Hello again,
Sorry to bug you all with annoying questions. But I am a knight fighting on the side of Our Lord Jesus and He took away my fears so now I can ask such questions. You see I love the heavy metal ballads and stuff but some people say they are the devils music and I disagree. I listen to it and it does me no harm as I still love Jesus. but if I thought yous would not let me I would give it up for Him. I hope I dont have to cause I'll always be a warrior for Christ no matter what I listen too. Its up to your opinions now.
Love Michael
2007-05-02 01:23:59 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hmmn, a lot of good answers here. People should know I listen to it for its beautiful sadness and amazing melodies. In no way am I interested in the lyrics. They dont influence me. And besides the ones I listen to are about love not sex and sufferring not violence and happpy days of ancient times not the bad. Love Michael
2007-05-02 01:48:06 · update #1
But of course you can!!! If you want you can listen even those songs what have devilish meaning (don't misunderstand me I'm not prompting you to bad things I'm just suggesting you to calm down) as long as you don't get influence of that or enter in some black magic or satan grouping and start doing evil things, you can perceive that only like play not reality or something.. Listen as much as you want! heavy metal rocks!
2007-05-02 04:22:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends on the individual songs; what are the lyrics saying? If the lyrics promote premarital sex, drug/alcohol abuse, violence or anything like that, then yes, it is wrong to listen to such things. I do believe there are rock/heavy metal songs that are more uplifting (although probably harder to find) and are okay to listen to. I'm a Christian too, and I absolutely love 80's music. As I'm growing in my faith, I'm more able to discern when the lyrics are not pleasing to Christ, and I'm trying to turn away from those particular songs. In any case, as someone said, there is Christian rock and heavy metal music out there.
God bless.
2007-05-02 01:35:24 · answer #2 · answered by Starfall 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to answer to your own personal convictions. How do you feel when you listen to this type of music? If you feel guilty, then it could be that either God is trying to tell you that he doesn't want to be exposing yourself to this type of music, or it could be that many people in your life have been telling you not to listen to it. Either way, there are a lot of talented christian rock and heavy metal bands out there that you may want to look into. To get your started I will name a few:
Thousand Foot Krutch, Family Force 5, Skillet, Disciple, Kutless, Pillar, Seventh Day Slumber (the lead singer once had a VERY expensive cocaine habit!), and Starflyer 59. These aren't the most popular of christian bands, but their music is a bit more heavier rock. There are also many heavy metal christian bands whose lyrics I can't even understand, and I am a big rock fan!
I thought I would add this in as I am also playing on youtube right now, and found this video if you want to check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF_YTSP6cvw
2007-05-02 01:35:44 · answer #3 · answered by Des-n-Jes 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Michael
Am also a keen lover of rock my self and i love christ more than you can imagine, but lately i found that i let the songs in too much,felt the pain and rejection in the songs and at some point began to identify my life with the songs and the word of the songs almost as if i had written the songs my self, and fell into a period of depression, all because i believed in the songs more than i did what Christ says of me and my life.
Right now am trying to cut down on the music am listening to more Gospel rock and i can be a witness of change, all i can say is dont be fooled you are at times what you listen to
2007-05-02 01:34:38 · answer #4 · answered by lmteule 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Michael. Heavy Metal is not the devils music...I still listen to it (and I'm a 40+ yr old mother of 4). Music is what you make of it, how you interpret it...it cannot make you do anything you don't want to do. That's just another pitiful excuse people use..almost as pitiful as the dog told me to do it.
And who are these people telling you this?? If you're a Christian you are not supposed to judge (isn't that what they are doing?).
So Michael, keep on rockin' and listen to whatever you like to listen to.
God Bless!
2007-05-02 01:33:51 · answer #5 · answered by pamomof4 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can do what ever you want, Christ gave you free agency.
But with heavy rock music the spirit of the Holy Ghost can not be with you as you listen to it. The Spirit is very easily offended.
Just read this okay. Go over the bible. Espicially the Gosples which talk about Christ. Do this with much prayer asking God to help you understand what His Son did for you. As you read you will get really strong feelings of love for the savior. The devotion you already have will become stronger.
Then as your reading turn up your music as loud as possible and see what happens to that feeling. Then imagine if Christ was right next to you. The one who saved you. The one who took on all of your sins, and mine too. Do you really think that he would be rocking out with you? Or do you think that he would look at you with tears in his eyes saying "turn it off, I want to talk to you."
2007-05-02 01:36:18 · answer #6 · answered by David Flournoy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sweet water and bitter water cannot come from the same fountain.What goes into us eventually comes out of us in one way or another.I personally don't like heavy metal music but, that don't make it sinful.What would make it a sin is the words within the music.If the words are not befitting a Christian then its wrong.If not then enjoy your music and God Bless.
2007-05-02 01:46:48 · answer #7 · answered by don_steele54 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An added problem of rock music is the words of each song, which penetrate with force and seek to seduce the hearer. Once the person is mentally disoriented, the mind is then open to whatever suggestions the words may carry, whether it be sex, drugs, suicide, violence, abandonment, or even religion.
Because of the dangers inherent in this now-American legacy, it is important for Christians to guard themselves from its effects. We should learn to adjust our taste in music to that which is a melodic, purely "harmonic" style of music. In this style, the rhythmic groupings will always be very loyal to the naturally accented beats of the time signature (i.e., in 4/4 time, the first and third beats of the measure).
On the other hand, disharmonic music can most quickly be identified by its "swing" beat or syncopation, which moves the hearer away from the naturally emphasized beats (i.e., it emphasizes the second and fourth beats in a measure with 4/4 time). This off-beat syncopation tends to cause a side-to-side movement in the listener's body, thus distinguishing it as "dance" music. This side-to-side movement is a "telltale" sign that music has had a disorienting effect on the listener's body rhythms.
Because music enters directly into the autonomic nervous system, thus bypassing the master brain, the only time one can choose what happens to his body is before he listens to the music. Let's make those choices count on the side of healthy bodies and sound minds.
2007-05-02 01:32:49 · answer #8 · answered by Damian 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
In my opinion, the short answer is "yes". I think you can listen to secular music and still be Christian. I faced a similar situation with rap music and I came to the conclusion that as long as you don't believe in the lyrics of the questionable songs, listening to the music itself is fine.
2007-05-02 01:29:42 · answer #9 · answered by randelshudson 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dude, metal = devil music?
No, being a Christian is about being a good person, and meaning all the good deeds you do. How does your liking of Metallica and Slipknot make you a bad person? If it doesn't fall under the Ten Commandments, you should be pretty good. But even so, the Ten Commandments can be bended, depending on one's situation.
2007-05-02 01:33:54 · answer #10 · answered by Little Mac 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋