I haven't listened to Christian Rock in a long time, since living and working with the likes of Rez Band and Petra, but I am shocked at the state of it these days. I heard these lyrics on a popular christian song the other day, and was dumbstruck:
I wanna get down on my knees and start pleasing Jesus!
I wanna feel his salvation all over my face!
Strike us in the head with thy great rod mighty sheppard,
inject thy sheep with thy faith!
That just doesn't sound right to me, how about you?
2006-07-28 06:20:24 · 12 answers · asked by 自由思想家 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My bad, I guess my friend was pulling my leg with something called south park or something. Sorry for being so gullible.
2006-07-28 06:46:20 · update #1
Those are lyrics from Eric Cartman who is a cartoon character on South Park. I'm not sure I'd look to South Park as a demonstrator of Christian values.
Would you?
2006-07-28 06:49:51 · answer #1 · answered by Pablito 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Personally, those lyrics don't appeal to me.
But there are MANY different types of people who profess Christianity; we all have different personalities, so different types of songs appeal.
The words you list sound more like a "punk" or "garage band" approach. In those contexts, it's not really the words themselves but the idea and the energy of the song(s) that appeals to the band and the listeners.
Words are often informal or slang in that musical style and are not meant for "literal" intepretation; what you're supposed to get out of them is that these guys want to be on their knees before God and be totally immersed in and full of Him.
Like I said, the style does not appeal much to me, and I can understand why some people might be annoyed by the lyrics; but I know some people into this stuff personally, and they're definitely believers who are serious about their faith.
Again, their strengths seem to be (1) high energy for God and (2) a willingness to fully and intensely experience Him. This comes with a trade-off.
2006-07-28 13:31:52 · answer #2 · answered by Jennywocky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm thinking that the first line the word is "praising" not pleasing.
I don't know about the rest - what song are you quoting this from?The christian rock I listen to sounds fine to me
2006-07-28 13:26:29 · answer #3 · answered by Foo Foo Girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh my God! I mean uhh, OH my God? WTF? WEll, I"m absolutely positive, or at hoping I am that it REALLY wasn't meant in the way it is being presented in this question, but da** it ALMOST makes me wonder.....Geez it sounds like some lyrics Cartmen would make up & try to become all famous over just to become $rich$. Or something, but I don't who/where you got the lyrics & I'm not sure I wanna know, it may just spoil my view on Jeremy Camp or somebody. (Do u know who he is?)
2006-07-28 13:27:13 · answer #4 · answered by Nik 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sometimes lyrics like those are the only way to connect to a lost generation....have you looked at lyrics to secular artists? At least these aren't about killing pregnant women or committing suicide.
2006-07-28 13:27:42 · answer #5 · answered by morethanitseems 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
⥠Those lyrics could definitely be misinterpreted but I hope thats not what they are talking about. They probably dont mean it in that way â¥
2006-07-28 13:24:29 · answer #6 · answered by ?Blonde_Queen? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the same way I feel about half the hymns in the hymn books. Some are lame-o
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2006-07-28 13:23:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this a real song? Crazy...
2006-07-28 13:23:24 · answer #8 · answered by Phoenix's Mommy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that sounds disgustingly disturbing...
2006-07-28 13:23:38 · answer #9 · answered by stupid nickname. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know.
2006-07-28 13:34:04 · answer #10 · answered by Da Great 1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋