does religion hold you back (music / literature)

ok so i didnt know how to word the title properly, but im sure itll get people to enter the thread because it sounds like a anti religion thread. its not.

here is my example. i have a few christian friends , all of whom are into metal. one in particular will not listen to bands like slayer, mercyful fate, or any black metal band because they are satanic / anti religious ( in lyrics , the bands themselves, at least for the most part are not) . on the other hand he is very deep into death metal, which to me is kind of ironic. he's not necisarily big on religion, he dosnt go to church every week, but once in a wile, and we often have religious discussions respectfully , him being on the religion side, me being athiest.

on the other hand i have other religious friends that listen to anything, watch anything, read anything, even if its message is completely against what they claim that they believe.

i can definately understand this, they keep an open mind and they do not take the content seriously. ( like slayer for perfect example)

so for you religious people on the good o'l OT.. whats your view? can you listen to south of heaven, hell awaits and god hates us all without feeling like a sinner, or is that kind of stuff an absolute no no for you?

I'm a fairly religious person but I wouldn't say my religion is holding me back. True I don't listen to death metal or anything like that but that's just because I think it sucks.artichoke

It does suck. :P Though, I don't mind Amon Amarth.

Hell no.I listen to Slayer and I have my faith too.Heck, even Tom Araya is a religious person and he's IN Slayer...

If I wanted to, I'd listen to Black Metal too, but I don't because I think it sounds horrific.

Nope because I'm not religious.Nifty_Shark

Hell No! C wut i did thar! :P

im more of an anti-christian/ religious person

I Listen to and or read/ write anti-christian/ religious Books/Songs etc

ok so i didnt know how to word the title properly, but im sure itll get people to enter the thread because it sounds like a anti religion thread. its not.

here is my example. i have a few christian friends , all of whom are into metal. one in particular will not listen to bands like slayer, mercyful fate, or any black metal band because they are satanic / anti religious ( in lyrics , the bands themselves, at least for the most part are not) . on the other hand he is very deep into death metal, which to me is kind of ironic. he's not necisarily big on religion, he dosnt go to church every week, but once in a wile, and we often have religious discussions respectfully , him being on the religion side, me being athiest.

on the other hand i have other religious friends that listen to anything, watch anything, read anything, even if its message is completely against what they claim that they believe.

i can definately understand this, they keep an open mind and they do not take the content seriously. ( like slayer for perfect example)

so for you religious people on the good o'l OT.. whats your view? can you listen to south of heaven, hell awaits and god hates us all without feeling like a sinner, or is that kind of stuff an absolute no no for you?

nimatoad2000

Hating Slayer is NOT keeping an open mind- it is the opposite. Slayer addresses topics that many consider taboo, for irrational reasons. Isolating oneself from facets of life that one considers "distasteful" is "distasteful" in and of itself. Life is life, and deliberately trying to disregard elements of it is ignorance.

ok so i didnt know how to word the title properly, but im sure itll get people to enter the thread because it sounds like a anti religion thread. its not.

here is my example. i have a few christian friends , all of whom are into metal. one in particular will not listen to bands like slayer, mercyful fate, or any black metal band because they are satanic / anti religious ( in lyrics , the bands themselves, at least for the most part are not) . on the other hand he is very deep into death metal, which to me is kind of ironic. he's not necisarily big on religion, he dosnt go to church every week, but once in a wile, and we often have religious discussions respectfully , him being on the religion side, me being athiest.

on the other hand i have other religious friends that listen to anything, watch anything, read anything, even if its message is completely against what they claim that they believe.

i can definately understand this, they keep an open mind and they do not take the content seriously. ( like slayer for perfect example)

so for you religious people on the good o'l OT.. whats your view? can you listen to south of heaven, hell awaits and god hates us all without feeling like a sinner, or is that kind of stuff an absolute no no for you?

Hating Slayer is NOT keeping an open mind- it is the opposite. Slayer addresses topics that many consider taboo, for irrational reasons. Isolating oneself from facets of life that one considers "distasteful" is "distasteful" in and of itself. Life is life, and deliberately trying to disregard elements of it is ignorance.

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ok so i didnt know how to word the title properly, but im sure itll get people to enter the thread because it sounds like a anti religion thread. its not.

here is my example. i have a few christian friends , all of whom are into metal. one in particular will not listen to bands like slayer, mercyful fate, or any black metal band because they are satanic / anti religious ( in lyrics , the bands themselves, at least for the most part are not) . on the other hand he is very deep into death metal, which to me is kind of ironic. he's not necisarily big on religion, he dosnt go to church every week, but once in a wile, and we often have religious discussions respectfully , him being on the religion side, me being athiest.

on the other hand i have other religious friends that listen to anything, watch anything, read anything, even if its message is completely against what they claim that they believe.

i can definately understand this, they keep an open mind and they do not take the content seriously. ( like slayer for perfect example)

so for you religious people on the good o'l OT.. whats your view? can you listen to south of heaven, hell awaits and god hates us all without feeling like a sinner, or is that kind of stuff an absolute no no for you?

nimatoad2000

Hating Slayer is NOT keeping an open mind- it is the opposite. Slayer addresses topics that many consider taboo, for irrational reasons. Isolating oneself from facets of life that one considers "distasteful" is "distasteful" in and of itself. Life is life, and deliberately trying to disregard elements of it is ignorance.

I was not addressing you, I was addressing the "others". Duh...

i myself am the opposite, i will not listen to christian metal bands, for ex kings x is said to be like in the top prog metal bands, but their christian. so im staying away.. i dont want to get brainwashed by that stuff. nimatoad2000

The lyrics can be pretty disgusting. Crimson Moonlight used to be an OK gospel BM act ( later changed to BM/grind) but the preaching lyrics somewhat turned me away from their music. Truly scary ****.

Edit: Yup I kinda tripped on my own logic there :lol: oh well.

im an atheist, but i love cynic. cynic is more spiritual than ill likely ever be, but that doesnt stop me from enjoying their creativity and musical articulation.

im pretty easy going with literature as well. i liked moby dick a lot, despite its christian themes, mostly because i like how they were conveyed and i liked the overall tone of them. though i will point out the obvious and say that i draw the line at philosphy. cs lewis' strictly theological texts make me want to vomit.