I encountered this band today, they seem interesting.

I have recently converted to atheism, which is why I stumbled upon them.

Here are some links:

http://www.reason.com/blog/show/117169.html
(This is what made me think them worth checking out).

http://www.thebastardfairies.com

The p2p connection is that they are keen to distribute their music, for
free, via whatever means anyone chooses. See the 2nd link. There is a
torrent running here:
http://isohunt.com/torrents/?ihq=bastard+fairies

It's great to see the net finally being used properly and cleverly to
promote music. I think the album could do with slightly slicker
production, but perhaps they will be able to get this if their profile
is raised.

How is everyone, by the way?

"anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message
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They spammed the Bjork newsgroup a while back, some ok tunes
not sure whats up with the butterfly boob artwork though.

Matt Ferrari wrote:
could see why Bjork fans might like them.

"anthonyberet" <nospam@me.invalid> wrote in message
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I kinda say spammed jokingly because while thats what it was, It wasn't real
obnoxious. the title said "have you heard of the bastard fairies yet?" and
then included the info in the post.

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:46:45 +0000, anthonyberet <nospam@me.invalid>
wrote:

It is impossible to "convert" to atheism since atheism is not only not
a religion, it is a rejection of religion. That's like saying you
joined nothing.

Brian Henderson wrote:
Hehee! I was think the same thing.
--
Shaun.

On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:26:37 +1300, "~yobbo~"
<misfit61nz@yahookers.com.au> wrote:

Damn fundamentalist atheists.
--

Julian Richards

www.richardsuk.f9.co.uk
Website of "Robot Wars" middleweight "Broadsword IV"

There is nothing an atheist cant do if he is really certain he doesnt
believe in anything

--
If at first you dont succeed
try try try again
If at first you do succeed
try not to look surprised

_
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AlmostBob wrote:
nothing, if you get me.

Brian Henderson wrote:
You are correct that atheism is not a religion.

A good line I saw on this theme today was 'atheism is a religion in the
same way that bare feet is a pair of shoes'.

However, a thing doesn't need to be a religion in order to be converted to.

It is possible to not be an atheist one day, and be one the next, as
happened to me. This is conversion in the way that bricks can be
converted into a house.

anthonyberet wrote:
Just curious, what religion did you espouse and what made you switch?

Fine here... and yourself?

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:19:15 +0000, anthonyberet <nospam@me.invalid>
wrote:

If atheism is a religion then bald is a hair color.

anthonyberet wrote:
However, it does have to have a set of rules or tenets.

God didn't give you that Ferrari?

No, it's 'putting bare feet on', to use your own analogy, a rather senseless
thing to say. (Let's try to stick with one analogy at a time huh? Becoming
an atheist has nothing to do with building anything*) It's not an act of
switching affiliation (such as changing shoes), it's the rejection of shoes.

Ponder the statement; "I believe in atheism". This is nonsensical, as
atheism, by definition, is the rejection of all religious belief. Therefore
it's not somethinmg that you convert to, rather you let go of your previous
beliefs. It is an act of rejection (of your previous beliefs) rather than
the embracing of something new.
--
Shaun. (Pagan extrordinaire)

*If anything, to use your bricks and house analogy, a religious person would
indeed use the bricks to construct something, such is the nature of the
beast, to create 'structure' out of chaos. An atheist would leave them as a
pile of bricks and consider them to be simply that, a random scattering of
bricks. (Or a neatly stacked pallet, whatever...)

Bastard faeries!!!!

~yobbo~ wrote:
as
Atheism is actually the disbelief in the existence of God/Gods. I'm not
sure that a religion necessarily needs a God in the top position, but it
is often the case, and I'm sure helps :-)

I don't see why you shouldn't convert to atheism, or conservatism, or
chocolates, nor do you need to let go of previous beliefs to become an
atheist. Can you not be born an atheist?

A Tramp wrote:
We are all born atheists, it's about the only time in our lives that we
aren't influenced by the beliefs of others. :-)
--
Shaun.

Atheism IS a religion, the most hypocritical known.



Religion is the wilful self-delusion about higher power(s) being the actual
arbiters of mankind and the universe.



This self-delusion is necessary to prevent oneself from realizing one's true
position in the universe, namely that a conscious mind is no more valuable
or meaningful that any other bit of matter in the universe, be it cow dung,
helium or coal.



Atheists wilfully remove that self-delusion (usually with great pride), even
claiming that the universe is a meaningless place, but never once realizing
where that leaves them.



It's really about who the arbiter, the assigner of meaning, is: for a
religious person it is God, even though there is no empirical evidence to
back it up; hence the wilful delusion.



For the atheist it is his himself, he is his own arbiter, master of all
morality and value. That flies in the face of evidence; he says that he
knows that he is no more valuable than any other piece of matter in the
materialistic universe, and yet continues to assign value to himself and his
actions anyways.



Which of these has the most reasonable position? (As if reason itself has
any value in a materialistic, godless universe.) Who is the greater
hypocrite?

Theophilus wrote:
You.
--
Shaun.

"~yobbo~" <misfit61nz@yahookers.com.au> wrote in message
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Good answer. Demonstrate.

Theophilus wrote:
Thanks but... Philoshophy and theology aren't my strongest suits. Now, if we
were discussing psychology....
--
Shaun.

"~yobbo~" <misfit61nz@yahookers.com.au> wrote in message
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Disappointing. I thought maybe you had grasped an essential truth, when in
fact you were just being a smartass. Oh well, to each his own.