How One Small Religion Changed Prince
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How One Small Religion Changed Prince
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How One Small Religion Changed Prince
The world is shocked by the sudden death of Prince at the young age of 57. As we come to terms with his passing we also face a new realization: that the artist responsible for some of the most powerfully seductive songs of the 20th century died a deeply religious man. One of his generation’s greatest artists—the man responsible for songs like “Sexy MF” and “Jack U Off”—died a fervent member of a marginalized and often derided sect.
In some ways Prince was always religious. He was raised a Seventh-day Adventist and frequently attended an African-American congregation in Glendale City. He claimed as a child, and maintained until his death, that an angel had cured him of epilepsy. It was only in 2001, though, that he became a Jehovah’s Witness.
His conversion was inspired by a two-year conversation with songwriter-bassist Larry Graham (of Sly and the Family Stone fame). Prince described it more as an awakening than a conversion, likening his experience to that of Neo in The Matrix. But Prince surely behaved like a convert: his religion permeated every aspect of his life. He not only attended meetings at a local Kingdom Hall, he occasionally knocked on doors proselytizing to others. A Jewish couple in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, once reported that they found Prince on their doorstep clutching a Bible.
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How One Small Religion Changed Prince
The world is shocked by the sudden death of Prince at the young age of 57. As we come to terms with his passing we also face a new realization: that the artist responsible for some of the most powerfully seductive songs of the 20th century died a deeply religious man. One of his generation’s greatest artists—the man responsible for songs like “Sexy MF” and “Jack U Off”—died a fervent member of a marginalized and often derided sect.
In some ways Prince was always religious. He was raised a Seventh-day Adventist and frequently attended an African-American congregation in Glendale City. He claimed as a child, and maintained until his death, that an angel had cured him of epilepsy. It was only in 2001, though, that he became a Jehovah’s Witness.
His conversion was inspired by a two-year conversation with songwriter-bassist Larry Graham (of Sly and the Family Stone fame). Prince described it more as an awakening than a conversion, likening his experience to that of Neo in The Matrix. But Prince surely behaved like a convert: his religion permeated every aspect of his life. He not only attended meetings at a local Kingdom Hall, he occasionally knocked on doors proselytizing to others. A Jewish couple in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, once reported that they found Prince on their doorstep clutching a Bible.
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"The man responsible for songs like Sexy MF and Jack U Off—died a fervent member of a marginalized and often derided sect."
Yes well that certainly smacks of religious fervor, doesn't it?
Yes well that certainly smacks of religious fervor, doesn't it?
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Nobody is above certain contradictions
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Yes they are.
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From one weird cult into another...
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Yeah, Seventh-day Adventist or Jehova's Witness, all the same. Why not become Mormon? You get more babes and all men are some kind of bishops.
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If everybody is a bishop, then nobody really is, plus rememeber, beship means 'overseer'... nice culture of constant spying they have there.
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What is it with bishops and actresses?
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Each congregation has a bishop and his two wizzards. It should not be too hard to get there and have all the babes.Svartalf wrote:If everybody is a bishop, then nobody really is, plus rememeber, beship means 'overseer'... nice culture of constant spying they have there.
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