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Reggae Music is a very, very special kind of
music. The origination and subsequent development
of the music on Jamaica has made it into the
global platform of Freedom Sounds that it now is.
This website would not have been here, if Reggae
Music was not here.
The Gospel is a very, very special kind of
message. The message of the Divine Saviour, the
Creator Himself, Who became human to live the life
we should live and died the death we should die
because of our sins, has changed the lifes of
billions. This website would not have been there,
if the Gospel was not there.
It is clear, that when one is a born again
Christian one will have to take that fact into
consideration in about everything one does(n't). A
born again Christian is, or should be, a Conscious
(wo)man allways. Conscious of the fact that there
are many false Christs, many false prophets who
will deceive many. And many can be found in the
Music Industry!
Let's take an extreme example, just to make a
point.
When one is a born again Christian, one can't
make a website where one promotes for example the
music by one "Marilyn Manson", a very
evil man who calls on his listeners to kill their
parents and much more wickedness. The music which
accompanies the lyrics and looks of this
"Marilyn Manson" is as evil as his
message. And he's definitely not the only one
planting his filth in the minds of especially
young people.
Basically, there are two different ways in
which Christians respond to this issue.
Some claim that changing the lyrics of music
will "sanctify" it somehow, and they
create their own industry where they look like
"Marilyn Manson" but have
"Christian Lyrics". We know this
response as "Contemporary Christian
Music" (CCM) or the Christian Industry. Let's call the supporters of
this theory the "Christian
Industrialists".
Others claim that it's not just the lyrics and
they point to the obvious rotten fruits of
"Marilyn Manson" in order to proof that
when the fruits are rotten the roots won't be any
different either. We know this response as the
Biblical response. Let's call the supporters of
this teaching "Rootical Christians".
Now, what do artists like "Marilyn Manson" and
Reggae Music have in common?
According to many Christians: a lot!
According to the Dubroom: not much!
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