What songs are anti-religious?

Question

Music from any era or genre. Which ones do you consider anti-religious? And do you love it or hate it and why?

Answer 1

dear god by xtc
head like a hole by nine inch nails
man in the box by alice in chains
f**k religion, f**k politics, f**k the lot of you by chaotic dischord
jesus built my hot rod by ministry
and many more
love it!

Answer 2

John Lennon's "Imagine" has an anti-religious verse. I like that one.

Although, as JC pointed out, many Christians feel that all non-religious music is anti-religious and the work of the Devil. And of course, Baptists are famous for calling having sex while standing up a sin--on the grounds that it could lead to dancing.

And Folk Singer Pete Seger's version of "Old Time Religion," is a favorite with Pagans and widely considered anti-Christian, with verses like:

"We will pray with Aphrodite,
Though they say she's kinda flighty,
She wearss that see-through nighty,
So she's good enough for me."

and

"We will pray with Lady Isis,
She will help us in a crisis,
And she's never raised her prices
So she's good enough for me."

Answer 3

The Hand That Feeds & Head Like A Hole - both songs by Nine Inch Nails

Yes I love them, but I also love the song Heaven by Live which is religiously themed. The Hand That Feeds is both about religion and politics and I like how the song was written.

Answer 4

Bad Religion, baby.... these guys write some of the most thought-provoking, politically charged songs I've ever heard. They're brilliant.

"God's Love" (2004)
Striking at mental apparitions
Like a drunk on a vacant street
Silently beset by the hands of time
Indelicate in its fury
An aberrant crack as skeletons yield
To unrelenting gravity
While viruses prowl for helpless victims
Who succumb rapidly.....

[Chorus]
(Tell me!) Tell me; where is the love?
In a careless creation
When there’s no “above”
There’s no justice
Just a cause and no cure
And a bounty of suffering
It seems we all endure
And what I’m frightened of
Is that they call it “God’s love”

Twisted torment, make-believe
There’s a truth that they all submit
“Believe my eyes!” my brain replies
To all that they interpret...

[Chorus]

I know there’s no reason for alarm
But who needs perspective when it comes to pain and harm?
We can change our minds; there’s a better prize .....

But first you’ve got to…
[Chorus]

They call it God’s love
My pain is God’s love

Answer 5

Lots of stuff by Jethro Tull: When Jesus Came to Play, My God, Wind Up, and Hymn 43 to name a few.
I think 'Up to the Roof' by the Blue Man Group with Tracy Bonham has a message that traditional religion isn't the way for the singer. Great lyrics to that one.

Answer 6

here are a few

hellaluyeah god is dead by vader
slay the nazarene by marduk
christians to the lions by behemoth
your lord deformed by nunslaughter
gods of our own divinity by morbid angel
vomit upon the cross by belphegor
south of heaven by slayer
no jesus no beast by immolation
decimate christendom by incantation
chainsawed christians by god among insects
where is your god now by vital remains
tormentor of christian souls by dimmu borgir

or just check out basically any of the bands i mentioned or any black metal band

Answer 7

Losing My Religion by R E M.

Answer 8

Hopefully none, what kind of pathetic artist would write a song that goes like:

"I hate God, yeah yeah ohhh yeah. There is no God, baby yeah oh yeah"

Wouldn't sale much.

Answer 9

"Dear God" by XTC. They refused to play it on the radio.