the other thing to keep in mind is that capital-G Gothic music is largely a massive appropriation of CHristianity into the occult
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Like, fundamentalists think that and they're right. I can name dozens of cross-coated goth artists who hate Christianity.
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It's just that a culturally dominant religion about death and resurrection and torture & seduction of the devil etc is really rich material
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I knew a painfully earnest Christian nerd in HS who was very proud of how the "Death God" in his homebrew D&D setting was secretly Jesus
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But then again if you do want old-time religion in its undiluted terrifying form you'll find it among US Christians far more than neopagans
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Like to be honest abt it the biggest test of religious tolerance for an agnostic liberal might be empathizing w charismatic revivalists
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I remember reading a dude saying he was terrified by ppl speaking in tongues at a Pentecostal service "These people are insane"
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This seems to me to be why Christian rock is a thing, really - the way people flip out at a rock concert is very consistent with >
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> that form of worship, so from their POV they're trying to redirect from worship of the band (idolatry) to worship of their God
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Well yeah a revival meeting and a rock concert are the exact same structure of experience
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The cynical punk rock atheist dude at my Christian HS would always comment on "praise and worship" sessions - "Music is a hell of a drug"
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He's a Ron Paul libertarian now for some reason
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