Thursday, December 6, 2007

Something is definetly wrong

I've discovered quite a growing trend on the internet. A lot of Christians seem to be waging Jihad on all Christian bands that don't measure up too their own idea of what "Good Christians" should and should not be doing. A quick jaunt thru your most convenient Christian message boards will show people denouncing everyone from P.O.D to Amy Grant. Whats wrong with this? People's personal convictions/opinions seem to turn into Holy Writ and when someone does not have the same opinions well then by golly, that just ain't Christian! They then use shaky biblical references to back up their backwards thinking, or give broad and generalized examples of what is so offensive, all the while completely ignoring any evidence to the contrary. They'll latch on to a quasi-offensive thing and blow that up into what, in their minds what must be a prime example of whats is "terrible sin". This occasionally goes into the extreme, people saying that they cant possibly be Christians because of this and that and because so and so said this word or that phrase however off-handed or tongue in cheek.

Its fascinating that the same person who is denouncing the actions of one person may be the same one who flips off other drivers while cusses like a sailor when in bad traffic, or has a pornography addiction or gossips etc. Mathew 7: 3-5 says this:
3"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

IF the artist is being blatantly sinful ( Promiscuity drug/alcohol addiction etc) then saying I love Jesus while on stage, then yes call them out on it, but just because P.O.D uses Jah instead of Jesus and this or that band doesn't use the words Jesus/Lord/God in each song doesn't mean they're not Christian, stop making everyone live up to your standards. Mathew 7:1

1"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you
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