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| From | "Lee Elliott" <pop@anotherplanet.ca> |
| Subject | Re: Jesus Walkin' On The Water.... |
| Date | Fri, 9 Jan 2004 09:34:04 -0600 |
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>Lee said:
>
>"I would not listen to a band that had an album with ten songs
advocating
>becoming a junkie, telling kids at their shows between songs to become
>junkies, and handing out literature after to teach the proper way to be
a
>junkie. But if a junkie writes a realistic song about the hell being a
>junkie put him/her through - I might buy that.
>
>You could substitute 'christian' for 'junkie' - and the above statement
>would still be true (for me)."
>
>I say:
>
>Bingo.
>
>It's the monothematic-only-thing-you-ever-eat-sing-or-breathe and
>you're-wrong-if-you-don't-eat-sleep-or-breath-about it the same way and
>boy-if-we-could-only-make-everyone-else-be-just-like-us that gets in
the
>way of any obsession music for me (Christian or otherwise).
>Jaimie Said:
>
>Substituting the Christian aesthetic with that of a "junkie" doesn't
work as
>an analogy....unless you're talking about the underlying motivation for
both
>-- the search for salvation.
That's kinda the point - the original post thought it was odd that some
people were offended by CCM, but not bothered by other subject matter.
And though that other subject matter might be offensive, my argument
against some CCM - is the overt recruitment aspect of it. It's designed
for a purpose. Glorification of drugs and violence can be harmfull, but
does not have the institutional feel of a worship album. So I din't
think the comparison is justified, or a double standard. Just trying to
accurately state my reason for not liking a very particular kind of
lyric.
Lee
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