l..sorry hun music is music..its the heart and the worship that plzes him ..sad thing how the old generation puts God in a box.....God loves variety ..we see that in all the things he made.. I do have to say as a person who is a prayer warrior thou ...when u do listen to metal that isnt about God and worshiping him there is demonic forces behind it...Im not even going to go into that ..just use wisdom and disernment..but if u do like metal ..theres christian metal bands too..
this is a good summary of the discussion. there's no point in this unless we have some sound bytes so each person knows what the other person is talking about. I might suggest though that if you, (the lady here) who listens to this music, which I don't, that this gives more focus to the discussion. I said before that I'm not making a moral judgment on anyone because of this-- the subject touched a nerve, because I played in a rock band in the 70's and was forced to play certain songs that i didn't feel fit into the style of music I wanted to play. Like songs with three chords that repeated in a weird chanting "vain repetitions" pattern. it was hypnotic, and, like some kind of dark-chant that I felt, like the nice lady here said, had a demonic sound to it, it disturbed me, and freaked me out. And, there was actually one instance on stage where something demonic seemed to happen. Both this lady here, and myself, seem to have this discernment regarding this.
So, I think there is a danger here, not necessarily with anyone here, but, maybe to people who are more susceptible, such as myself.
Again, I have no idea whatsoever what everyone is listening to. The person who was offended even said he had removed some stuff from his collection. This sister here just made a statement that she has run into issues with secular stuff, just like I did with music with a certain "sound" to it. I would argue that putting Christian words to something may or may not solve the danger. Like I said, we are talking about the air here, just guessing what everyone is talking about.
This is not meant to judge anyone's music, and it is IMPOSSIBLE to do that without listening to it. But, I think it's safe to say, that it is also IMPOSSIBLE to make a blanket statement that there's no problem at all. Just like my statement that it's all bad, was not realistic either.
this is what discernment is all about,and it applies to all areas of life, not just music.
and the 19 year old there that commented on ANY style of music can become an idol-- that's pretty good for a 19 year old, I have to say-- and this isn't directed towards metal music, but, anything in life can become an idol, and it doesn't sound like that is happening to anyone here--
Country music can become an idol--
Folk songs can become an idol--
Beethovens 5th can become an idol--
Arguing in a chat forum can become an idol--
Watching TV can become an idol--
Church can become an idol--
Celebrity worship can become an idol--
idols can become idols--
Sports can become idols--
Playing guitar in the living room-- yeah...that too;
I think that's about it...
Maybe the things I did or didn't do when I was younger--not necessarily music--that's why I rant in chat rooms at 4:00AM at my age-- so, it does matter;
My advice to younger people is-- forget the rat-race, materialism college nonsense; it just withers your heart, Universities have screwed up more people than you can imagine-- they burn out, and money can't buy enough-- like King Solomon; he had EVERYTHING the world could offer, and he was miserable.
If you can't find Jesus in your music-- get rid of it; any kind of music--
so, let's be on the lookout for idols--it seems to be a recurring problem since the Israelites--
NO ONE IS JUDGING YOU FOR YOUR MUSIC--JUST DISCUSSING MUSIC!!
sheesh...