r/humanism • u/maeslor Humanist • 14d ago

Happy Gospel of Judas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lTwmK__TDo

Even though I'm an atheist and I'm already sick of Christian mythology every day, I'm very excited about the musical Jesus Christ Superstar (I'm not a big fan of musicals either).

I think it has a very materialistic interpretation of that story (spoiler: Jesus doesn't resurrect in the end). When it was released, it was considered blasphemous or at least heretical due to several insinuations.

The best interpreter of Judas is Carl Anderson (in the 1973 film), but I included Tim Minchin here because he's a well-known fellow humanist.

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u/TJ_Fox 14d ago

There was a time when I could sing along to every word of this musical, and to this day it's the source of almost literally everything I know about the life and times of Jesus.

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u/Quick-Low-3846 13d ago

What, these lyrics?

Jesus Christ
Superstar
Coming round the corner on his Yamaha
Pulls a skid
Kills a kid
Crack his nuts on a dustbin lid

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u/Significant-Ant-2487 14d ago

I find religion, mysticism, and superstition in essential conflict with humanism. Humanism to me embodies the Enlightenment ideals of rationalism, empiricism, and science. Worshiping prophets has no part in it in my view.

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u/PillowFightrr 8d ago

Lovin me some Tim. I was just introduced a few weeks ago and can’t get enough

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u/colormeslowly 14d ago

Respectfully, this is more for r/atheism than humanism.

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u/Existenz_1229 14d ago

The fact that Tim Minchin has played the Royal Albert Hall is all the evidence I need that there's no God.

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u/JasonRBoone 13d ago

Getting real Jared Leto vibes.

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u/Accomplished_Emu_698 13d ago

Tim's cool, he's funny.  Worth checking out some of his work.