I wasn’t aware of this until I checked the Cruel Site of the Day.
http://www.av1611.org/crock/crockids.html
Apparently Christian rock is evil, too.
I was unaware of this as I primarily listen to good old fashioned Satanic rock, and therefore have fortunately been unaffected by this.
So, I guess this means you guys will have to burn all your Winger Cds and stick with good old Black Sabbath.
Anybody else notice how similar all the “testimonials” are.
I wonder what that means.
Hey, don’t be talking shit about Black Sabbath. Greatest heavy metal band ever!
But I get the same strange feeling about that site that I did when I first heard Rush Limbaugh. To wit, this guy sounds exactly like I would sound if I was doing a straightfaced parody of a right-wing nut job. So I wonder, is http://www.av1611.org serious?
And if so, BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!
“Christian Rock is the devil’s tool, too”
Well, duh! Man, I’d rather listen to Muzak.
Oh, you can scoff. . .
But the beat, man! The Beat! It makes me want to hurt people!
(Wow, these guys seem pretty weak-willed. “I lived in the bondage of this music?” Please.)
I’d say the guy is unconnected with reality in anyway. Seems like he’s a well-known kook.
I did note none of those kids were from the south. Guess we are all either Heathens or too good for him. 
Ummmm…
Do they have a 12-step program for this type of thing?
"Hello, my name is Marli, and I’m a Christian rock-a-holic. (Hello, Marli!) Yeah, thanks…ummm…It started out real small, you know, just kind of casually flipping on the radio in the car, and then a friend gave me a tape, he said, “Oh, this is lots better than the radio, you don’t have any commercials!” so I started listening to it more and more, and before long I was buying my own tapes and humming in church. I mean, I knew I had a problem but I figured, hey, I can quit anytime I want, you know? My parents, you know, they did their best, down on their knees praying for my soul every night after Pat Robertson went off, but all I could think of was getting money so I could buy more tapes. My mom, she found a bunch of them stashed in my room and she hauled me outside and made me burn them while we prayed, but she didn’t know I had some hidden in my box spring, so as soon as she went to bed I snuck them out to the car and started playing them. I thought it made me feel good, you know? I was up to three, four tapes a night. I’d wake up the next morning all groggy, my ears would be ringing, and I still couldn’t stop.
I finally realized I had hit rock bottom when I stole a car, drove it through the front of the Qwik-Stop, and ripped off their safe. I had it out in the woods, beating on it with a crowbar, trying to get to the money inside so I could buy more tapes, when the thought suddenly came into my head, “What am I doing? THIS isn’t for the greater glory of God!” It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but I did it…I turned myself in. My cellmate, Bubba, says I’m his bitch now. But since I’ve purged my life of so-called “Christian Rock”, I’m nobody’s bitch but God’s!"
Some people feel that Christian Rock is not for them. They believe that Rock Music does not benefit their spiritual growth. They want to do, only those things which they feel will be edifying to their walk with God.
So what’s the big deal? Those comments on Christian Rock are personal opinions about what is right for certain individuals. Why question it? Why belittle it?
I myself, happen to like some Christian Rock, but then I still listen to some Secular Rock also. Christian Artists like ThirdDay, Three Crosses, the Kry and The Seventy-Sevens can keep up with any Secular Artists anyway.
The greatest abomination I see in that link is all the teen-agers consulting with their parents on what music they listen to.
::shudder::
Our local alternative weekly free publication, in its classified section, has an ad seeking a vocalist for a Christian Death Metal band.
When you think about it, there’s a lot of good, Old Testament kinda stuff to give the Slayer treatment.
Everybody knows the correct answer to the question, “What is the best religious song?” is “Creeping Death” by Metallica. 
[sub](It’s about Passover, for those who weren’t aware.)[/sub]
Well Randy, this ain’t just the casual voicing of opinion. That site’s campaigning against the evil of Christian Rock. Is it ridiculous to think that that kind of overburdened purity is a little nauseating? That’s my opinion. I’m not setting up a web site to say so, I’m just posting it for ridicule.
To use your own argument, why do you have a problem with me voicing my opinion? Aren’t you saying they have a right to theirs? Why can’t I say mine?
The problem is these idiots don’t want to just personally listen to glurge rock, they don’t want anybody to, because it’s evil and addictive.
Why do you have a problem with me ridiculing this on a message board devoted to fighting ignorance?
That web site is pretty fucking ignorant, you know.
It goes to censorship issues, but more importantly, if these guys think Christian Rock is bad, then I must be the antichrist.
I listen to regular rock, and even occasionally drink a beer. I’ve even cursed.
I doubt anything about me conforms to their idea of purity, and Christianity.
I think its full of shit.
In case you are interested, there’s an essay here that neatly refutes this kook. There’s more at that site as well that deals with the Critics of Christian Rock.
This is a debate/flame war that the Serious Fundies have been carrying on for years now. These guys are the same group that seriously believes the old “Drum Beats” urban legend.
Because there’s a great chance that none of those “testimonies” were written by kids. It’s more likely that the Man who runs the site wrote them all out. Look at the grammar used in those comments. How many average 15-20 year olds talk like that? (I know there’s a few oddballs ( I was one) but I could count the number of people who could carry conversations with me in Middle english on two fingers in High school. Zero in church.)
I mean, let’s not abandon clear thinking here.
I’m pretty sure Christian Rock is the tool of Satan. Everytime I hear a song on the radio, I want to injure someone (preferably the person singing the song).
Pepperland Girl,
I give your post a perfect ten. Brevity is indeed, the soul of wit.
Scylla,
“Overburdened purity”, pure literary genius good man. To paraphrase Henry Fielding;
“Too often truly good people are not found in the deeply pious but instead, amongst honest sinners.”
You may just weasle me out of my dry rub recipe yet. Keep up the good work.
I think Jack Chick needs to head over to this Web site and talk some sense into the proprietor.
Oh, Jack Chick…is there anything he doesn’t know?
Lookit this hard-hitting expose of The Devil’s Rhythm!
Fenris
I swear that I thought the title of this thread was “Chris Rock is the devil’s tool, too”.
Oh, Scylla, once again you’ve made my day.
And Fenris, I’m no Bible scholar. Does Acts 19:19 really says “Burn anything you have associated with rock music”? If so, that’s pretty cool. I mean, it’s a sign, a prophecy. We shouldn’t really ignore directions that are that specific.
I think it’s a mistranslation. I believe (and someone correct me if I’m wrong) that it actually says
“Verily, Air Supply sucks and The BeeGees are a bunch of Pretentious Wankers Fooling Themselves. But in truth, The Beatles Rock! Oh, and burn your Menudo Records”
Truly advice for the ages. But of course, it depends on which bible you use.
Fenris
Sorry, I had to riposte after scrolling through this fuzzy headed morning and reading the title as “Chris Rock is the devils tool, too.”
Hehe.
Chris Rock…that guy is funny.
[sub]I clearly need some coffee[/sub]
Fenris, loved the link. Scary though.
That people believe this.
remember what KISS stands for…