One of my favourite songs (for several reasons) is Exterminate Annihilate Destroy by Rotersand. The reason that I’m posting this is to highlight the lyric of this song, which seems to accurately reflect the thought process of a particular kind of militant (in the strict sense) fundamentalist theist. I wasn’t completely sure as to what I was hearing, so I thought I’d look them up:

give me your faith, something i can believe in
and you’ll be my family, my brother, my friend
tell me a truth that i find not deceiving
teach me a lesson that i understand

build me a shelter, a place i can dwell in
show me a future that i can enjoy
give me a reason and i’ll be your fellow
show me the target i have to destroy

exterminate annihilate destroy

show me my leader and i’ll pledge obedience
whisper the name of the enemy mine
blessed be my fate and my tools of expedience
i’m going to fulfil what’s my mission divine

exterminate annihilate destroy

This lyric seems to sum up the attitudes of the credulous quite smartly.

Another band that’s been popping up in my playlist a lot recently is Absurd Minds. I like their output primarily for the music, which has a very Project Pitchforkesque feel to it. The lyrics, however, are quite often a curious take on some gnostic ideas. They’re ‘interesting’, to say the least.

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