My daugters choir director could not have her choir section sing a Gospel song because of a Teen Jehovah Witness said she was offended by the song, so she still had them sing the song, but changed the offensive christian words. Whats wrong with Gospel music???
2007-05-08 00:30:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Dear Papa Bear, teen these days like to take away the rights of others, wher ehave you been, instead of not singing, she just decided to make others not sing the song.
2007-05-08 15:24:17 · update #1
A witness wouldn't be offended. That is something you find in Christendom. They would merely ask to be excused from the performance. If you're going to makeup a lie, you should study first with JWs to know what you're talking about. I was in the choir in high school.
2007-05-08 11:37:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1st is the issue of 'church and state'
a gospel song is equal to prayer with music.
If it is wrong for a teacher to lead a class in prayer, then it is wrong to sing that prayer.
2nd is that Jehovah never accepted 'mixed' worship.
(Exodus 32:3-4) . . .. 4 Then he took [the gold] from their hands, and he formed it with a graving tool and proceeded to make it into a molten statue of a calf. And they began to say: “This is your God, O Israel, who led you up out of the land of Egypt.”
Most gospel music is directed to Jesus as part of a trinity.
The trinity is not taught in the bible:
The New Catholic Encyclopedia states: “The formulation ‘one God in three Persons’ was not solidly established, certainly not fully assimilated into Christian life and its profession of faith, prior to the end of the 4th century. But it is precisely this formulation that has first claim to the title the Trinitarian dogma. Among the Apostolic Fathers, there had been nothing even remotely approaching such a mentality or perspective.”—(1967), Vol. XIV, p. 299.
Did you notice the 1st Century Christians had nothing even remotely approaching the idea of a trinity.
I hope this helps
2007-05-09 02:52:25 · answer #2 · answered by TeeM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm a musician and that i've got performed at numerous JW events, and that i became into cautioned to not PLAY any gospel songs. i theory that style of odd, yet i'm an entertainer and could cater to the events request. besides the undeniable fact that, this extremely puzzled me, a christian employer that would not want christian music.
2016-10-15 02:14:52 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. I was in Choir in high school and i am one of Jehova's witnesses. In choir, holiday songs were sang and gospels as well. I just simply did not sing and excused myself from singing songs that bothered my conscience. We only sing praises to Jehovah and any gospels/songs praising other than Jehovah--- we don't sing it.
2007-05-08 12:24:47 · answer #4 · answered by Agape 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have NO problem with music. Your best bet is to find out what in/about the song was offensive to the girl. There are good and bad songs, per view point, in most/all genres of music.
As for the person who said we used to have problems with Black people, not sure why someone started this rumor on Y!A but it is not true.
2007-05-08 03:48:50 · answer #5 · answered by Ish Var Lan Salinger 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing wrong with gospel music. JWs think its from "Satan" or something. My father is a musician, and I grew up with music in my life daily.
Some of the old testament books were sung, not spoken. Gospel comes from close knit family units which was Gods original foundation of His Government.
2007-05-08 00:43:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I was brought up as a Jehovah's Witness and now think its a load of crap. It is really just a controlling thing, Jehovah's Witnesses are just drinking the koolaid (in my opinon)
2007-05-08 00:35:18 · answer #7 · answered by Charlotte F 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
They had a thing against black people years ago.I dontt know if doctrine has changed or not.
2007-05-08 00:37:04 · answer #8 · answered by dr strangelove 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋