Actually, science begins with a hypothesis. "Gee, I wonder if this might be true?" you say. Then experiments are designed to test the hypothesis. Then, if a bunch of experimental evidence supports the hypothesis, and it is not disproven by any repeatable experiment, it becomes a theory. If the theory is then supported by a huge amount of testing, and virtually all repeatable tests support it, it becomes a theorem. That takes years. If the theorem is supported by *generations* of repeated tests, with no credible refutation, it becomes *a law*.
Of course, this process is political, which is where science, like religion, is used as a tool by people with agendas, ulterior motives, and power. Gravity is *not* a theory. It is Newton's *LAW* of gravity. However, after about 3,000 years, it is still called "the Pythagorean *theorem*". Don't y'all think it's about time we gave the old Greek his due, and called it "The Pythagorean Law"? For that matter, I would argue that it should now be considered Darwin's *theorem* of Evolution. I think it's about time to have an international scientific symposium to clarify the status of a lot of scientific principles, such as the *hypothesis* of intelligent design.
As far as atheist based music, it would be just as boring as Christian pop-
"I've seen the light , there is no absolute wrong or right.
There's not much difference between ape and man, 'cause no one in particular has a
plan.
So do your thing, love or hate, 'cause unless you think so, nothing is great.
So why be scared that nothing makes sense, It's all the result of random events."
In the end, I think it's really a matter of perspective. They tell me that in the nanosecond before the big bang, what eventually became 100 billion or so galaxies were crammed into a space far smaller than the head of a pin, but that isn't God?! It's not the belief in God that disturbs me, but rather the unsupported hypothesis that it's all about *us*, and that he cares for us. It'll be a while before that one becomes a theory.-Richie
}. Message songs aren't themselves necesarilly so much the problem for me, there are many great message songs that one may not read as such because the message is either subtle or is subservient to what is a great song. It's when putting forth the message takes precedence over the song that I get uppity. Despite being a christian, that's where so much christian rock of the last 45 years has fallen down for me, even though there's lots of stuff there that I like. And I'd say the same thing about alot of reggae of the 70s/80s. You can only say so much about slavery and racism before it gets boring. You can only say so much about sex a la Aerosmith before you think, 'change the record lads !'. You can only say so much about drugs before it becomes a sludge etc, etc. But the good ones.....I was surprized when I discovered "She's a woman", "Day tripper", "Got to get you into my life" and "She said She said" were drug songs, according to their authors. Good message songs are songs first....
