> In the liner notes of two recent LPs by Rob Hood and Suburban Knight they > both wax (no pun intended) very religious--I would say evangelical in fact. > For some reason this really surprised me because I always thought about > Detroit techno as kind of atheistic (death of god) type music. Anyway, it > doesn't really bother me that these artists were inspired by God or some > higher power. It gives me a different appreciation of their art.
I find that interesting too but not unexpected. I think that there are points where techno and other cultural and communal influences meet. Plus some people have changed their views as they have travelled and been exposed to new ideas. > I agree that the Lutheran church is pretty non-threatening for the most > part. They tend to lean toward the liturgical side (keeping the sacraments > of the Catholic church) as compared to Baptists (who came out of the > counter-reformation) who are suspicious of ritual. The Lutheran church like > other major denominations is split into a million factions--liberal, > moderate, and conservative. That's interesting. My father is Lutheran, and his family is half Catholic, half Lutheran, and all influenced as much by East European superstitiousness, but I've mostly attended Anglican churches because it's so small. I don't even know any other Lutherans in my social or work circles. ;)
