{"id":42199,"date":"2025-03-17T16:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T16:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=42199"},"modified":"2025-03-17T16:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T16:15:09","slug":"iconoclastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2025\/03\/17\/iconoclastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconoclastic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XI\/Iconoclastic-0.mp3\">Iconoclastic-0.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XI\/Iconoclastic-0.mp4\">Iconoclastic-0.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XI\/Iconoclastic-I.mp3\">Iconoclastic-I.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XI\/Iconoclastic-I.mp4\">Iconoclastic-I.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XI\/Iconoclastic-Unplugged-Underground-XVI.mp3\">Iconoclastic-Unplugged-Underground-XVI.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XI\/Iconoclastic-Unplugged-Underground-XVI.mp4\">Iconoclastic-Unplugged-Underground-XVI.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XI\/Iconoclastic-Unplugged.mp3\">Iconoclastic-Unplugged.mp3<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XI\/Iconoclastic-Unplugged.mp4\">Iconoclastic-Unplugged.mp4<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/XI\/Iconoclastic-intro.mp3\">Iconoclastic-intro.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nIs your belief<br \/>\nThat no man<br \/>\nCan bring grief<br \/>\nSure he can<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nMore powerful than God<br \/>\n(Do you find it odd)<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re recreating<br \/>\n(Into devastating)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nOh, at last<br \/>\n(Iconoclast)<br \/>\nGonna blow your mind<br \/>\n(About being our kind)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nImpending end times<br \/>\nDue to man&#8217;s crimes<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s no such role<br \/>\nAs divine control<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nMore powerful than God<br \/>\n(Do you find it odd)<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re recreating<br \/>\n(Into devastating)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nOh, at last<br \/>\n(Iconoclast)<br \/>\nGonna blow your mind<br \/>\n(About being our kind)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nMore powerful than God<br \/>\n(Do you find it odd)<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re recreating<br \/>\n(Into devastating)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nOh, at last<br \/>\n(Iconoclast)<br \/>\nCan&#8217;t outlast<\/p>\n<p>A SCIENCE NOTE<br \/>\nSome Evangelical Christians&#8217; skepticism toward climate change is influenced by their theological beliefs, particularly in God&#8217;s omnipotence and sovereignty over creation. Key factors contributing to this perspective include:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"259\"><strong data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"259\">1. Divine Control Over Nature<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"261\" data-end=\"664\">Many Evangelicals believe that God exercises complete control over natural events, including the climate. This conviction leads to the perception that human activities are unlikely to alter the climate significantly, as such changes would fall under divine jurisdiction. Consequently, they may view efforts to mitigate climate change as questioning God&#8217;s authority.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"666\" data-end=\"693\"><strong data-start=\"666\" data-end=\"693\">2. Eschatological Views<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"695\" data-end=\"1089\">Certain Evangelical doctrines emphasize an impending end times scenario, where environmental degradation is seen as a precursor to divine intervention or the Second Coming of Christ. This eschatological outlook can result in a diminished emphasis on environmental stewardship, as believers may perceive ecological decline as aligning with prophetic events.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1091\" data-end=\"1126\"><strong data-start=\"1091\" data-end=\"1126\">3. Belief in Earth&#8217;s Resilience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1128\" data-end=\"1484\">Some Evangelicals assert that Earth, as God&#8217;s creation, possesses inherent resilience and self-regulating mechanisms. This belief leads to skepticism regarding the fragility of the environment and doubts about human capacity to cause irreversible harm, thereby reducing the perceived urgency to address climate change.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1486\" data-end=\"1525\"><strong data-start=\"1486\" data-end=\"1525\">4. Distrust of Scientific Consensus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1527\" data-end=\"1835\">A segment of the Evangelical community harbors skepticism toward scientific findings that appear to conflict with their scriptural interpretations. This distrust can extend to climate science, leading to the dismissal of evidence supporting anthropogenic climate change.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1837\" data-end=\"2023\">These theological and ideological factors contribute to a complex landscape where certain Evangelical Christians are less inclined to acknowledge or address human-induced climate change.<\/p>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;<a href=\"\/songwriter\/tag\/radical\/\">Radical<\/a>&#8220;<\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iconoclastic-0.mp3 Iconoclastic-0.mp4 Iconoclastic-I.mp3 Iconoclastic-I.mp4 Iconoclastic-Unplugged-Underground-XVI.mp3 Iconoclastic-Unplugged-Underground-XVI.mp4 Iconoclastic-Unplugged.mp3 Iconoclastic-Unplugged.mp4 Iconoclastic-intro.mp3 [Verse 1] Is your belief That no man Can bring grief Sure he can [Chorus] More powerful than God (Do you find it odd) We&#8217;re recreating (Into devastating) [Bridge] Oh, at last (Iconoclast) Gonna blow your mind (About being our kind) [Verse 2] Impending end times [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[163,2477],"class_list":["post-42199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daniel","category-lyrics","tag-climate-change","tag-radical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42199"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42210,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42199\/revisions\/42210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}