ernestsewell said:

thats what i was told from another orger

angelface22 said:

I meant the part you bolded from Shytown's response.

skywalker said:

Oh, i'd relisten to Rainbow Children again and read the lyrics if i were you. There are much more examples of change (in music) in many other albums, but that album stands out the most. Its literally a Hail Hail JW album....

Each human being on this planet has free will. When motivated by true knowledge you make life choices. Everyone is on a journey! Life is about growth and change. Prince's journey is unique to him and reflect in his music. I love discovering new dimensions in him, including his impressive faith in God. He shares his gift with us, why do we have to judge him for it.

Er...they're mysoginistic and homophobic??

Any other questions?????

eireboy34 said:

Yep agreed.... I also don't like how religous zelouts have to get all preachy and better then people who don't hold their faith... I don't go around banging on with my belief that if you have intelligence you would see that the whole religion thing is a farce.... if I see another reply and quote from the bible I will vomit, to me it is a book of fairy tales made to control the masses it holds no power.

Once I read that only those who know the name of the Lord would be saved. Jehovah is a derivative of Yahweh which is from new latin.
Think of the many people who now know the name of God, Jehovah, just because of Prince's faith.

jstar69 said:

I don't think it's his religion that is stopping him. It's his personal preference.

Prince releases what he wants to. It's all his personal preference. Sure, we may not ever hear some of the vault material, but the material he wants us to hear is out. It may sound crappy, but it is out.
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[b]"A meditation of David. Only fools say in their hearts, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and their actions are evil; no one does good!

Nothing is bad about Prince being a JW. He's just bad at being a JW. Que Sara Sara.

Wesco said:

"A meditation of David. Only fools say in their hearts, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and their actions are evil; no one does good!

God looks down from heaven on the entire human race; he looks to see if there is even one with real understanding, one who seeks for God.

But no, all have turned away from God; all have become corrupt. No one does good, not even one.

Will those who do evil never learn? They eat up my people like bread; they wouldn't think of praying to God.

But then terror will grip them, terror like they have never known before. God will scatter the bones of your enemies. You will put them to shame, for God has rejected them. "

ernestsewell said:

God sounds well cool - ruling with the rod of fear.....wonderful

Mindflux said:

Who said anything about ruling with fear?

ernestsewell said:

"But then terror will grip them, terror like they have never known before. God will scatter the bones of your enemies."

Terror gripping the non-believers.....God scattering their bones.....if that's not supposed to induce fear, then what will?

Mindflux said:

Cherry pickin'.

This will undoubtably piss everyone off, but it needs to be said regardless of Prince's beliefs or anyone.

This is a great quote from a great drama that ended this year: Battlestar Galactica. I know...but if you know the show you know what its about.

I quote Caval:

"Supernatural divinities are the primative's answer for why the sun goes down at night"

No truer words have ever been spoken. I think we need to become more enlightened as a ppl and realize cults and religions segregate us all. While their moral tales and rules for 'living better' may help us to live our lives happier, they(religion/cult) only serve to divide, kill, rape and destroy humanity's soul and prevent us from evolving. Why must we see things in only Black & White, when are are so many colors inbetween? Religions/Cults serve only to simplify a race (the human race) that is so diverse and rich in imagination. We must be our own moral saviors and not rely on a God or Gods to 'watch over us' to make sure we are being good. Once we do this, I know in my heart that we'll truly see each other as equals and not men or women or brown or yellow or gay or straight...oh it goes on.

Anyways, my rant is over....cast stones at me
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From the brilliant George Carlin;

"When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!

But He loves you."

For the whole, wonderful piece, follow this link; http://www.rense.com/general69/obj.htm

From the brilliant George Carlin;

"When it comes to bullshit, big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims, religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bullshit story ever told. Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!

But He loves you."

For the whole, wonderful piece, follow this link; http://www.rense.com/general69/obj.htm

daPrettyman said:

but isnt that the whole debate - his so called personal preference is clouded by choice of religion - which is also his choice
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I think his conversion to a JW somewhat Enslaved him. IMO, it has placed barriers and a ceiling on his creativity. However, his recent output can stand out as just as good as any in his career but I feel he can't take it to another level because of being a JW.

Mindflux said:

Carlin didn't know what he was talking about. God isn't out to micro manage anyone, nor punish them. For all you people who don't believe in God, I'm not surprised you have such a tainted, narrow, and ill-informed view of things.

The fact that we will never ever see his earlier unreleased gems in unedited form.....

Sad that a religion could prevent someone from sharing their groundbreaking art in its original historical state.