Honestly, I love this band, and I love this song.
I'm not Christian, either. *no religion*
But...
If a Christian were to agree with the concept of this song and what it means, would that make them non-Christian?
Not liking or liking a song purely because of religion is quite closed minded, don't you think?
If you like it, listen to it. If the listener agrees with it, then hopefully it has made them think for themselves, and hopefully the band wishes the listener would too.
Last edited by Projectwolfie; 03-03-2011 at 09:47 PM..
I AM a christian, I like Cristian rock, but i love a whole lot of music people don't think a christian should listen to which is ridiculous. Like honestly, if music is good, people need to deal with it.
Agreed with Projectwolfie and AerieFlew.
If you were to like the "Frosty the Snowman" song, would that make you believe in Frosty the Snowman? If a religious person were to listen to any secular band (any band that doesn't sing of religion), would that make the listener secular?
I don't see as to how what music you listen to determines your religion, honestly.
I'm a Christian, and it doesn't really influence what music I listen to. Some of the bands I like have songs with Wiccan and pagan themes, but there are a few Christian bands I like as well. The religion of the band doesn't really matter to me, as long as I like the music and find the lyrics well-written and interesting.
It's not like listening to a song is suddenly going to make me change my religion or decide that I agree with the viewpoint of the song (whether it's concerning religion or any other matter) just because I like the song.
Back in the 90s there was this sort of grunge-rap(yes, I cringe at the combo too) band called dcTalk who were sort of known as or marketed as a 'Christian rock band'? Anyway, I still kinda follow one guy from em, this dude Kevin Max, on twitter because he writes some interesting stuff. But every so often he gets some guilt-trippy hypoChristian giving him shit "don't you still love Jesus? aren't you still a believer?" which i find annoying because it's not -for- other people to decide if you're a believer or not; that's between you and whatever God you're into. That's why people talk about a 'personal' relationship, right? Keyword: personal. Between you and God.
Nobody else.
That said, I thought he gave a pretty cool reply to that kind of accusation recently. He was clearly getting fed up with the whole secular vs 'Christian' music thing. He said 'either it's ALL God's or none of it is. I don't make those distinctions.'