I just found an interesting article on slate.com. They have created a Reincarnation Machine to determine who you were in past lives. All you have to do is type in your birthdate. However, it is not a new idea because I thought of it a long time ago. Instead of letting them have all of the glory, I have reblogged the post where this idea originated.
The Highwaymen came up on my iPod. That was an 80s country super group consisting of Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash. In the 80s, each of them were legends. Now, they are icons. When they first recorded together, there wasn’t a name for the group. Then, “The Highwayman“, one of their first songs, went to Number One.
That was the song that came up on my iPod. I hadn’t heard it in a while, but the words were still familiar enough for me to remember. As the song played and I sang along, I began to think about its subject matter – reincarnation. Then, I realized that there was once another hit country song about a reincarnation-like theme. That was “El Paso City” by Marty Robbins. It went to Number One in the 70s.
These were two songs by major artists that…
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I’m commenting here because I read this first time around and believe I commented there too. While I agree most country music fans would never approve of it on principle thinking reincarnation is inherently anti-Christian (it isn’t and it isn’t anti-Jewish, either), there is one truth that hasn’t changed. On the whole, people neither hear or nor understand the lyrics of the songs they claim to enjoy. They would like or not like the same songs with the same lack of understanding they displayed in the past. Times change. Imbeciles do not.
Absolutely true. People go around singing songs and never realize what is coming out of their mouths.
People go on Facebook and rant. Do they even understand what they say?
I’m not a fan of Facebook. It causes more problems than it solves.
Me neither. A lot of the problem ARE the ranters.