I take your point, though I guess for “atheist hymns”, or the closest things theirof, perhaps the first place to look would be Filk music? There’re very very very few professional filkers, and most Filk is with untrained voices and so on, and has to be appreciated as just as it is, just for fun… but there’s some good stuff too… Fire in the Sky, Hope Eyerie, etc.. (at least in my view)
One in particular that formed more or less out of the composer’s frustration with a Young Earth Creationist is actually pretty good… perhaps one of the nicest attacks on YEC around, specifically “Word of God”
I take your point, though I guess for “atheist hymns”, or the closest things theirof, perhaps the first place to look would be Filk music? There’re very very very few professional filkers, and most Filk is with untrained voices and so on, and has to be appreciated as just as it is, just for fun… but there’s some good stuff too… Fire in the Sky, Hope Eyerie, etc.. (at least in my view)
One in particular that formed more or less out of the composer’s frustration with a Young Earth Creationist is actually pretty good… perhaps one of the nicest attacks on YEC around, specifically “Word of God”
The ones I mentioned are at http://www.prometheus-music.com/eli/virtual.htm (Surprise! is just plain fun though! dunno about deep artistic merit, it’s just fun. :))
Of course, tastes vary...