is mostly people just blindly `liking' the album popping up on the Facebook page, not what's being written about it!
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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Uh....I'd like to know which Morse album was reviewed here at PA that started all the brouhaha....?
 
It was this review (68 likes and counting Wacko). But The album's name is The Similitude of a Dream, in case you don't want to spend time on this rubble. At least Neal's preaching is fruitful as it causes so much controversy LOL.


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Uh....I'd like to know which Morse album was reviewed here at PA that started all the brouhaha....?

Never mind....I found the review. I thought Barney was right on about the fact that it's getting a bit  tedious on the religious level, but not enough about the actual music.


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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

The double-standards in play here are almost too much to comprehend.
Godspeed Barney - I hope you find an anti-religious forum to your liking. This place though isn't it.
So I have to leave because I'm anti-religious?
where are my double standards - I posted a fair and truthful appraisal of the CD I'd just bought - and because a few of you didn't like what I put - you started with personal abuse?
And I'm a troll?
Which part of my review wasn't truthful?
Please tell, I'm all ears!
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The double-standards in play here are almost too much to comprehend.
Godspeed Barney - I hope you find an anti-religious forum to your liking. This place though isn't it.
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Points: 3136 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2017 at 10:56
Originally posted by Upbeat Tango Monday Upbeat Tango Monday wrote:

I'm an atheist. Can I enjoy Morse's albums? Yes, of course
I'm a libertarian. Can I enjoy Waters' albums? Yes, of course

Only extremists and fanatics limit their input. If the music's good, that's great. If there are a wide array of voices to be heard, that's good and healthy.
I'm not an extremist.
I do not "froth at the mouth" like a rabid dog.
This site has "trolls" - who hide behind their keyboards like a set of indignant tadpoles.....imagining that they are really large examples of Carcharodon carcharias........
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I'm an atheist. Can I enjoy Morse's albums? Yes, of course
I'm a libertarian. Can I enjoy Waters' albums? Yes, of course

Only extremists and fanatics limit their input. If the music's good, that's great. If there are a wide array of voices to be heard, that's good and healthy.
Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement.
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Points: 7951 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2017 at 06:09
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Points: 7951 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2017 at 05:59
Can someone please step in with that animated GIF of Michael Jackson eating the popcorn in the cinema watching the drama unfold? That always cracks me up!
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Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Imbecile, right...Have you read the lunatic who wrote that abusive rant under your name pretending to be discussing music? Oh....right. Ooh, this is embarrassing.

Look forward to your time out, mate!
I rattled the cage-of-your-faith and thus subjected me to abuse.
I Sl*g off religion so I must be in a lunatic asylum?
Don't project your ad-hominem vitriol at me.
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I'd tread carefully Barney.
You are out of supporters and that is saying something on a website with this amount of atheists.
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Points: 7951 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2017 at 05:13
Imbecile, right...Have you read the lunatic who wrote that abusive rant under your name pretending to be discussing music? Oh....right. Ooh, this is embarrassing.

Look forward to your time out, mate!
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Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

The Similitude of a dream - great music - but the lyrical theme is the same as his last 10 CD's - see my review for a more succinct synopsis

So do you like self-abuse so much that you subject yourself to such punishment and then foam at the mouth in faux-outrage when you find EXACTLY the lyrical subject matter expected in the first place?    

Review....that's GOLD!
I don't "foam at the mouth", you antipodean imbecile.
If  'asoad' had come with an instrumental CD - i'd be very happy.
Now toddle off and stick pins in your voodoo doll or whatever....
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Points: 7951 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2017 at 04:59
Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

The Similitude of a dream - great music - but the lyrical theme is the same as his last 10 CD's - see my review for a more succinct synopsis

So do you like self-abuse so much that you subject yourself to such punishment and then foam at the mouth in faux-outrage when you find EXACTLY the lyrical subject matter expected in the first place?    

Review....that's GOLD!
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Points: 3136 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 13 2017 at 04:50
The Similitude of a dream - great music - but the lyrical theme is the same as his last 10 CD's - see my review for a more succinct synopsis
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