Comments on: The 1 and 3

By: Darrell

Darrell — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:49:17 +0000

It turns out that "Hells Bells" is all on YouTube

By: Reader Mo

Reader Mo — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:55:42 +0000

does anybody remember the video “Hells Bells”? it featured this guy with a mullet who gave examples of satanism in “rock music” (incidentally, i’ve never once heard rock referred to as “rock music” outside of fundy circles, but that’s another rant). That video, along with “The Backward Masking Tape” introduced me to some of the greatest music. It’s reasonable to think that I would have beenn turned on to the Beatles or Led Zeppelin eventually, but without those videos and tapes, I probably would have been nunaware of them for a number of years. You can watch “Hells Bells” on You Tube. I highly recommend it.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:24:20 +0000

In the early 80’s, as I rode my 10-speed to the Gym, I would pray for protection from “Satan and his Demons” that doublessly were embedded in all that evil rock music eminating from the speakers in the weight room – all that satanic rock, from Boy George to Micheal Jackson, from Huey Lewis and the News and Men at Work (that evil saxaphone in “Who can it be Now”!) to Steve Perry and his love them to Satan in his song “Oh, Sherrie” (the name “Sherrie” was just to fool folks into thinking it was about a girl named Sherrie when it was really about the Devil – that certain guitar riff gave the satanism away!).
Yup, and anytime I was riding in the car w/my Dad & little bros, I would have to be vigilant lest tunes such as Cyndi Lauper’s “All Through the Night” and Journey’s “Desperate Ways” would secretly brainwash me with their demonic power.
The crazy part is, I am not joking, I was really taught to think this way!

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By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:32:37 +0000

Amanda:

I’ve never been in a fundy church that saw Revelation as symbolic. The seven churches were local churches in our town, the Beast and Antichrist were specific people, etc.

Hmm. I guess that is symbolism, but what I mean is that there was never a purely spiritual interpretation. There was always a specific person or group for every event or person mentioned; Revelation could not be read metaphorically or spiritually.

By: Mick

Mick — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:49:39 +0000

After reading the above posts, another word comes to mind–carnal. I must have heard that word a hundred times in the few short years I belonged to a fundy church.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:28:50 +0000

Mark: I would argue that fundies also allow for a symbolic reading of Revelation, along with Song of Solomon (in spite of their claims to the contrary).

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:23:30 +0000

In the words of Audio Adrenaline:

“Once I read a book, and this is what it said,
‘If your music has a beat, then your gonna wind up dead.
It doesn’t really matter if its Christian or not,
If its syncopated rhythm then your soul is gonna rot.’
And this book was called ‘AH YOUR GONNA BURN’”

Good song. (Oh wait, did I just reference a Christian rock song? Where’d that come from?)

And Darrell, don’t forget the ubiquitous “worldly.” I cannot for the life of me hear that word in anything other than the fundy sense, even if I know that the person saying it is not using it in the fundy way.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:03:58 +0000

One of my problems with fundamentalism is that it doesn’t allow room for irony, symbolism, satire, hyperbole, etc. Everything is to be taken literally and seriously . . . except for the Song of Solomon, of course.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:43:52 +0000

Yeah, good luck with your back and forth. I’ve been down that road and quite frankly, find it tiring, repetitive (on both sides of the argument) and doesn’t get anyone anywhere within spitting distance of a common understanding (notice I didn’t say agreement).