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RE: 19 personal notes on the 'christian v. secular' debate
Mark wrote:
> > I'm supporting the "garbage in, garbage out" theory
> > here, and I don't particularly see that as being
> > affiliated with any certain group. I just think
> > it's good sense.
and then Dan wrote:
> it is a good ideal. however, i still hold to the
> idea that what one person calls "garbage" doesn't
> have to be "garbage" for all people.
Exactly. I firmly believe in drawing boundaries for onesself--boundaries of
taste as well as moral and spiritual boundaries. I think anyone who is
honest with himself or herself will know where to draw those lines. Now,
I'm talking about mature adults here; I think children and teenagers need a
bit of guidance in matters like these, and that's part of the parents' job
in shaping their children.
Mark wrote:
> > So anyway, I say all that to say this. Not all
> > music is okay--and just because it *is* music
> > doesn't make it okay.
to which Dan replied:
> you're speaking objectively on things that really
> and truly are subjective. i agree with what you're
> saying mostly, but i still think that things are
> quite more subjective.
Right, but who better to draw boundaries for me than myself? I know what
affects me adversely, and I try to avoid it. I can't count how many CD's I
bought for one or two songs but had to throw away because the rest of what I
heard offended my sensibilities.
Mark wrote:
> > And I'm aware of the "but the character in the song
> > doesn't necessarily reflect the views of the singer" argument.
> > Just as an example, you don't hear Over the Rhine
> > singing a cover of Marilyn Manson...--that
> > generally wouldn't fit with their world view and
> > would be potentially damaging to them as
> > individuals.
I think also that they would not make such a choice because of their
artistic and personal integrity. If I'm performing somewhere and I decide
to cover someone else's material, I'm not going to choose something that is
opposed to my worldview; that would not only be potentially damaging to me
as a person, but to me it would also be dishonest. Granted, there are many
artists who wouldn't mind making such a compromise, but I would argue that
their integrity doesn't mean much to them.
I could go on and on here, but there's not much sense in wearing this
argument out...
Not taking the last Klondike bar,
Chris
"We're not really a party band." --Linford Detweiler
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