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Originally Posted by JDWiseman  Andrew,
I agree. To be clear to all, I wasn't censoring the music of Bob Marley or saying that Christians shouldn't listen to it as a matter or rule. I've just realized that I have a harder time enjoying it as opposed to a couple of years ago. If he left "Jah" out of his songs altogether I wouldn't even notice the problem. But yes, unfortunately, most of the bands that I enjoy in life, from the Grateful Dead to Amorphis, are tainted by sin, and somewhere or another have lyrics that utterly insult their Maker.
It used to bother me until I really grasped the point of Genesis 4 and 1 Corinthians 1. I think that unbelievers often excel in the arts and sciences, at least as compared with believers.
In my own life, as I've "fasted" or "given up" Burzum, Amorphis, etc., I've often made a very loose application of one of the promises of Christ, namely, that if one leaves something in this world, he will be more than compensated in the next. I can't wait to hear some of the music made in the regenerated and restored Earth. 
But I still enjoy my Pearl Jam, some Jerry Garcia, and other things. |
I do know what you mean, brother. Nothing surpasses the beauty of God's psalms on earth and I can't wait to sing his praises in heaven.
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Take care brother!
P.S. I didn't know that you lived in Jamaica. Do tell.
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I lived in the Caribbean for several years as a child because my father is an anthropologist who specialized in the study of Caribbean culture. Among the islands we lived on was Jamaica, where I spent one summer in two locales, Kingston and Port Antonio. I wrote story about being marooned on a desert island near Port Royal, which is close to Kingston
here. In Port Antonio, we were blessed to know the owners of
Red Stripe beer and so we housesat for them for about a month. The place had a butler, maid and a swimming pool carved out rock and sat on a mountain overlooking the sea just above
Frenchman's Cove. It was just a summer, but it's one of those things you never forget.
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