Why music is no good

[Zetetic11235]

I would say that there is a pretty healthy majority of musicians who do not believe in hell. I certainly do not. What of the hindu and chinese and african musicians? God is no substitute for a good psychologist(12 step works well, I guess, but there are many other uses for a psychologist) and many people do not, in fact, believe in god. Most of the assumptions in your argument are false.

That being said, you will have fun if you start a thread in the religious philosophy section, look for boagie.

[Aedes]

So how do you feel about religious music? How about Bach's cantatas? How about Gregorian chants? How about Christian rock? How about prayers?

[doyousee?]

Originally Posted by Didymos Thomas

What does music have to do with hell?

No need for psychiatry?

Seriously, i am totally lost. Why should music be ignored? I dont understand at all. Music isnt hell and hell isnt music, unless of course its really bad music, then it might be hell. But I really dont see how musicians not saying they dont believe in hell is a reason for music being bad.

[Didymos Thomas]

"Music is my religion."
-Jimi Hendrix

[astrotheological]

Music like rap absolutly sucks. I don't even know how anyone can like it. It encourages violence.

[Didymos Thomas]

Music like rap absolutly sucks. I don't even know how anyone can like it. It encourages violence.

Not all rap encourages violence. Even rap that speaks of violence doesn't necessarily promote violence.

A great deal of popular rap has become pornography rather than music. But that's just the world of pop music.

Look around a bit. If you do, you will find many great rap artists. Currently, The Roots are an amazing group. One of the best groups around in any genre.

If you want to hear good rap, I suggest, in addition to The Roots, the Jurassic 5, A Tribe Called Quest, and TuPac.

[OctoberMist]

To the original poster:

Eh???

I heard one big rant about your personal fascination with the concept of hell and nothing whatsoever to do with music.

[Theaetetus]

Originally Posted by astrotheological

Music like rap absolutly sucks. I don't even know how anyone can like it. It encourages violence.

This is a horrible stereotype. Typically many people that hold this view (I am not suggesting that this reasoning is your case for holding this view) are fans of rock music. The funny thing that they fail to realize is that you could make the argument that rock music encourages violence. Slam dancing in a mosh pit can be very violent or often finds itself a major feature during a hard rock concert. Not to mention, supposedly hard rock has inspired many youth to resort to violence acts against others (e.g. Judas Priest, Slayer, Marilyn Manson).

[Didymos Thomas]

Rap evolved out of rock. To wind up with rap, we had to have funk and reggae. To have funk we had to have jazz and rock 'n roll. To have reggae we had to have jazz and rock 'n roll.

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I happen to realy enjoy certain hip hop and rap artists.


Jedi Mindtricks
Aesop
Skratch Bastid
The Roots
Blu and Exile (especially Blu and Exile. Great Lyrics)

Music is not a bad thing as it can inspire. The listener chooses how to be influenced by certain music. So if there is a flaw with music, in your opinion, then perhaps you need to analyze how you choose to relate music in your life.