2007-02-23 05:39:00 · 19 answers · asked by Midge 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't. Amazing Grace always gets me though. Partly because they play it at funerals.
That might be why for the other song too.
Or perhaps just because it's a beautiful song, and sometimes beauty can cause one to be so filled with emotion that it can only spill over?
Atheists are definitely not immune to beauty.
2007-02-23 05:47:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Response to the music, not to the theological sentiment. It's the same reason Christians can get teary-eyed at a Led Zeppelin song.
2007-02-23 13:41:34 · answer #2 · answered by Blackacre 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't get teary eyed, but I like the song. It's a lovely song with a melody that's sweet and ahunting. We can appreciate good music.
2007-02-23 13:42:12 · answer #3 · answered by Developing Minds 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Music has a beauty that goes beyond the mere lyrics.
The one that still gets me teary-eyed is "Via Delorosa." I also still love to listen to John Michael Talbot's works. My favorites of his are One Faith and In The Beginning.
2007-02-23 13:43:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i like religious music,religious art and one of my favourite poems is 'Dover beach'. i like the religious art of the past because you can see a real emotion and passion in it. i like soul, blues and jazz for the same reasons. i do not like modern religious Art and music because it is schmaltzy, sentimental and derivative,( the rot started with some of the pre-raphealite imitators). also one of my favourite TV programs is ' life on mars' by the BBC, but i don't believe either a police officer in a coma can travel back in time or that there is a god.
2007-02-23 13:53:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Even us atheists can appreciate good songs and music when we hear them. Good music and songs always elicits an emotional response whether its religious or secular.
2007-02-23 14:25:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a beautiful piece. I have it in my iTunes library. I don't have to believe in Santa to enjoy Christmas music... do I?
It's the music I like, the melody, how powerful it is when it rises and falls, lingers, etc. It's not the message behind it.
2007-02-23 13:41:41 · answer #7 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I'm not an Aheist. I'm Agnostic. But I feel the urge to cry and I get angry whenever i see Jesus getting stoned and put to death. I am human just like everybody else.
2007-02-23 13:59:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it sounds pretty sung with emotion in it. Doesn't mean they agree with the words. Anyone is capable of appreciating art when its well done.
2007-02-23 13:47:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess it's just the Holy Spirit tickling their atheist spirits!! He loves His music!! @8-)
2007-02-23 13:47:32 · answer #10 · answered by Dovey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋