Priciple of substitution.

[fundyvangelicalcatholic]

The real confusion for me was when I replaced "Roxette" (again - dont judge me ) with a tape of Bob Jones Men's Choral Songs. When I played one of these songs for my fundy highschool morning announcements, the school founder called me over to his office and told me that my song choices were too contemporary and I needeed to get right with God. My pastor called me later that night and told me that as a leader sometimes you have to take the hit to be "purified". THIS WAS A SONG SUNG BY BOB JONES STUDENTS PLAYED IN A BOB JONES FEEDER SCHOOL and I was being punished! So even substitution was deemed "wrong" if it went against the music tastes of authority and I had the spiritual issue.

I am Catholic today because if there is ever an issue, I can go to the Bible, tradition and Cathecism in order to get an answer about my faith and not bend to the whims of an opinion deemed fact.

[Lizzy F.]

(01-28-2011 09:20 AM)hac84 Wrote:  

(01-28-2011 01:50 AM)supernova8610 Wrote:  It's like some in the IFBx world think girls are stupid and that their mental faculties aren't as up to par as guys' are.

Some of the girls in the IFBx world ARE stupid. (So are some of the guys.) They get sent off to HAC to fulfill God's will- find a MOG, fill his quiver, fold his laundry, fix his vittles and inflate his ego.

That may be true (there's dumb people in all societies), but walk into a Ladies' Bible Study and tell them that you HATE Beverly Lewis and Grace Livingston Hill and see what happens.

Your salvation most certainly will be questioned and your reading choices will get strictly scrutinized.

[supernova8610]

(01-28-2011 12:40 PM)Lizzy F. Wrote:  

(01-28-2011 09:20 AM)hac84 Wrote:  Some of the girls in the IFBx world ARE stupid. (So are some of the guys.) They get sent off to HAC to fulfill God's will- find a MOG, fill his quiver, fold his laundry, fix his vittles and inflate his ego.

That may be true (there's dumb people in all societies), but walk into a Ladies' Bible Study and tell them that you HATE Beverly Lewis and Grace Livingston Hill and see what happens.

Your salvation most certainly will be questioned and your reading choices will get strictly scrutinized.

I told some IFBers a few years ago that I didn't really care for the IFB colleges due to the man-made restrictions they put on students (rather than relying on God's). You can imagine how well that was received.

[LMcC]

(01-28-2011 10:04 AM)fundyvangelicalcatholic Wrote:  The real confusion for me was when I replaced "Roxette" (again - dont judge me ) with a tape of Bob Jones Men's Choral Songs. When I played one of these songs for my fundy highschool morning announcements, the school founder called me over to his office and told me that my song choices were too contemporary and I needeed to get right with God. My pastor called me later that night and told me that as a leader sometimes you have to take the hit to be "purified". THIS WAS A SONG SUNG BY BOB JONES STUDENTS PLAYED IN A BOB JONES FEEDER SCHOOL and I was being punished! So even substitution was deemed "wrong" if it went against the music tastes of authority and I had the spiritual issue.

I know the feeling.

Granted, I should have expected what happened to me. I substituted rock for CCM, and that of course was not good enough. Sorry, but I thought southern gospel was boring (and for most of it, still do)! The pastor's brother chewed me out publicly at the roller rink during a youth event for having an Amy Grant cassette (I am so dating myself here). As if skating to Dixie Melody Boys (pre-CCM switch) was worth doing? I told Mom about it, and she gave him a taste of his own medicine. Jerk left me alone after that one