"Post"al Service 4: American Pie

-God and the Universe

• God is in control of the universe. "do you have faith in God above."
• Yes. God created it

-Humanity and Identity

• looking for happiness or looking for "the music"
• Dual
• same as our world now. God still has the majority power. "three men i admire most: the father, son, and the holy ghost, they caught the last train for the coast."

-Conflict and Suffering

• "girl who sang the blues....asked her for some happy news....smiled and turned away."
• flawed because "the church bells all were broken"

-Hope and Redemption

• "Can music save your mortal soul."
• "A generation lost in space with no time left to start again."

-Values and Relationships

• "them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye"
• we prize the music, however if the music dies then we are hopeless

-Truth and Knowledge and Reality

• "Satan laughing with delight the day the music died"
• reality is that the music has died and all hope is gone.

The worldview of American Pie is secular humanist because the people rely on the music as their god. However it dies so they die because they denied God and believed in the music.