#faithless

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Faithless - Insomnia 1995

"Insomnia" was released as the second single off of Faithless' debut album Reverence (1996), and became one of their most successful songs. It has, dare I say, one of the most famous drops of its era.

It was originally released in 1995 and reached number 27 on the UK Singles Chart, topping the UK Dance Chart in the process. "Insomnia" reached number one in Finland, Norway and Switzerland. Additionally, it managed to climb into the Top 10 also in Austria, Belgium (number 2), Denmark, France, Germany (number 2), Iceland, Ireland, Scotland, and Sweden, as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it hit number 3. Reverence reached number 26 on the UK Albums Chart. The single also reached the top spot on the RPM Dance Chart in Canada and the Billboard Dance Club Songs in the US, number 16 in Australia and number 39 in New Zealand. After Maxi Jazz's death in December 2022, "Insomnia" charted at number four on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.

MTV Dance placed "Insomnia" at number 22 in their list of "The 100 Biggest 90's Dance Anthems Of All Time" in November 2011. It was voted by Mixmag readers as the fifth "Greatest Dance Record of All Time" in 2013. It was certified triple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in 2023.

Faithless member Rollo is the brother of singer-songwriter Dido, featured on poll #120.

"Insomnia" received a total of 43,9% yes votes. :'(

#finished #high votes #low yes #high no #90s #faithless

[thewindowofthesummerhouse]

kris anka

#kris anka #illustrations #surreal #macabre #horror #dark #faithless

[babsi-and-stella]

Marianne Faithfull photographed by George Richardson, August 1978.

#Marianne Faithfull #George Richardson #70s #seventies #new wave #punk #Faithless #vintage #fashion #photoshoot #black and white

[pilcrow00b6]

Amethyst Nether Portal

#this is a minecraft account now #minecraft #minecraft build #mineblr #faithless #rethinking voxels #minecraft nether

[derangedrhythms]

The man’s fingers on her wrist. A question, yet also a claim. Like touching a lighted match to flammable material.

Joyce Carol Oates, Faithless: Tales of Transgression; from ‘Summer Sweat’

#joyce carol oates #faithless #summer sweat #prose #b

[gennsoup]

"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens."

J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

#JRR Tolkien #The Fellowship of the Ring #The Lord of the Rings #hardship #faithless #strength #British literature #fantasy #fantasy literature #fantasy novel #high fantasy #Middle Earth #LOTR #quotes #quotes blog #literary quotes #literature quotes #literature #book quotes #Tolkien

[litsnaps]

#literature #quotes #Joyce Carol Oates #Faithless #quote #lit #books #words

[hauntedbythenarrative]

On loneliness as hunger

The Lonely City, Olivia Laing//Alive at the End of the World, Saeed Jones//Faithless, Joyce Carol Oates

#web weaving #mine #quotes #parallels #words #poetry #loneliness #hunger #hurting #hurt #starvation #teeth #olivia laing #joyce carol oates #saeed jones #alive at the end of the world #faithless #the lonely city #lonely #loneliness as hunger

[god-knows-ive-tried]

i was never religious but something about getting older makes me crave faith

book excerpts from acts of service by lillian fishman

#girlblogging #female hysteria #girl interrupted syndrome #manic pixie dream girl #catholic core #religious imagery #tw religious themes #faithless

[litandlifequotes]

Loneliness is like starvation: you don’t realize how hungry you are until you begin to eat.

Faithless: Tales of Transgression by Joyce Carol Oates

#joyce carol oates #faithless #book #book quote #quote #words #reading

[sliebman10]

Faithless

"Moony, what is this nonsense?” Sirius asked, as he flipped through a book on Remus’s shelf.

“I’m going to need you to be more specific.” Remus said, not looking up from his Charms homework.

“O faithless coward! O dishonest wretch! Wilt thou be made a man out of my vice?” Sirius read, haltingly, from the book.

“Oh…you picked up my Complete Works of Shakespeare?”

“Why do you even have this Muggle gibberish?”

Remus rolled his eyes. “Purebloods. I swear. Shakespeare is only one of the most famous authors…like ever.”

“Well…I don’t know what he’s trying to say.”

Remus took the book from him and moved closer to Sirius. “But soft, what light from yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Sirius is the sun.” Sirius watched him closely but didn’t interrupt. “Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon, already sick and pale with grief.”

Sirius bit his lip. “I don’t know how you make that sound hot, Moonshine,” he whispered, huskily.

“Magic,” Remus said, kissing him.

@wolfstarmicrofic

#wolfstar #sirius black #remus lupin #wolfstar microfic #faithless #remus reciting Shakespeare is hot

[rezime]

farewell ~

#maxi jazz #faithless

[thewindowofthesummerhouse]

Maria Llovet

#Maria Llovet #illustrations #surreal #macabre #horror #dark #faithless

[babsi-and-stella]

Marianne Faithfull photographed by Adrian Boot, 1978.

#Marianne Faithfull #Adrian Boot #70s #seventies #Faithless #photoshoot #colour #vintage #fashion #make up #smile

[exvangelicalrage]

I Might Be Wrong

5/31/23

christians use the word "faith" a lot. It's one of the fruits of the spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Unfortunately, I have that list memorized. 

I lived by the fruits of the spirit as a teenager. There were a lot of rules given by the church about who I should be, but fewer rules in the bible, at least ones that made sense. But this was a list I could get behind: character traits I could work on developing that would make me both a good candidate for heaven, and a good wife and mother. 

Gross.

Anyway, in a recent interview I gave, the interviewer asked me to explain my current theological stance, since I had identified myself as an exvangelical. I explained that I prefer "agnostic," although it certainly wouldn't offend me if someone called me atheist. And when he asked me why I had chosen agnostic over atheist, I found myself surprised by my own response. I said something along the lines of, "Well, if you think about it, atheism requires just as much faith as christianity. christians must have unshakeable faith that god exists; atheists have to have just as much faith that god doesn't exist. Neither is provable." 

And then I said, to my own surprise: "Ultimately, I just try to stay as far away from faith as possible."

I was surprised because of how true it was.

If I can't have faith in god, I also can't have faith in no god.

Do I think the christian god exists? Obviously not. But atheism requires the belief that "No god exists," which is also something I can't confidently commit to. Especially when you look at the broad expanse of the word "god." It's been used in so many ways over the millennia. Even the bible says, "you shall have no other gods before me" which implies the presence of other gods—and whether they are actual or made up or metaphorical doesn't really matter. It still falls under the definition of "god." Not to mention, plenty of people use the term "god" to mean something like "universal consciousness" which... isn't impossible, as far as I can see. 

You know how they say that the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference? I think the same is true of christianity. The opposite of christianity is not atheism—it's agnosticism.

Ask a christian how they know their god is the True god, as opposed to, for example, Allah or Zeus or Ra, and inevitably they will get around to saying, "I have faith."

Cool. 

I don't. 

I don't have faith. 

That is not a thing I have. 

And I never will have it—not in the christian god, not in the muslim god, not in any of the myriad gods who have risen and fallen throughout history. Nor even in the lack of god. I don't even have faith in physics! Damn physicists keep changing our understanding of the foundational framework of the universe! It's great, don't get me wrong. But definitely worth holding onto a little disbelief, even in things that are supposedly True.

After I said I stayed as far away from faith as possible, the interviewer then said to me, "Well, you must have some faith in something. How else do you ride in airplanes?"

But the thing is, I don't need faith to ride in airplanes. I have my understanding of physics. I have the evidence of mine own eyes. I have a mind that I can use to understand to the best of my ability. It's not perfect. But it is better than nothing, which is all christianity has.

You could make the argument that I must have faith in something, because that's just what it means to be human, and I can't know everything about everything all the time. I wouldn't disagree with you. 

I also wouldn't agree. 

I'd stay solidly somewhere in the bounds of "maybe."

Perhaps some version of faith in something is an inevitable part of life. 

But I definitely don't have to have blind faith. I don't have to have stupid faith. I don't have to have immoral faith.

I do not have to have faith in a god who never deigned to honor me with his presence, nor logic, nor reason, nor answers. 

I do not have to have faith in a god who in one moment condemns entire cities to death, and in the next professes his profound love for humans.

I do not have to have faith in a god who lets children die for no fucking reason, and forces women to bear the children of their rapists, and who would chop a woman into pieces because of the sins of men. 

Who would command a man to kill a child to prove his "faith."

I do not have to have faith. Faith is taught, learned. And it can be unlearned. 

Ultimately, I may never be able to fully reject every modicum of faith. But this isn't about having a black and white answer. It's about an approach to life. Anytime I stumble across a bubble of faith hiding away somewhere in my brain, I beat it with a stick (aka knowledge), until either it disintegrates, or turns into a fuzzy cloud of "I don't know and that's okay."

It's okay to not know. It's okay to be wrong. But I don't have to give in to faith either. Instead, I can accept the gray area. I don't need faith. I simply need to be willing to continually learn, and willing to admit that I might be wrong.

"This is a question I do not have an answer for," I will say. "But I have made this choice anyway. I might be wrong. But it's okay."

#faith #atheist #atheism #agnostic #agnosticism #christianity #lack of faith #disbelief #fruits of the spirit #exchristian #ex christian #exvangelical #ex religious #exreligious #deconstruction #unlearning #its okay to be wrong #faithless #faithfulness #indoctrination #christian cult #cult

[jimmyjampots]

Same…

#faithless #insomnia #I can’t get no sleep