Do you think christian rock is "evil"? If "yes", why?


I came across this on another site, makes you think...

http://www.av1611.org/crock.html

As an ex rock and roll musician, who has worked with the most revered musicians in the world (Ozzy, Stevie Ray Vaughn Scorpions etc etc etc) In know where that power comes from.

After being lead out of that world, immediately the church set out to recruit me as their 'spokesman' for the youth to stay in church. They used all of their influence to divide our congregation and bring in the influence of this spirit.

I find it interesting that the influence of the 'priests' of Egypt settled into Northern Africa and we took slaves from that region to establish our country and these same men with their Egyptian rhythms influenced the music of New Orleans which became rock and roll.

That means the rhythms of Rock and roll comes from Egypt.

Now we bring that into our churches?

What would you say about the meaning and purpose behind this song...

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/T...825688700015DA1

That was an interesting study that I quoted in my previous post.

Here is another same aged post from that other site that speaks to this subject differently:

What about our own so-called "sanctified" music from our SDA Hymnal? This latest quote says that it was also frowned upon when it was first introduced.

I was also told that our hymns were orginally considered inappropiate because they used the same tune as used in bars.

What, therefore, is the difference between the two?

I have done major research on this subject in my life.

As a professional sound engineer and musician I have seen the effects of every type of music.

What is it that makes even Christians get swept away in music?

I have seen Seventh Day Adventist men raise their hands in the air and weep over music with questionable lyrics just because the band claims to be Christian and the music is 'touching their heart'.

Satan was the leader of the Choir in heaven and had the golden pipes, he has orchestrated this worlds allurements to satisfy his desires and motivations on this planet, so what makes us think we have the capacity to overcome this temptation on our own? Especially when everyone defends this music as if they 'know' what is good for them.

The study of 'gospel' music is very interesting.

The influences came directly from pagan worship ceremonies handed down through men forced to submit to the so called Christian church. Forced to leave their home and submit to a god they did not know. These slaves transferred their rhythms to their new religion and these Negro Spiritual songs became gospel music.

Formed under the most hateful duress this musical format was satanically directed by hateful laws and prejudice such as it being against the law for a black man to play any other key on the piano than black. So when they were forced only to play the black keys it forced them to create new songs within this formulation which directly resulted int the Pentatonic (5 note) scale which is the blues scale that rock and roll was formed from.

Men who would not submit in their hearts to the religion being forced upon them took the rhythms and created new forms of music. First Jazz, then Blues and these songs took on a completely different tone in defiance to the forced religion.

Within a very short period of time the evil use of men to do our dirty work had completely reshaped the landscape of our national identity through popular culture. But an interesting situation arose. 'Gospel' music was seen as Holy after a few generations even though it had a form taken directly from paganism, but at the same time the new forms of music which made no pretense of being anything righteous started to clash as if warring in righteousness. This is a Satanic battle on every front but it was made to look like righteousness taking on wickedness.

Now many years in the future, after many gospel singers became celebrity (Arretha Franklin to Whitney Houston) this form of music has completely amalgamated into popular christian culture.

But that is not the end of it. The music once considered openly 'evil' such as Jazz and Blues with men selling their souls to the devil as one of the popular iconic illustrations, now evolves into what is known as rock and roll and men as rebellious as they come becoming the most powerful men in popular culture, influencing every known avenue of entertainment on our planet.

This is the same format of music that someone who claims to be somewhat converted uses to write 'new christian' music, and it becomes very popular and we are letting this into our minds and sanctuary to meet with God?

It does not belong in the church, but I have been told I have no right to contend with it by our leaders. It seems to me I have every right to contend with it since I am one who was saved from it's pit.

Let me give an illustration that might get misunderstood but I will try to convey they point.

The subtle discrepancies are what is alarming.

There is a song that is in every modern hymnal except Adventist called 'Majesty'.

In it the words say "Unto Jesus, be all glory power and praise" but Jesus told us in 'the Lord's prayer' to direct our prayers to the Father in heaven in His name. He says to the Father be all glory power and praise but we are directed to give this praise to Jesus in the song.

If we weren't knowledgeable in the word, this song would be dangerous.

"And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.”

“For this cause,” Paul says, “I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:14-19.