What's the Christian argument against rock music?

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  1. AndrogynousMale

    AndrogynousMale Active Member

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    We've all heard of those loony Christians who rail on about rock music being evil, but aside from the obvious satanic image in many bands, what convincing argument do they have against rock music? Some of them don't even like Christian rock.

    Is it because rock music is exciting and of the world compared to hymns, which are slow and boring, kind of like worship?

    Tell me what the argument against rock music is.
     
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    I have promised not to over-generalize about atheists, so I think you guys should stop these kinds of threads, because you're doing it too.
     
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    generalizations (or not) aside, AM appears to be genuinly interested in the answer. In fact, I'd like to know, too. I COULD generalize and suggest it's a patriarchal attempt to prevent girls from getting exciteable (and thereby causing the fall of civilisation - according to cupid dave), but hey, happy to stand corrected :)
     
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    Isn't this thread outdated by at least 50 years? The last time I went to a "rock-and-roll" concert I was the youngest guy there, and I'm 47. Its been a very long time since older people disapproved of rock-and-roll.
     
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    If I remember right from when I was a kid....

    ...rock music leads to smoking cigarettes, smoking cigarettes leads to playing dungeons and dragons, playing dungeons and dragons leads to you growing your hair long, growing your hair long leads to getting your legs chopped off by your mentor in an epic light saber and lava battle in one of the worst reinventions of cinematic history...and then you burn in hell for all eternity. That's sounds about right. :blankstare:
     
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    Let 's all sing

     
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    My guess is that it's an old remnant from the times when rock was new and conservatives (in the old sense of the word, concerned with resistance to change) were afraid of what it might lead to.
     
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    When I was a kid, I could only listen to Christian music. I was a fan of Bryan Duncan before he basically was scolded for making his Christian music too upbeat. It was basically pop music for Christians. Wasn't even hard at all. I remember my grandma coming over when I had it on and frowned and said, "this man will have to answer to god for making music like this."

    I thought she was a little crazy for that. People don't like change, so they demonize it. When rock was young, the older generation was scared (*)(*)(*)(*)less of this new music that was being listened to by younger people who were pushing the limit with society. They were more open with sexuality and drinking, and rock music was blamed. A lot of Christians ended up in a frenzy about it, because anything different and anything that is associated with "sinful" behavior, must be satanic and must be controlled. It was ridiculous how far they went, trying to decipher backwards satanic messages in songs - messages that didn't even exist, because it's physically impossible to put in reversed vocals and not hear them while it's being played forward. You can't have a recording that says something in one direction and something else in the opposite direction. But hey, since when did science matter to these people?



    What is "heavy loud?" Music is neither loud nor quiet. Your speakers are either loud or quiet, and genre is completely irrelevant. I could make my ears bleed by listening to praise music really loud or listen to death metal really quiet. And I don't recall the commandment "thou shalt not crank it to 11." I'm not even sure if you're being serious or not, given your post history.
     
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    Well there were a couple of factors. First rock n roll was a music form based entirely from black culture. Therefore immediately invalid in 'some' eyes. Rock n Roll was also slang among blacks for having sex

    Modern music, after the mid 50's use rhythmic patterns that closely mimic multiples of heart rates. This has a natural effect of exciting' people and encouraging them dance and generally rabble rouse.

    From personal experience, and possibly related to the above. Some girls seem to become sexually excited by being exposed to the live playing modern music. It was common practice to bring a prospective sexual partner to rehearsal ;)
     
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    In theory, sure. In practice, not so much.
     
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    A truck - a tank - an aeroplane - bombs ...

    Not?

    My speakers are very well balanced.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnI6MuVFo54
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIOcW5UGnjQ

    Lots of people are killing their abilities to hear with loud music. That's a danger.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnCKCtz4OQw
     
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    Boredom is merely the emptiness one feels after the previous distraction has lost its luster, which yields a compulsion to seek out a new distraction which perpetuates the cycle of futile ego-aggrandizement until death...so obviously it has nothing to do with worship.
     
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    Depends on the group of Christians. I know some that say that any non-Christian music is wrong. I know others that say that the rhythms of rock and roll encourage sex. As a Catholic Christian, I have no problem with it.
     
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    Some of the lunatic fringe believe it is of the devil. Been told things like Metal is evil because it uses the devil's tri-tone. Heck if you are a fan of Classical music you have heard the tri-tone as it is very dark and melodic.
     
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    Tell my any Christian other than some paranoid loon like Jack Chick who is still against "rock music"

    Some Christians might have a problem with music that promotes ideas that they find morally offensive - but that wouldn't be specific to "rock music".
     
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    Ah yeah....

    Ah I am a Christian. I have never heard one of my colleagues say anything about rock music, in fact we listen to it all the time.

    What is this about anyway?

    I mean we have a rock band in our church....

    Where do people get these absurd ideas?

    John Le Hooker and Van Morrison ...or yeah
     
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    Here are two Christian men singing a Christian song...and while I agree it may not be pure rock, there is HEAVY blues influence..

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhzvSeYZ-Lc

    So please, where is this all Christians are against rock music?


    Listener warning: This song uses words that may offend certain individuals.
     
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    See bold


    That is incorrect.

    Rock and roll as it was termed was a blend of Negro spiritual [Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison], a lot of country and a its signature back beat from a Chicago jazz movement.

    The rest of your argument vaporizes as rock music has become a mainstay of worship and community as much in the Christian world as anywhere.
     
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    No I am not. Rock and Roll was virtually exclusive to 12 bar blues for its signature sound.
     
  22. elijah

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    Well, I'm a huge fan of Iron Maiden, Ac/DC, Metallica, Pantera etc, I used to be a big "Danzig" fan but he's too blatant for me now. Also my assoc. pastor who I'm good friends with listens to the local classic rock station. Also the Pastor of "Mars Hill" church in Seattle Washington listens to "classic rock". You should look him up, he's really cool. He hates "contemporary Christianity", and all things associated with it. Here's a good clip on him, its the "angry" rant.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6_3Va-X1pk
     
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    arent you the wild one, then.
     
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    I don't know about wild. I'm 45, so wild is probably a little passed me at this point, but maybe a little unorthodox.
     
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    It is called a volume knob. If it is too loud, you turn it down.

    Regardless of the genre.

    Is it that hard to figure out?
     

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