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Spider of Destiny at 19:25, 2 July 2026

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Songs about religion or referencing religious topics

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Songs about religion or referencing religious topics

Spider of Destiny at 22:29, 7 June 2026

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Spider of Destiny at 14:44, 23 May 2026

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Jason.Kreitzer at 14:36, 30 December 2021

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Jason.Kreitzer at 14:42, 27 December 2021

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Jason.Kreitzer at 21:31, 8 December 2021

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Jason.Kreitzer at 17:45, 4 December 2021

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Jason.Kreitzer at 14:56, 27 October 2021

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← Older revision		Revision as of 19:25, 2 July 2026
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	* [[wikipedia:George Washington\|George Washington]]: "The United States is in no sense founded upon the Christian doctrine."		* [[wikipedia:George Washington\|George Washington]]: "The United States is in no sense founded upon the Christian doctrine."
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		+	==See also==
		+	* [[Nuns]]

	==Targets and topics==		==Targets and topics==

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 * [[Catholic Girls]]
 * [[Church Chat]]
-* [[Civilization Phase III]]: According to the liner notes, [[Jesus]] appears as a character.
+* [[Civilization Phaze III]]: According to the liner notes, [[Jesus]] appears as a character.
 * [[Cosmik Debris]]: ''"He said for a nominal service charge/I could reach nirvana tonight!"'' and ''"what kind of a guru are you anyway?"''
 * [[Cucamonga (The Track)]]: ''"Near a Holy-Roller Church"''

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 * [[Catholic Girls]]
 * [[Church Chat]]
 * [[Cosmik Debris]]: ''"He said for a nominal service charge/I could reach nirvana tonight!"'' and ''"what kind of a guru are you anyway?"''
 * [[Cucamonga (The Track)]]: ''"Near a Holy-Roller Church"''
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 * [[The Poodle Lecture]] mentions [[God]]
 * [[The Rejected Mexican Pope Leaves The Stage]]
-* [[Religious Superstition]]
+* [[Religious Superstition]]:
 * [[Sofa No. 2]] mentions God
 * [[Soft-Sell Conclusion]]: ''"Worshipping together in the church of your choice".''

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-__NOTOC__
+[[File:Jewish Princess and Catholic Girls.jpg|800px|thumb|right|Photo of Frank Zappa for The Berkeley Barb, 27 March-2 April, 1980. Photo credit: Dave Patrick.]]
 Zappa was raised as a Catholic, but later became an atheist.
 ''"When Dweezil was born, Gail decided to have 'natural childbirth.' At that time, the only hospital in Los Angeles that would allow this process to occur with a Dad in the delivery room was Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital. When it was time for the Big Delivery, we experienced a slight delay -- we had to fill out a mass of papers before they'd let us in, riddled with irrelevant questions like: "What religion are you?"''
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 Zappa was very critical of organized religion and the power and influence it has on politics and people. During the 1980s he wrote several satirical songs bashing televangelists [[Jerry Falwell]], [[Robert Tilton]], [[Pat Robertson]], [[Jim Bakker]] and [[Jimmy Swaggart]].
 But, despite his objections against organized religion and the fact that he didn't believe in [[God]] or [[Jesus]], he tolerated religious people.

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 ''"They tried to make me go to Catholic school, too. I lasted a very short time. When the penguin came after me with a ruler, I was out of there. (...)I still went to church regularly, though, until I was eighteen years old. Then suddenly, the light bulb went on over my head. All the mindless mobidity and discipline was pretty sick – bleeding this, painful that and no meat on Friday. What is this shit? (...) Well, I think it was possible to do what I've done only because I escaped the bondage of being a devout believer. To be a good member of the congregation, ultimately you have to stop thinking. The essence of Christianity is told to us in the Garden of Eden story. The fruit that was forbidden was on the tree of knowledge. The subtext is, All the suffering you have is because you wanted to find out what was going on. You could still be in the Garden of Eden if you had just kept your fucking mouth shut and hadn't asked any questions."''  ([[Frank Zappa. Interview in Playboy]], 1993)
-But, despite his objections against organized religion and the fact that he didn't believe in God or Jesus, he tolerated religious people.
+But, despite his objections against organized religion and the fact that he didn't believe in [[God]] or [[Jesus]], he tolerated religious people.
 ''"One of the misconceptions about evangelicals in the U.S. is that they're all as extreme as Swaggart, Falwell and Robertson. They're not. Most of them just want to worship at their local church. They don't give a shit about those guys on television -- they think they're clowns and that what they do cheapens everyone's religious experience. On this, we definitely agree."'' — [[Biography|Frank Zappa]], ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]''.</div>
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 * [[A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes]]
 * [[Penis Dimension]] ''"Weird twisted anxieties that could force a person to become (...) a Jesuit monk."''
-* [[The Poodle Lecture]] mentions God
+* [[The Poodle Lecture]] mentions [[God]]
 * [[The Rejected Mexican Pope Leaves The Stage]]
 * [[Religious Superstition]]
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 * [[Dio Fa]]
 * [[Faith]]
 * [[Billy Graham]]
 * [[Hare Rama]]
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 * [[Pope Paul VI]]
 * [[Salvation For Sale]]
 * [[Warning/Guarantee-Sticker]]
 * [[The World Church]]
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 ==Quotes==
-In [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]], in the chapter ''"Church & State"'', Zappa printed several quotes by famous people who claim they don't believe in God or believe that Church and government should remain separate.
+In ''[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]'', in the chapter ''"Church & State"'', Zappa printed several quotes by famous people who claim they don't believe in [[God]] or believe that Church and government should remain separate.
 * [[wikipedia:Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson]] - "It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature."

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 * [[Billy Graham]]
 * [[Hare Rama]]
 * [[Holy Terror]]
 * [[L. Ron Hoover]]

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 ''Gail looked at me and said, "What do we put?" I said, "Musician."''''   (FZ in [[The Real Frank Zappa Book]], page 216.)
-Zappa was very critical of organized religion and the power and influence it has on politics and people. During the 1980s he wrote several satirical songs about the Moral Majority and televangelists like [[Jerry Falwell]], [[Robert Tilton]], [[Pat Robertson]], [[Jim Bakker]] and [[Jimmy Swaggart]].
+Zappa was very critical of organized religion and the power and influence it has on politics and people. During the 1980s he wrote several satirical songs bashing televangelists [[Jerry Falwell]], [[Robert Tilton]], [[Pat Robertson]], [[Jim Bakker]] and [[Jimmy Swaggart]].
 ''"They tried to make me go to Catholic school, too. I lasted a very short time. When the penguin came after me with a ruler, I was out of there. (...)I still went to church regularly, though, until I was eighteen years old. Then suddenly, the light bulb went on over my head. All the mindless mobidity and discipline was pretty sick – bleeding this, painful that and no meat on Friday. What is this shit? (...) Well, I think it was possible to do what I've done only because I escaped the bondage of being a devout believer. To be a good member of the congregation, ultimately you have to stop thinking. The essence of Christianity is told to us in the Garden of Eden story. The fruit that was forbidden was on the tree of knowledge. The subtext is, All the suffering you have is because you wanted to find out what was going on. You could still be in the Garden of Eden if you had just kept your fucking mouth shut and hadn't asked any questions."''  ([[Frank Zappa. Interview in Playboy]], 1993)
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 * [[Dio Fa]]
 * [[Faith]]
 * [[Hare Rama]]
 * [[Holy Rollers]]
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 * [[Israel]]
 * [[Jerusalem]]
 * [[Mohammed]]
 * [[Keith Moon]] plays a nun in [[200 Motels (The Film)]]
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 * [[Mother, Mary 'n Jozef]]
 * [[Once A Catholic]]
 * [[Salvation For Sale]]
 * [[Warning/Guarantee-Sticker]]

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 * [[wikipedia:Thomas Paine|Thomas Paine]] - "I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church."
-* [[wikipedia:George Washington|George Washington]]
+* [[wikipedia:George Washington|George Washington]]: "The United States is in no sense founded upon the Christian doctrine."
 ==Targets and topics==

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 Zappa was raised as a Catholic, but later became an atheist.
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 * [[Brown Moses]]
 * [[Church of American Secular Humanism]]
 * [[Quentin Robert DeNameland]]
 * [[The Devil (CC)]]